CHESHIRE East Council has announced its Christmas bin collection schedule.

Ansa, the council's environmental services company, will be placing information stickers on black bins of those households whose normal collections fall on the bank holidays and advising of changes to schedules (see below) over the Christmas and New Year period.

That includes there being no garden waste collections from Wednesday, December 22 through to Monday, January 3, 2022 with collections resuming as normal on Tuesday, January 4.

Bin collections in the borough are under pressure and the council has admitted it has missed some in the past month as the HGV lorry driver shortage bites.

Cllr Mick Warren, chair of Cheshire East Council's environment and communities committee, stressed: "We are extremely grateful for the patience that residents have shown during the disruption.

"As in previous years, we have started to issue our Christmas collection stickers. We would like to remind residents that collection days and changes to these dates can be found online.

"Some collections will be brought forward, and others pushed back, depending on your normal bin collection day."

The council is asking residents to put food waste in their black bins if space in garden bins is limited.

- The last day of garden waste collections before Christmas will be on Tuesday, December 21 and they will resume on Tuesday, January 4 2022.

- There will be no recycling or black bin collections on Monday, December 27, Tuesday, December 28 or Monday, January 3, 2022.

- If your black bin was due for collection on Monday, December 27 it will now be collected on Thursday 23 December

- If your silver bin was due for collection on Monday, December 27 it will now be collected on Wednesday 22 December

- If your black bin was due for collection on Tuesday, December 28 it will now be collected on Wednesday, December 29.

- If your silver bin was due for collection on Tuesday, December 28 it will now be collected on Friday, December 24.

- If your black bin was due for collection on Monday, January 3 it will now be collected on Friday, December 31.

- If your silver bin was due for collection on Monday, January 3 it will now be collected on Thursday, December 30.

- Local household waste and recycling centres will continue to stay open (except for Christmas Day) to take garden waste and excess household waste.