Congleton residents are being encouraged to check the council's website for changes to their bin collection schedule during the festive period.

There will be no black or silver bin collections on any of the Bank Holidays – Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Year's Day.

Residents who would usually have their bins collected on these days will have their collections rescheduled as follows:

If your BLACK bin was due for collection on Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day), it will now be collected on Monday 23 December. 

If your SILVER bin was due for collection on Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day), it will now be collected on Tuesday 24 December. 

If your BLACK bin was due for collection on Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day), it will now be collected on Monday 30 December. 

If your SILVER bin was due for collection on Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day), it will now be collected on Tuesday 31 December. 

If your BLACK bin was due for collection on Wednesday 1 January (New Year's Day), it will now be collected on Thursday 2 January 2025.

If your SILVER bin was due for collection on Wednesday 1 January (New Year's Day), it will now be collected on Monday 6 January. 

Garden waste collections for subscribers to the council's Garden Waste Recycling Scheme will finish on Friday 20 December.

They will restart for subscribers to the 2025 scheme from the week commencing 20 January.

More information about bin collection changes.

Councillor Mick Warren, chair of Cheshire East Council's environment and communities committee, said: "The changes to collections over the festive season will not affect all residents – they will only affect households that have their recycling (silver bin) or residual waste (black bin) collected on a Wednesday or Thursday. 

Cllr Mick Warren. (Photo: Cheshire East)

"Some collections will be brought forward, and others pushed back, depending on people's normal bin collection day. 

"In previous years, we have added stickers to people's bin lids letting them know about the changes.

"However, this does of course cost money and given the council's significant financial challenges, we have decided not to share the information in this way this year.

"Instead, as we usually do, information can be found on our website and our online bin collection calendar has been updated with the rescheduled collections. 

"I encourage people who may have relatives, friends or neighbours without access to the internet to check this information for them, so they don't miss out on any collections. 

"I'd also like to remind residents that they can now sign up – or renew their subscription – to the council's Garden Waste Recycling Scheme if they would like to have their garden waste collected from January.

"Finally, I'd like to thank our waste colleagues, who will be continuing to deliver essential frontline services over the festive period."

Residents are asked to ensure their bin is out for 6.30 am on collection days.

Crewe, Alsager, Knutsford and Alsager household waste and recycling centres will remain open over the festive season with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day when they will be closed.

The sites will close at 1 pm on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.