Hammersmith & Fulham Council wishes you a very merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.
On this page
- Christmas and New Year collection days
- Free Christmas tree recycling
- Let's get recycling right this Christmas
- Garden waste collections
More Christmas and New Year information from H&F Council
Collection days
The table below shows your normal collection day and the revised collection day it will move to over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. All collections will be back to normal by Monday 6 January 2025.
| Normal collection day and date | Revised collection day |
|---|---|
| Monday 23 December | Normal collection |
| Tuesday 24 December (Christmas Eve) | Normal collection |
| Wednesday 25 December (Christmas Day) | Moved to Friday 27 December |
| Thursday 26 December (Boxing Day) | Moved to Saturday 28 December |
| Friday 27 December | Moved to Sunday 29 December |
| Saturday 28 December | Moved to Sunday 29 December |
| Monday 30 December | Normal collection |
| Tuesday 31 December (New Year's Eve) | Normal collection |
| Wednesday 1 January (New Year's Day) | Moved to Thursday 2 January |
| Thursday 2 January | Moved to Friday 3 January |
| Friday 3 January | Moved to Saturday 4 January |
| Saturday 4 January | Normal collection |
| Monday 6 January | Normal collection |
Free Christmas tree recycling collection
If you normally get an on-street rubbish collection, simply leave your tree where you'd leave your rubbish.
Please make sure:
- it is a REAL tree
- it is clearly visible
- it is not obstructing the pavement
- all decorations and pots are removed.
Please put your tree out for collection before 7am on your regular collection day between Thursday 2 January and Wednesday 22 January 2025.
Designated Christmas tree drop-off points
Or you can take your tree to one of the designated drop-off points below.
- Bishops Park (next to cafe, Bishops Park Road/Stevenage Road entrance)
- Cathnor Park (next to the play area, Greenside Road)
- Fulham Palace Road Cemetery (opposite Queensmill Road)
- Loris Road Community Gardens (Batoum Gardens)
- New Kings Road (on edge of Eelbrook Common)
- Normand Park (opposite Lillie Road entrance)
- Ravenscourt Park (by football pitch, access by foot via Ravenscourt Park Road)
- South Park (hard standing in front of the wildlife area, access by foot via Woolneigh Street)
- Wormholt Park (Sawley Road entrance)
- Wormwood Scrubs car park (off Scrubs Lane)
Let's get recycling right this Christmas
Are you doing your bit? Here's your handy guide to recycling in H&F.
We've sent everyone these recycling guidelines in our seasonal Winter Update booklet. Double-check what can and can't be put in your recycling sack, bin or bank.
YES PLEASE! Place these items in your household recycling:
- Mixed paper and card: Card, cardboard, paper (clean and dry, but no glitter please!).
- Mixed glass bottles and jars: Glass bottles, jars (with lids placed loose in recycling).
- Cartons: Cartons, Tetra Paks (squash and keep plastic lids on).
- Plastic packing containers: Plastic bottles, tubs, trays, pots (squashed and lids placed back on).
- Food tins and drink cans: Aluminium and steel tins and cans (clean and empty).
Top recycling tips
- Flatten cardboard boxes.
- Rinse out bottles, jars and cartons.
- Squash and keep the lids on bottles and cartons.
NO THANKS! Please don't put these items in your recycling:
- Black sacks: Black sacks should be used for general household waste only. Place in your black bin.
- Food waste/garden waste: Use the dedicated bins, if you have them, or try home composting.
- Shredded paper/giftwrap and cards with glitter: Sadly these can't be recycled. Place in your black bin.
- Aerosols/tin foil: For safety and contamination reasons these can't be recycled. Place in black bin.
- Textiles: Drop textiles off at H&F libraries, or find a textile recycling bank on our TRAID recycling page.
- Nappies: To prevent contamination of your recycling, nappies should go in black bins.
Run out of clear recycling sacks?
To order more, please use our online ordering form.
Garden waste collections
Our garden waste collections will resume on Thursday 16 January.
The garden waste service has been temporarily paused to allow our crews to collect Christmas trees for recycling. We appreciate your patience with this.