Waste Collections
Waste and Recycling at Christmas
Pembrokeshire recycles at Christmas
Christmas is a truly wonderful time of year but while enjoying the festivities please also remember to recycle, below is a list of what can be recycled in each of the kerbside sort containers.
- Blue reusable sack – Cardboard & card including delivery boxes and brown packaging/wrapping paper and Christmas cards without glitter, foil embossing or any other embossing on them (no bows, ribbons etc). Please ensure your cardboard is flattened or cut to fit within the blue bag to fit in the vehicle compartment.
- Blue box – Paper including newspapers and magazines, leaflets, envelopes and paper based wrapping paper which meets the 'scrunch test' (paper which bounces back after it is scrunched in a ball, foil based paper or wrapping paper with glitter on is not recyclable and should be placed in your grey residual bags).
- Red reusable sack – Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays (excluding black and brown plastic pots, tubs and trays), food and beverage cartons and metal packaging including cans, tins, empty aerosols, foil and foil trays. Your plastic sweet/ chocolate tubs and metal biscuit tins are also recyclable through the red bag.
- Green caddy – Food waste – including peelings, turkey carcasses and any Christmas left overs. But why not turn any leftover food into a wonderful dish, like a curry or pie.
- Green box – Glass bottles and jars – including wine, beer and spirit bottles, sauce jars and non food bottles such as empty perfume bottles.
- Household-provided clear bag – Household batteries
For a more detailed list please use the Pembrokeshire Recycling A-Z or Recycling Search
Please help our crews by putting your recycling out for collection before Christmas, to ensure you have as much space as possible in your recycling containers over the busy festive period.
Alternatively, you can take your waste it to any of our Waste and Recycling Centres via a pre booked slot or recycle through one of our community recycling points located throughout Pembrokeshire.
Waste collections – Residual (non-recyclable) waste
We know that a combination of spending more time at home this Christmas and extra visitors could mean fuller recycling and residual bags during this period. To help with the extra residual waste we will allow properties to present one extra bag at the kerbside on your first collection of residual 'non-recyclable' waste after Christmas. The date of this collection is shown on your online kerbside collection calendar or why not sign up to the collection notifications via My Account.
It is still important to recycle as much as possible though, including wrapping paper. Wrapping paper can be recycled if it does not contain glitter or foil, and does not bounce back/unfold again if you scrunch it up into a ball. Make sure you recycle your food waste such as turkey bones and potato peelings.
Household waste and recycling collection dates
Please note there will be some changes to rubbish and recycling collections over Christmas and New Year.
There will be no waste and recycling collections on Christmas Day (Wednesday 25th December), Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December) or New Year’s Day (1st January).
- Collections due on Monday 23rd December will take place two days earlier on Saturday 21st December
- Collections due on Tuesday 24th December will take place two days earlier on Sunday 22nd December
- Collections due on Wednesday 25th December will take place two days earlier on Monday 23rd December
- Collections due on Thursday 26th December will take place two days earlier on Tuesday 24th December
New Year collections
- Collections on Wednesday 1st January will take place one day later on Thursday 2nd January
- Collections due on Thursday 2nd January will take place one day later on Friday 3rd January
- Collections due on Friday 3rd January will take place one day later on Saturday 4th January
Don’t forget you can place an additional bag of residual 'non-recyclable' household waste (grey/black bag) on your first collection day after Christmas.
There are no changes to what is scheduled for collection. Please make sure your containers are out for collection by 6.30am.
Please check your online calendars or sign up to the notification service via My Account to see which items are collected each week.
Collections will return to normal from Monday 6th January 2025
Real Christmas tree collection
Pembrokeshire residents are once again able to book a kerbside collection of their real Christmas tree over the festive period.
For a charge of £5.30 per tree, real Christmas trees will be collected from residents’ homes on a designated day before being sent to a Pembrokeshire facility for shredding and composting.
The collection service will commence from Monday 6th January 2024 and householders wishing to have a collection can arrange one through your My Account or by calling the Council contact centre on 01437 764551.
Requests for collections will be available through the contact centre on 01437 764551 until Friday 3rd January and via My Account until Sunday 5th January.
Alternatively households can still take their Christmas trees to any Waste and Recycling Centres free of charge, WRC bookings can be made via the PCC website, My Account or through the contact centre.
PCC trade waste customers
There will be changes to collection dates over the festive period, those on the small business/ holiday let packages will receive collections as per the household collection dates above.
All other Trade Waste Customers will be contacted directly via email with their festive collection dates.
Waste and Recycling Centre (WRC’s) at Christmas
Pembrokeshire household and commercial users will need to book a slot at one of our Waste and Recycling Centre’s if they wish to use the WRC’s over the festive period, only users with a pre-booked slot will be admitted to the WRC’s.
To book a slot for the WRC or view the user guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) please visit: Waste bookings
The WRC’s will remain open as per the winter opening hours however please note they will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. Opening arrangements are currently being reviewed for WRC ‘s which will be impacted by these closures over the festive period, more information to follow.
Please recycle this Christmas
Make recycling your New Years resolution!
Contact us:
Tel: 01437 764551
Email: wasteandrecycling@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Web: Waste and Recycling