Christmas Collection Arrangements – Blaenau Gwent Waste and Recycling Services

Recycling and Refuse collections will be three days late during the Christmas period this year. If your collection day falls on:-

Monday 24th December 2018 it will be collected on Thursday 27th December 2018

Tuesday 25th December 2018 it will be collected on Friday 28th December 2018

Wednesday 26th December 2018 it will be collected on Saturday 29th December 2018

Thursday 27th December 2018 it will be collected on Sunday 30th December 2018

Friday 28th December 2018 it will be collected on Monday 31st December 2018  

Recycling and Refuse collections will be two days late during the New Year period.  If your collection day falls on:-

Monday 31st December 2018 it will be collected on Wednesday 2nd January 2019

Tuesday 1st January 2019 it will be collected on Thursday 3rd January 2019

Wednesday 2nd January 2019 it will be collected on Friday 4th January 2019

Thursday 3rd January 2019 it will be collected on Saturday 5th January 2019

Friday 4th January 2019 it will be collected on Sunday 6th January 2019

From Monday 7th January 2019 all collections will return to normal.

Nappy and Hygiene Collection Service

Nappy and Hygiene sacks will be collected from the front of your property on:-

Friday 21st December 2018.

There will be no collection made on Friday 28th December 2018

The Nappy and Hygiene collection due to take place on Friday 4th  January 2019 will take place on Sunday 6th January 2019.

Normal weekly Nappy and Hygiene collections will resume on Friday 11th January 2019.

Recycle Your Christmas Tree

The Council’s Waste Department will be providing a service to collect and recycle your Christmas Tree from Monday 7th January 2019. Please contact C2BG on 01495 311556 to register your details or please register on My Council Services section on the council’s website at www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk to confirm a collection day for your Christmas Tree.

Household Waste and Recycling Centre, New Vale Civic Amenity Site

New Vale Civic Amenity Site will be open during the Christmas and New Year period between the hours of 10.00am and 4.30pm [Monday – Friday] and between 8.00am and 4.30pm [Saturday / Sunday] for residents to dispose of waste material. The site will be closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day only.

Address: Waun-Y-Pound Industrial Estate, Ebbw Vale, NP23 6PL

Additional Information for Christmas

•Please recycle plain greetings cards only, unfortunately glitter, ribbons and badges are not recyclable and it will cause the card to be rejected.  

•Christmas wrapping paper is not recyclable, please place in a black bag/bin for your 3-weekly refuse collection. 

•Additional cardboard should be flat packed and placed at the side of your recycling receptacles.

•Small electrical items, batteries and textiles can be collected weekly at the same time as your regular recycling collection. Please bag items and place either on top or to the side of your recycling receptacles.

Your recycling is making a big difference – Thank You