Festive Period Commercial Refuse Collections
Date: 07 December 2023
Commercial refuse collection days over the Christmas and New Year period are listed below.
Regular waste collections will resume on Monday 8 January 2024.
Trade Refuse Fortnightly Collections
|
Area |
Usual Collection Day |
Refuse Collection Dates |
|
Area 1 – Kirkwall (Central and North West) |
(Normally Monday) |
Monday 18 December 2023 & Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
|
Area 6 – East Holm, Deerness, Tankerness and Toab |
(Normally Monday) |
Monday 18 December 2023 & Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
|
Area 7 – Kirkwall (South), Holm, Burray (North) |
(Normally Tuesday) |
Tuesday 19 December 2023 & Thursday 4 January 2024 |
|
Area 2 – Kirkwall (West) |
(Normally Tuesday) |
Tuesday 19 December 2023 & Thursday 4 January 2024 |
|
Area 3 – Kirkwall (Central) Area 8 – South Ronaldsay and Burray (South) |
(Normally Wednesday) |
Wednesday 20 December 2023 & Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
|
Area 4 – Kirkwall (South East) |
(Normally Thursday) |
Thursday 21 December 2023 & Thursday 4 January 2024 |
|
Area 5 – Kirkwall (North East) |
(Normally Friday) |
Friday 22 December 2023 & Friday 5 January 2024 |
|
Area 9 – Stromness (Central) |
(Normally Monday) |
Saturday 30 December 2023 |
|
Area 11 – Stromness (Outer), Sandwick and Birsay |
(Normally Wednesday) |
Wednesday 27 December 2023 |
|
Area 10 – Stromness (Outer Areas) and Stenness (West) |
(Normally Tuesday) |
Saturday 30 December 2023 |
|
Area 12 – Dounby, Birsay and Evie Area 14 – Finstown, Stenness (East) and Harray |
(Normally Thursday) |
Thursday 28 December 2023 |
|
Area 13 – Firth, Rendall, Evie and Harray Area 15 – Orphir and Stenness (West) |
(Normally Friday) |
Friday 29 December 2023 |
Trade Refuse Collections - (Weekly collections only for businesses that have paid for this service)
|
Areas 3 & 8 |
Wednesday 27 December 2023 |
|
Area 4 |
Thursday 28 December 2023 |
|
Area 5 |
Friday 29 December 2023 |
|
Areas 1, 6, 2, 7 |
Saturday 30 December 2023 |
|
Area 9, 10 & 11 |
Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
|
Areas 12 & 14 |
Thursday 4 January 2024 |
|
Areas 13 & 15 |
Friday 5 January 2024 |
Trade Refuse Collections - (Additional twice weekly collections only for businesses that have paid for this service)
|
Area 5 |
Wednesday 27 December 2023 |
Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
|
Areas 1 & 9 |
Thursday 28 December 2023 |
Thursday 4 January 2024 |
|
Areas 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 |
Friday 29 December 2023 |
|
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Areas 4, 12, 13, 14 & 15 |
Saturday 30 December 2023 |
|
|
Areas 4, 13 & 15 |
Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
|
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Areas 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 |
Friday 5 January 2024 |
|
Trade Recycling Information – only for businesses that have paid for this service
|
Areas 1 & 2 |
Wednesday 27 December 2023 |
|
Areas 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 |
Thursday 28 December 2023 |
|
Areas 9, 10 & 11 |
Wednesday 3 January 2024 |
|
Areas 12, 13, 14 & 15 |
Thursday 4 January 2024 |
Trade Cardboard Collections – only for businesses that have paid for this service
|
Kirkwall and East Mainland |
(Normally Wednesday 27 December) |
Wednesday 27 December 2023 |
|
West Mainland |
(Normally Wednesday 3 January) |
Friday 5 January 2024 |
Trade Oil Collections – only for businesses that have paid for this service
|
Oil Collections |
(Normally Wednesday 3 January) |
Friday 5 January 2024 |
Businesses should remember that refuse must be out at normal collection point by 8am to guarantee a collection.
Enquiries about these services should be made to Customer Services on 01856 873535 before 4pm on Friday 22 December 2023.
- Summary:
Commercial refuse collection days over the Christmas and New Year period are listed below.
Regular waste collections will resume on Monday 8 January 2024.
- Category:
- Waste and Recycling
- Service Disruptions
- Business and Trade
- Christmas
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