Local council areas across Co Tyrone have published details of when bins will be collected and the opening times of recycling centres across Co Tyrone during the Christmas period.
While the festive period may be a time for eating, drinking and being merry, that often leads to a build up of waste in the home, and many council facilities operate with reduced hours.
From Christmas Eve there may be some disruption to the standard bin collection and centre opening days - here's all the details below based on the three local council areas covering Co Tyrone.
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Mid Ulster District Council
Bin collections:
There will be no bin collections on Monday 26 December. Bins due to be collected on Monday 26 December will instead be collected on Saturday 24 December.
All other bin collections remain as normal.
Remember to leave your bin at the kerb by 7.30am.
Recycling Centres:
All recycling centres are closed on Monday 26 December and Monday 2 January and will reopen on Tuesday 27 December and Tuesday 3 January (except Fivemiletown Recycling Centre which is closed on Tuesdays).
Derry and Strabane District Council
Derry City and Strabane District Council have announced some amendments to services during the Christmas holiday period.
The main changes relate to blue and brown bin collections which were due to take place on Boxing Day, Monday 26th December – these will now be lifted earlier on Christmas Eve on Saturday 24th December.
There are also minor changes to opening hours for Recycling Centres, Leisure Services and Visitors Services.
Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Sandra Duffy, urged the public to check the Council website before accessing services during the holiday period.
“In order to accommodate staff holidays we have made a number of tweaks to Council services over Christmas,” she explained.
“The majority of services are unaffected however to allow collection teams to have Boxing Day off, blue and brown bin collections will take place on Christmas Eve.
“This can be a busy period at Recycling Centres and we are grateful to staff who will work through the holidays to make sure their opening hours are largely unaffected.”
Recycling centres will be open Christmas Eve, Derry sites from 8am to 2pm and Strabane sites 10am to 2pm.
Recycling Centres will close on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Household bin collections
Bin collections will operate as normal from Tuesday 27 to Friday 30 December 2022.
There will be no bin collection service on Monday 26 December 2022. Please note that bins due to be collected on this date will instead be collected on Saturday 31 December 2022.
Bin collections will operate as normal on Monday 2 January 2023. Please present your bin by 7am with the handles facing outwards on the day of collection.
Recycling centres
All recycling centres across the Fermanagh and Omagh area will be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
The following recycling centres will open as normal from Tuesday 27 December:
- Carrickmore
- Dromore
- Fintona
- Gortrush, Omagh
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