Christmas Waste Below is our guide to dealing with your waste over Christmas and New Year Advice about collections over Christmas Bad weather (heavy snow and ice) affecting collections Cardboard boxes and paper packaging Christmas Trees Collection day changes over Christmas and New Year Extra (too much) recycling and waste Garden waste Household Waste and Recycling Centres (Tips) Recycling ideas We’ve produced a leaflet to help you manage your waste over the holidays. You can download it below. Download the Christmas 2021 collection leaflet here Advice about collections over Christmas Our call centre is open for queries from 9am – 3pm on 24 December, 9am – 5pm on 29 and 30 December and 9am – 3pm on 31 December. Call 03000 610610 Bad weather (heavy snow and ice) affecting collections If we cannot empty your bins when the roads are unsafe due to snow or ice then please leave your bins out for two days after your scheduled collection day and we will try to catch up. If that’s not possible we will empty them next time they’re due and if it’s a black bin week you’ll be able to leave out up to one bin load of extra waste next to the bin. If collections are disrupted by bad weather we will post updates here on our website, Facebook and Twitter and we’ll send notifications out to the BINZONE app. Cardboard boxes Please flatten cardboard boxes to put them in the recycling bin or put them flattened beside the recycling bin when you put it out for collection. Paper packaging such as cards and envelopes can be recycled too as long as they don’t have glitter on them. Christmas trees Please see our dedicated webpage to find out where your nearest Christmas tree collection point is. Collections over Christmas and New Year Extra recycling and waste (too much to fit into your bin) We do not take extra rubbish. 80 per cent of household waste can be recycled. All bins must be fully closed with their lids shut. If you do have extra rubbish that does not fit into the closed bin then you must put it in the next rubbish collection or take it to a Household Waste Recycling Centre. We do take extra recycling if it is put out in a cardboard box or a clear plastic bag next to the green bin. Garden waste We do not collect Garden Waste over Christmas and New Year. There will be no collection in week commencing 27 December. The garden waste will resume in week commencing 10 January. Household Waste and Recycling Centres (Tips) These are run by Oxfordshire County Council. Please check their website here to find out Christmas opening times. Recycling ideas for Christmas See our short videos on how to reuse and recycle at Christmas. See more on our Christmas recycling ideas page How to make a Christmas card bauble How to personalise your gift wrapping How to make your own Christmas decorations out of wrapping paper How to make a Christmas wreath Contact us - Biffa 03000 610610 (Text phone users add 18001 before dialing) admin.southoxford@biffa.co.uk c/o South Oxfordshire District Council 135 Eastern Avenue Milton Park Milton OX14 4SB Related information Christmas recycling, reuse and reduce ideas Christmas Tree collections Recycling, rubbish and waste Powered by Google translate © 2021 South Oxfordshire District Council Our use of cookies We use necessary cookies to make our site work. We'd also like to set analytics cookies that help us make improvements by measuring how you use the site. These will be set only if you accept. For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see our Cookies page (Opens in a new window) Accept all cookiesReject All cookies Necessary Cookies Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. Analytics Cookies We'd like to set Google Analytics cookies to help us improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. For more information on how these cookies work please see our 'Cookies page'. Save and Close Cookie Control