We'll welcome 2023 later this week, and while it is a period full of hope and excitement for many, it is also a period of disrupted bin pick-ups.
Taking out the bin can become an important job around this time, as there will be plenty of waste that has built up over the festive season.
Like many others, waste workers will be seeing in the new year with their loved ones. That means pickup days usually vary a little in this period, so it's worth checking ahead before taking your bins out.
As reported by the Scottish Daily Express, here are a full list of bin collection times and alterations over the New Year's period.
Aberdeen
There will be no mixed recycling collection on January 2. There are no planned changes to other bin collection days over the festive period. Please ensure your bins are out at 7am on your collection day.
Aberdeenshire
Collections due on Monday, January 2 will be made on Friday, January 6. Collections due on Tuesday, January 3 will be collected as normal.
Household recycling centres will be closed on New Year’s and reopen on Tuesday, January 3. Household Recycling Centres in Portlethen and Laurencekirk will also be closed on Tuesday, January 3.
There will be no bookings for bulky uplifts from now to Sunday, January 8.
Angus
No collections on January 2. If you normally have a Monday collection, your bin will be emptied on Friday, January 6.
Argyll and Bute
Residents are advised to check the website for information on each area.
Borders
You can see collection dates by area on the Scottish Borders Council website.
They say that the majority of collections will be taking place as scheduled on Monday January 2 and Tuesday 3 January.
Clackmannanshire
All collections scheduled for January 2 to 6 will be made one day later than shown.
Dumfries and Galloway Council
In Wigtown and Stewartry, bins to go out on January 2 will be picked up on December 30.
In Nithsdale and Annandale and Eskdale, the January 2 lift will be on January 7 and the January 3 lift will be on January 8.
Dundee
Uplifts will be unaffected.
East Ayrshire
Collections will continue as normal apart from January 2. Those with bins to go out on January 1, put them out on December 31.
East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire Council says its waste service will not be operational on January 1 or January 2. Normal collection days will be two days later.
East Lothian
Monday, January 2 collections will take place on Saturday, December 31. All other collections will take place as normal on your regular scheduled collection days.
East Renfrewshire
There will be no brown bin collections from now until Monday, January 9, 2023. All other household bins will be collected as normal during this period.
Edinburgh
Staff will not work on January 1 or January 2. Residents are advised to check the council website for information.
Falkirk
The festive bin collection schedule is now available on residents' bin collection calendar.
Fife
There are no bin collections on January 2. Bins due to be emptied on these dates will be emptied on Saturday December 31. Ensure your bin is out for 6am for collection. You can check your bin collection information on the website.
Glasgow
Bins due to be lifted on New Year's Day will be on January 3 while those due on the 2nd will be taken on the 4th.
Highland
The Highland Council area’s waste and recycling team says details will be published on this website.
Inverclyde
All residents will have their bins emptied the day after their usual collection date. Inverclyde’s two recycling centres at Pottery Street in Greenock and Craigmuschat Quarry in Gourock will both be closed on New Year’s Day, and 2 January 2023 only.
Midlothian
If your bin is due to be collected on Monday, January 2, 2023, leave it out on Saturday, December 31.
Moray
Moray's residents can put in their postcode and get their Christmas collections days on the council's bin day finder.
Check the website for details.
North Ayrshire
Advice is to put your household bin out for 7am as the actual time of collection might vary during the holidays. And if adverse weather affects your area the council will return to collect your bin when possible.
On the mainland and Cumbrae only the domestic and commercial collection days for Monday, December 26 and Monday, January 2 will change. Bins due for collection on January 2 will be collected on December 31. All other collection days remain unaffected.
And in Arran, January, uplifts change from: Monday 2 to Wednesday 4; Tuesday 3 to Thursday 5 and Wednesday 4 to Friday 6 .
Phone the local office on 01770 600338 if you need further details.
North Lanarkshire
If your bin is scheduled to go out January 1 will be December 31 and January 2, January 3.
Orkney
Waste and recycling collections over the festive period are set out for the mainland and islands on the website. Household Waste and Recycling Centre/point opening hours are here.
Perth and Kinross
There will be no domestic collections on January 1 or 2. Collections due on January 1 or 2 will be taken on Saturday, December 31.
Renfrewshire
Due Sunday, January 1, collected Saturday, December 31.
Shetland
Details of the collection times for each island are available on the council website.
South Ayrshire
Non Recycling Waste (Green Bin), Paper and Cardboard (Grey Bin), Plastic Metals and Cartons (Blue Bin), Glass Bin (Purple Lid) will be collected as normal over the festive period. Food Waste will be collected between Saturday 31 December and Tuesday 3 January 2023. Please pop your caddy out for collection by 6am on both Saturdays and leave out until collection takes place.
South Lanarkshire
All bin collections over the two-week festive period will be carried out one day later than normal from December 26 until January 7. So the 26th is the 27th, 27th is 28th and so on.
Stirling
Residents should have received a letter about scheduled bin times from the local authority. The brown bin collection will be suspended for one cycle (26 December - 1 January).
Residents will instead be asked to present their brown bin for collection on the following cycle (9-15 January). Glass box collections will continue as normal.
West Dunbartonshire
Collections due on Monday, January 2 will be made on Saturday, December 31.
Western Isles
Residents are advised to check the website.
West Lothian
Brown bin collections will be suspended from Snow until Sunday, January 8. There will be no grey, blue or green bin collections on January 2 and 3. Residents whose collections are due on these days should put them out the following Wednesday instead, January 4, and leave them out until they are emptied.
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