As the Christmas period disappears and transforms into New Year you may, like many, be struggling to keep up with what day it is. With the Christmas and New Year bank holidays altering rubbish collections while crews take well deserved days off, it can be even harder to stay on track with when to put your bins out.
To help you navigate the next few weeks and ensure you can dispose of your inevitable mound of rubbish and recycling, we at SurreyLive have rounded up all the changes to bin collections for each of the Surrey council areas. You can find details of all the changes and when your next bin collection will be and when collections in your area are due to return to normal below.
If you can’t wait until your next collection, you can plan a trip to your nearest waste and recycling centre. To check where your nearest recycling centre is, and what you can recycle there, you can use the Surrey Recycles mobile app (Android or Apple). At these Recycling centres, you to get rid of items such as clothing, textiles, batteries and electronics, these are items which cannot be thrown in your black or blue bins.
Elmbridge New Year’s bin collections
Usual Collection Day | Revised Collection Day |
Friday 27 December |
Monday 30 December |
Monday 30 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Thursday 2 January |
Wednesday 1 January |
Friday 3 January |
Thursday 2 January |
Saturday 4 January |
Friday 3 January |
Monday 6 January |
Monday 6 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Friday 10 January |
Friday 10 January |
Saturday 11 January |
On Monday, January 13, collections will return to normal and bins should be presented on your usual collection day.
Epsom and Ewell New Year’s bin collections
Monday, January 6 will be the return to full, normal collection schedules.
**Collections for rubbish, recycling, food and glass
Guildford New Year’s bin collections
Mole Valley New Year’s bin collections
Usual Collection Day | Revised Collection Day |
Friday 27 December |
Monday 30 December |
Monday 30 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Thursday 2 January |
Wednesday 1 January |
Friday 3 January |
Thursday 2 January |
Saturday 4 January |
Friday 3 January |
Monday 6 January |
Monday 6 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Friday 10 January |
Friday 10 January |
Saturday 11 January |
On Monday January 13, collections will return back to normal and bins should be presented on your usual collection day.
Reigate and Banstead New Year’s bin collections
Usual Collection Day | Revised Collection Day |
Friday 27 December | Monday 30 December |
Monday 30 December | Tuesday 31 December |
Tuesday 31 December | Thursday 2 January |
Wednesday 1 January | Friday 3 January |
Thursday 2 January | Saturday 4 January |
Friday 3 January | Monday 6 January |
Monday 6 January | Tuesday 7 January |
Tuesday 7 January | Wednesday 8 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Friday 10 January |
Normal waste collection services will resume from Monday 13 January 2025.
Runnymede bin collection changes
Usual Collection Day | Revised Collection Day |
Monday 30 December | Normal collections |
Tuesday 31 December | Normal collections |
Wednesday 1 January* |
Thursday 2 January |
Thursday 2 January* |
Friday 3 January |
Friday 3 January* |
Saturday 4 January |
*Recycling (blue-lid) collections
Monday 6 January 2025 will be the return to full, normal collection schedules.
Surrey Heath New Year’s bin collections
Usual Collection Day | Revised Collection Day |
Friday 27 December |
Monday 30 December |
Monday 30 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Thursday 2 January |
Wednesday 1 January |
Friday 3 January |
Thursday 2 January |
Saturday 4 January |
Friday 3 January |
Monday 6 January |
Monday 6 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Friday 10 January |
Friday 10 January |
Saturday 11 January |
On Monday January 13, collections will return back to normal and bins should be presented on your usual collection day.
Tandridge New Year’s bin collections
Usual Collection Day |
Revised Collection Day |
Friday 27 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Thursday 2 January |
Wednesday 1 January |
Friday 3 January |
Thursday 2 January |
Saturday 4 January |
Friday 3 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Friday 10 January |
Friday 10 January |
Saturday 11 January |
Monday 13 January 2025 will be the return to full, normal collection schedules.
Spelthorne New Year’s bin collections
Usual Collection Day | Revised Collection Day |
Monday December 30 |
Normal collections |
Tuesday December 31 |
Normal collections |
Wednesday 1 January |
Thursday 2 January** |
Thursday 2 January |
Friday 3 January** |
Friday 3 January |
Saturday 4 January** |
Monday 6 January 2025 will be the return to normal collection schedules.
**Collections for recycling only.
Waverley New Year’s bin collections
Usual Collection Day | Revised Collection Day |
Monday December 30 | Normal collections |
Tuesday December 31 |
Normal collections |
Wednesday 1 January |
Thursday 2 January |
Thursday 2 January |
Friday 3 January |
Friday 3 January |
Saturday 4 January |
Bin collections will return to normal on Monday 6 January 2025.
Woking New Year’s bin collections
Usual Collection Day | Revised Collection Day |
Friday 27 December |
Monday 30 December |
Monday 30 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Tuesday 31 December |
Thursday 2 January |
Wednesday 1 January |
Friday 3 January |
Thursday 2 January |
Saturday 4 January |
Friday 3 January |
Monday 6 January |
Monday 6 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Tuesday 7 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Wednesday 8 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Thursday 9 January |
Friday 10 January |
Friday 10 January |
Saturday 11 January |
On Monday January 13, collections will return back to normal and bins should be presented on your usual collection day.