Powys County Council has confirmed revised waste and recycling collection dates for the Christmas and New Year period, with crews spending time with friends and family over the bank holidays.

There will be no collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day.

For Christmas week: Collections up to and including Wednesday, December 24 will go ahead as normal. Collections due on Thursday, December 25 and Friday, December 26 will be delayed by two days, with crews working over the weekend to catch up.

Residents can expect:

• Thursday, December 25 collections moved to Saturday, December 27

• Friday, December 26 collections moved to Sunday, December 28

For New Year week: Normal collections will continue on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (December 29, 30, 31). Collections due on Thursday, January 1 will take place on Friday, January 2. Collections due on Friday, January 2 will take place on Saturday, January 3.

The council urges households to check online if their bin has not been emptied by 5pm on the revised collection day.

All Household Recycling Centres will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, but will remain open at other times.

Cllr Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys, said: “With collections scheduled throughout the festive period, we are encouraging households to make use of the service and reduce, reuse, and recycle as much of their household waste as possible.

“We all generate more waste than normal over Christmas and New Year, but most of it can be recycled - tin foil, food, glass jars and bottles, real Christmas trees, plain Christmas cards and wrapping paper, batteries, plastic pots, and bottles – we can all do our bit to make sure as much as possible is recycled.”