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.
If you live in Appleford, Blewbury, Chilton or Harwell, please:
- to access your correct 2024/25 waste calendar please click here to use our postcode search – if you have trouble accessing this link, please trying again later
- click here to find out how you can add the our waste calendar to your Google Calendar or iCal – please be aware, these instructions were updated on 26 March 2024, if you synced your calendar before then, please follow the updated instructions to ensure you have the correct calendar on your phone.
If you live anywhere else in the district, please:
- click here to download your 2024/25 waste calendar in colour
- click here to download your 2024/25 waste calendar in printable black and white
- click here to find out how you can add the our waste calendar to your Google Calendar or iCal
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 day | Revised collection day |
Wednesday 25 December | Friday 27 December |
Thursday 26 December | Saturday 28 December |
Friday 27 December | Monday 30 December |
Normal collection day | Revised collection day |
Monday 30 December | Tuesday 31 December |
Tuesday 31 December | Thursday 2 January |
Wednesday 1 January | Friday 3 January |
Thursday 2 January | Saturday 4 January |
Friday 3 January | Monday 6 January |
Normal collection day | Revised collection day |
Monday 6 January | Tuesday 7 January |
Tuesday 7 January | Wednesday 8 January |
Wednesday 8 January | Thursday 9 January |
Thursday 9 January | Friday 10 January |
Friday 10 January | Saturday 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