Recycling and Rubbish Collection Dates over the Holidays
Garden waste paused but Christmas trees can be left out
Veolia bin lorry handling collection. Picture: H&F Council
December 16, 2025
Hammersmith and Fulham Council is running a slightly amended bin collection service over the Christmas period.
Several days will see their collections pushed back with everything to be back to normal by Monday 5 January.
Garden waste collections meanwhile will be put on pause, with no service from 24 December until 15 January.
For residents who normally get an on-street rubbish collection there is also the option to leave your Christmas tree out to be picked up.
The only rules are that it must be a real tree, be visible, have all decorations and pots removed, and not be blocking the pavement.
The tree must also be put out before 7am on the day your collection would normally take place, with the service to be run from 5 January until 23 January 23.
For the full details of the rubbish and recycling collection days over Christmas, and where those without on-street pick-ups can drop off their tree, see below.
Full list of Christmas bin collection dates |
|
|---|---|
Normal collection day and date |
Revised collection day |
Monday 22 December |
Normal collection |
Tuesday 23 December |
Normal collection |
Wednesday 24 December (Christmas Eve) |
Normal collection |
Thursday 25 December (Christmas Day) |
Moved to Saturday 27 December |
Friday 26 December (Boxing Day) |
Moved to Sunday 28 December |
Saturday 27 December |
Normal collection |
Monday 29 December |
Normal collection |
Tuesday 30 December |
Normal collection |
Wednesday 31 December (New Year's Eve) |
Normal collection |
Thursday 1 January (New Year's Day) |
Moved to Friday 2 January |
Friday 2 January |
Moved to Saturday 3 January |
Saturday 3 January |
Normal collection |
Monday 5 January |
Normal collection |
If you do not have an on-street collection you can drop off your Christmas tree at the below locations:
- Bishops Park, next to the café
- Cathnor Park, by the play area
- Fulham Palace Road Cemetery
- Loris Road Community Gardens
- New Kings Road, by Eelbrook Common
- Normand Park
- Ravenscourt Park, by the football pitch
- South Park
- Wormholt Park
- Wormwood Scrubs car park
For more details, including tips on what you can and cannot recycle, visit Hammersmith and Fulham Council’s website.
Written with contributions from Philip James Lynch - Local Democracy Reporter
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