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NOTE: On Friday, 19 December 2025 some of our City facilities including the Administration Centre, all Libraries and Walliston Transfer Station will be closing early. 

The City is providing an extra bin collection during the Christmas and New Year period for all residents. For the two full weeks over the holiday period (from Monday 22 December to Saturday 3 January) all three bins will be collected. 

• Bring out all 3 bins - general waste, recycling and FOGO, before 6am on bin day
• If your usual bin day falls on or after a public holiday, your bins will be collected on the following day.

For more information, view the bin collections over the holidays page.

Fortnightly recycling collections will resume as per the waste services calendar the week commencing 5 January 2026. 

• Residents are encouraged not to trap cats from 19 December 2025 as cats will not be collected, the City’s Animal Management Facility is closed over the Christmas Period. 
• Residents who have found animals on Christmas Day or Boxing Day are encouraged to hold until the next working day (27 December 2025) or alternatively take the animal to a local emergency vet. 
• Please DO NOT to trap cats over this holiday period Rangers cannot collected until they are back on shift, 27 December 2025.