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Waste collections calendar

Below you will find a link to a PDF download showing your full Waste and Recycling calendar for April 2024 to March 2025. 

The calendar shows:

  • which bins will be emptied on which days
  • details of bank holiday collections changes
  • when we will collect extra garden waste from those properties that subscribe to our garden waste service.

All bins should be put out for collection before 6am, with the lids firmly closed.

How to access your full 2024-2025 Waste and Recycling Calendar

Due to recent changes to our collection routes, we now operate the waste service in the Vale of White Horse via a two-calendar system.  This means your bins may be collected differently to other streets in your area.   

To ensure you select the correct waste calendar for your property, please read the following information carefully.

Bank holiday collection changes

When there’s a bank holiday or official public holiday, our waste and recycling collections will follow a revised schedule. To ensure crews are able to collect the additional waste and recycling produced over Christmas, garden waste collections will not take place over a two week period, meaning all brown bin customers will miss one collection. Here are the collection changes for the next holiday period:

Normal collection dayRevised collection day
Wednesday 25 DecemberFriday 27 December
Thursday 26 DecemberSaturday 28 December
Friday 27 DecemberMonday 30 December
Normal collection dayRevised collection day
Monday 30 DecemberTuesday 31 December
Tuesday 31 DecemberThursday 2 January
Wednesday 1 JanuaryFriday 3 January
Thursday 2 JanuarySaturday 4 January
Friday 3 JanuaryMonday 6 January
Normal collection dayRevised collection day
Monday 6 JanuaryTuesday 7 January
Tuesday 7 JanuaryWednesday 8 January
Wednesday 8 JanuaryThursday 9 January
Thursday 9 JanuaryFriday 10 January
Friday 10 JanuarySaturday 11 January

Extra garden waste collections

If you are subscribed to our brown bin service you can have extra garden waste collected for free, on your normal collection day only, during the following periods in 2024:

  • 15 to 26 April, and
  • 28 October to 8 November

To find out more, visit our garden waste information page.

Download our latest Waste and Recycling leaflet

You can also download a copy of 2024-2025 Waste and Recycling information leaflet.  This includes details of holiday collection changes, what to do if your rubbish isn’t collected, tips on reducing your waste, information on how you can recycle batteries and much more.  Please note, this leaflet does not contain the full waste and recycling calendar

Contact us - Biffa

03000 610610
(Text phone users add 18001 before dialing)

c/o Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House
Abbey Close
Abingdon
OX14 3JE