Alternative arrangements are in place for bin collections in East Ayrshire for the New Year period.

Residents whose bins are due for collection on January 1 or 2 are being asked to take note of changes to the usual collection dates due to the public holidays.

Any bins due for collection on Monday, January 1 will be collected on Saturday, December 30. 

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Bins due for collection on Tuesday, January 2 will be collected on Sunday, December 31.

As collection times vary during the festive season, containers should be presented for collection the night before uplift, or by 6.30am. 

Should the recycling trolley not be presented in time, materials should be stored until the next week, or taken to the nearest recycling centre or recycling point.

As there are no garden waste collections until March 2024, real Christmas trees can be taken to recycling centres.

Collections will resume as normal from Wednesday, January 3.