Changes to your rubbish, recycling, food and paid for garden waste collection days over the festive period 2025/26
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Christmas and New Year rubbish and recycling collections
Changes to collection days over Christmas and New Year
Some collection days will change over the festive period. Please check the table below to see if your usual day is affected:
Usual collection day New collection day
Wednesday 24 December 2025 No change – collected as usual
Thursday 25 December 2025 Saturday 27 December 2025
Friday 26 December 2025 Sunday 28 December 2025
Monday 29 December 2025 No change – collected as usual
Tuesday 30 December 2025 No change – collected as usual
Wednesday 31 December 2025 No change – collected as usual
Thursday 1 January 2026 Friday 2 January 2026
Friday 2 January 2026 Saturday 3 January 2026
Monday 5 January 2026 Return to normal collection schedule
View a printable version of the Christmas and New Year rubbish and recycling collection days (PDF, 393.43 KB).
Bulky waste collections
You can book a bulky waste collection on any day when normal collections take place.
Barrowell Green Recycling Centre
Barrowell Green recycling centre will be closed on the following dates:
Wednesday 24 December 2025 – closes at 2pm
Thursday 25 December 2025 – closed
Friday 26 December – closed
Wednesday 31 December – closes at 2pm
Thursday 1 January 2026 – closed
Edmonton Eco Park
Edmonton Eco Park recycling centre will be closed on the following dates:
Thursday 25 December 2025 – closed
Friday 26 December 2025 – closed
Thursday 1 January 2026 – closed
What you can recycle this Christmas
Items to remember to recycle:
Recycle in your brown food waste bin:
Leftover food waste (such as turkey bones)
Recycle in your blue-lidded bin:
Cardboard packaging (remove polystyrene first)
Glass bottles and drinks cans
Aluminium foil (remove food first)
Real Christmas trees – see below
Old clothes – book a textile collection if you’re clearing out your wardrobe
Items you cannot recycle:
Wrapping paper
Cards covered in glitter
Polystyrene and plastic packaging
Batteries – find your local drop off
For more Christmas tips, visit Recycle Now.
Christmas tree collections (real trees only)
Garden waste collection
If you subscribe to the garden waste collection service:
Put your tree out on your usual garden waste collection day
Remove all decorations and pots
If your tree is taller than 6ft, cut it into smaller pieces to keep our collection staff safe
Charity collections
North London Hospice offers free Christmas tree recycling in selected Enfield postcodes. This is the second year they have run this service.
Recycling centres
You can also take your tree to:
Barrowell Green Recycling Centre
Edmonton Eco Park – check website for details
Parks
You can no longer drop Christmas trees off in parks within the borough.
