Christmas and New Year recycling and waste collections 2024

There will be no changes to collection days in the week leading up to Christmas.

However, there will be changes to collections for two weeks after Christmas.

Collection dates:

Reminder – all waste and recycling needs to be placed out before 7am on their collection day.

Our crews will be extremely busy over the Christmas and New Year period so if your waste or recycling is missed, please leave it out until they have been emptied.

Christmas cards
Plain Christmas cards can be recycled in the blue bag. Cards that have anything extra on them such as glitter and ribbons cannot be recycled, why not use these again next year for present labels/tags. 

Wrapping paper
Only plain brown or grey wrapping paper can be recycling in the blue bag. Any shiny  wrapping paper, or wrapping paper with plastic or glitter in cannot be recycled as it is made of too many different materials. Why not try and reuse wrapping paper where possible. Please put it in the purple lidded bin.

Real Christmas tree
If you have a real Christmas tree, once it’s come to the end of its life it can be taken to the Household Recycling Centre to be shredded and used as compost.

Food waste
Any unavoidable food waste such as tea bags and meat bones can be put in the brown food waste caddy. Before recycling any food waste take a look at lovefoodhatewaste.com to find tasty left over recipes.

Coffee Pods
Coffee Pods can now be recycled at the Household Recycling Centre. Please separate plastic and aluminium pods and place them loose in the container on site.

Foil
Foil cannot be recycled, it should be placed in your purple lidded bin. Please reuse any foil where possible and consider using other reusable food materials for storing and protecting you Christmas food.

Household Recycling Centre
The site is open every day between 10am – 3.45pm except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day when it is closed.  Last vehicle entry to the site is 3:45pm.

Make sure you have sorted your waste and recycling before turning up, and if you are a van or business make sure you have an up-to-date van permit. 

The Steelhouse
You can donate good-quality items to The Steelhouse reuse shop, near the Household Recycling centre in New Inn

Christmas opening hours:
Tuesday 24^tDecember- 9:30am-2:00pm
Wednesday 25 December – Closed
Thursday 26 December – Closed
Friday 27 December – 9.30am – 4.30pm
Saturday 28 December 9.30am – 4.30pm
Sunday 29 December – 9.30am – 4.30pm

Monday 30 December - 9.30am – 4.30pm
Tuesday 31 December - 9.30am – 2.00pm
Wednesday 01 January - Closed
Thursday 02 January - 9.30am – 4.30pm

The Repair Café
The Repair Cafe in Pontypool Indoor Market is closed December 25, 26, 31 and January 1.

Extra non-recyclable waste
Now the red bags have been rolled out, each household has extra capacity for recycling during the Christmas break. Remember to check what can go in each container. Any extra waste can be taken to the Household Recycling Centre.

After you have recycled everything you can, each household can put out one extra black bag of non-recyclable waste on their first purple lidded bin collection after Christmas.