With two Bank Holidays coming up in May, on Friday 8th May and Monday 25th May, Richmond Council will carry out general waste, food waste and recycling collections for domestic properties one day later than usual, immediately following the Bank Holidays.

In 2020, the early May Bank Holiday has been moved from the usual first Monday in May, to the following Friday (8th May) to coincide with the VE Day 75th Anniversary.

Only collections scheduled for that Friday will be affected. Those residents should put their refuse and recycling out for collection on Saturday 9th May. Normal collections will resume on Monday 11th May.

The Spring Bank Holiday is on Monday 25th May. All collections that week will take place one day later than usual.

For example, Monday collections will happen on the Tuesday, and Tuesday collections will happen on the Wednesday. Normal collections will resume on Monday 1st June.

The garden waste service remains suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but residents can still purchase composting units to help manage green waste during this time.

Guidance is available at richmond.gov.uk/other_ways_to_recycle_garden_waste There will be no change for those receiving commercial waste and recycling collection services.

Residents are reminded that waste and recycling collections are completed by the new contractor using trucks that have 'split body' compartments at the rear meaning they each take separately two waste or recycling streams. Food waste and general refuse are collected in the same truck.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, if residents are self-isolating and feeling ill they should continue to put any potentially infected items (like used tissues or cleaning cloths) into separate plastic bags and double-bag them.

More information here

May Bank Holiday Collections

Friday 8th Saturday 9th

Monday 25th Tuesday 26th

Wednesday 27th Thursday 28th

Friday 29th Saturday 30th