With festive celebrations disrupting the usual flow of council services, it is important to take note when your rubbish and recycling bins are set to be collected. Changes will apply to all waste collections this year, including nappies, food and clear bags, so make sure you don't get stuck with bags of used wrapping paper for longer than you need to.
Below we have listed the revised collection days for your waste. Your waste should be placed at its collection point by 7am on your revised collection day.
| Normal collection day | Revised collection day |
| Monday 26th December | Tuesday 27th December (Bank Holiday) |
Tuesday 27th December |
Wednesday 28th December |
Wednesday 28th December |
Thursday 29th December |
Thursday 29th December |
Friday 30th December |
Friday 30th December |
Saturday 31st December |
Green garden waste is suspended from December 26 in order to allow the council to put all its resources into collecting the record amounts of recycling at Christmas. Normal services will resume from Monday, January 9. You can get more Rhondda Cynon Taf news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
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There will also be no recycling bag deliveries between December 23 to January 9 so make sure you have plenty at home. The council also advises to place all wrapping paper and gift bags in a separate clear bag, including foil and glitter wrapping paper.
There are no changes to any waste collections from Monday, January 2, and everything will be collected on the normal collection day that week. The council does however advise to leave any waste at the kerbside if it hasn't been collected as crews may be working extra hours to meet demand.
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