Our council’s festive opening hours are now live on our website. This provides information on bin-collection arrangements, homelessness and housing options, registration offices, social work and more. We are immensely grateful to the teams and staff who are working over the festive period to support those in our region.
You can view our festive opening hours here: Festive Opening Times and Service Changes | Dumfries and Galloway Council
Festive Bin Collection Arrangements
Over Christmas and New Year, there will be some changes to household bin collections so our teams can enjoy time with their families while still keeping services running.
- No collections on:
- Christmas Day (Thursday 25 December)
- Boxing Day (Friday 26 December)
- New Year’s Day (Thursday 1 January)
- Friday 2 January
- Alternative collections:
- Thursday collections (Christmas Day or New Year’s Day) moves to Saturday 27 December and Saturday 3 January (grey bins only).
- Friday collections (Boxing Day or 2 January) moves to Sunday 28 December and Sunday 4 January (grey bins only).
- Food waste will not be collected on these Thursdays or Fridays.
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday collections for food waste, red, blue and grey-lidded bins will run as normal.
There will be no recycling collections on the above dates – we will only be emptying grey-lidded bins.
80% of our customers will see no change to their collection.
To support household recycling, residents who need extra recycling capacity can order an extra recycling bin or sack free of charge. Alternatively, residents can present additional recycling in a bag or box beside their scheduled blue or red-lidded bin collection.
In addition, our HWRCs will be open over the festive period and residents can book slots online.
If bad weather or staff sickness affects collections, updates will be posted on our website: https://www.dumfriesandgalloway.gov.uk/bins-recycling/status
You can also check your festive collection dates by entering your postcode on our website under “Bins and Recycling”.
Thank you and wishing you a safe and happy festive season.