Household Waste and Recycling
If your collection is due on Wednesday 25 December, it will be collected earlier – on Saturday 21 December instead.
If your collection is due on Thursday 26 December, it will be collected two days later – on Saturday 28 December instead.
If your collection is due on Wednesday 1 January, it will be collected three days later – on Saturday 4 January instead.
There are no other changes to scheduled waste and recycling collections. Bins need to be out by 6am on collection day.
Garden Waste
Garden waste collections will pause from Monday 23 December and resume on Monday 20 January.
Clinical Waste
If your clinical waste collection is due on Wednesday 25 December, it will be collected two days earlier, on Monday 23 December. If your clinical waste collection is due on Wednesday 1 January, it will be collected two days earlier, on Monday 30 December.
All other clinical waste collections will continue as normal. The council will not be booking any sharp collections in the week between Christmas and New Year.
Christmas Trees
If you have a real Christmas tree you can take it to your nearest KCC Household Waste Recycling Centre in Margate or Sandwich for recycling. Christmas trees will not be collected as part of regular waste and recycling collections.
Kent-based charity Pilgrims Hospice is collecting Christmas trees for recycling in return for a donation. They will be collecting from selected locations across Thanet between Friday 10 and Sunday 12 January 2025. You can find out more and book collections on their website.
Customer Services Opening Times (telephone only)
The council’s main switchboard will close at 3pm on Tuesday 24 December. Lines reopen at 8.45am on Thursday 2 January.
Thanet Gateway Plus
Council services at Thanet Gateway Plus will close from 2pm on Monday 23 December and reopen at 10am on Tuesday 2 January.
