Gwynedd's waste collection arrangements over the Christmas period

Due to the Christmas holidays, Cyngor Gwynedd's waste and recycling collections will not be held on 25 and 26 December this year.

Residual waste collections (green wheelie bin/black sacks) will take place a week earlier (i.e. on 18 and 19 December) – a letter explaining the change has been sent to these households.

Recycling collections will resume the following week for any households that missed out on a collection on 25 and 26 December. Yellow bag collections will also take place the following week.

Although it's a bank holiday, there will be normal collections for everyone who has a collection on Thursday, 1 January 2026.

To facilitate the arrangements for Gwynedd residents at times when more material such as cardboard and packaging accumulates at home, the opening hours of the Council's recycling centres will be extended for the week commencing 29 December.

Full details of all Cyngor Gwynedd's recycling centres are available on the 'Gwynedd app' on a smartphone or tablet or by visiting www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/recycling

Councillor Craig ab Iago, Cyngor Gwynedd's Cabinet Member for the Environment, said:

"Although there's a lot we can all do to reuse and cut down on unnecessary waste over Christmas, more litter and recycling tends to pile up in homes over this period.

"While some households that would normally have a collection on 25 and 26 December are affected, it's important to remember that the Council's recycling centres are open over the Christmas and New Year period.

"The opening times of the centres have been extended over the period so we would encourage Gwynedd residents to make the most of these facilities if they have additional items for recycling or more waste than usual. All that needs to be done is to book a slot to attend your local centre. 

"Advice and information about recycling and details of your local centre and collection dates for the year are also available on www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/recycling or by using the Gwynedd app on your smartphone or tablet."

Households that miss out on collections on Christmas Day will receive a collection on Thursday, 18 December 2025 and then on 15 January 2026. For households that miss out on a collection on Boxing Day (26 December), there will be a collection on Thursday, 19 December 2025 and then on 16 January 2026.

The recycling centres are open until 12pm on 24 December and will re-open after Christmas on Monday, 29 December. The centres will be closed on New Year's Day.

For more information about the Council's recycling and waste services, including details about booking a slot to attend a recycling centre, visit www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/recycling or if you do not have access to the internet, you can call 01766 771000.

Notes:

Details of recycling collections that are affected over the Christmas period in Gwynedd:

• There will be no collections on 25 December, with all households that would have had a recycling/green bin/yellow bags collection being collected on 1 January 2026;
• There will be no collections on 26 December, with all households that would have had a recycling/green bin/yellow bags collection being collected on 2 January 2026.

Details of the hours of the recycling centres over the Christmas period in Gwynedd:

• 24 December – recycling centres are open from 9am to 12pm;
• 25 December - 27 December – all recycling centres closed;
• 29 December to 31 December – centres open from 8am to 4.30pm;
• 1 January – all recycling centres closed;
• 2 – 3 January – centres open from 8am to 4.30pm;
• 5 January onwards – centres open as usual.

*Please note that Bala and Blaenau Ffestiniog recycling centres are only open on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays.