View your 2023/24 waste and recycling calendar

Christmas and New Year 2023/24 collection dates

Original collection date

Revised collection date

Bin/sack collection

Monday 25 Dec

Weds 27 Dec

Black, red, blue

Tuesday 26 Dec

Thurs 28 Dec

Black, red, blue

Wednesday 27 Dec

Friday 29 Dec

Black, red, blue

Thursday 28 Dec

Sat 30 Dec

Black, red, blue

Friday 29 Dec

Tues 2 Jan

Black, red, blue

Monday 1 Jan

Weds 3 Jan

Black, red and green 

Tuesday 2 Jan

Thurs 4 Jan

Black, red and green 

Wednesday 3 Jan

Friday 5 Jan

Black, red and green 

Thurs 4 Jan

Sat 6 Jan

Black, red and green 

Friday 5 Jan

Mon 8 Jan

Black, red and green 

Monday 8 Jan

Tues 9 Jan

Black, blue and green 

Tuesday 9 Jan

Weds 10 Jan

Black, blue and green 

Wednesday 10 Jan

Thurs 11 Jan

Black, blue and green 

Thursday 11 Jan

Friday 12 Jan

Black, blue and green 

Friday 12 Jan

Sat 13 Jan

Black, blue and green 

When and where to put your bins out

To ensure your rubbish and recycling can be safely and easily collected please:

  • place your waste and recycling on the boundary of your property by 7.00am on your collection day, closest to where the collection vehicle passes
  • don’t put out your waste and recycling earlier than 5.00pm the day before your collection day
  •  Your bins or sacks (if you have been allocated recycling sacks) should be put at the boundary of your property, or a point agreed by a waste officer.
  • If your property has been allocated sacks, tie up all rubbish and recycling bags.
  • rinse out any food and drink containers before you put them into the  blue bin or blue recycling sack.
  • Breakdown cardboard and place it inside the red lid bin or red recycling sack. If it is too big please take to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre
  • If you are on a wheelie bin collection, don’t put loose items, or sacks out for collection, as it won’t be collected
  • if your wheelie bins or recycling sacks  contain the wrong items, it may not be collected 

Collection vehicles

There are three different vehicles that collect waste from your property:

  • one for your black wheelie bin (for waste that can't be recycled)
  • another for your recycling bin, either blue or red depending on the week (blue for glass, metal and plastic, red for paper and cardboard)
  • a third for your green wheelie bin or 23l caddy (for food and garden waste). 

 

Waste and Recycling team

Waste and Recycling team contact information

Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (appointment only), 9 Dickens Road, Old Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5QF