Collections due on Monday will take place on Friday (29 December). Those due on Tuesday will be done on next Saturday (30 December).

Collections scheduled for Monday, 1 January will be done on Friday, 5 January and those due on Tuesday, 2 January will take place on Saturday, 6 January.

If for any reason the council is unable to collect bins on any of these days, additional bags of waste or boxes of recycling left beside the bin will also be lifted on the date of the next scheduled collection for that material.

You can check your collection date on the council’s website: http://bit.ly/BinCollections

For guidance on materials you can recycle at home using the council’s recycling services, visit http://bit.ly/ShireRecyclables

Recycling centres will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day and Tuesday, 2 January. Sites which are open on Sundays will close at 4pm on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. For more information, see: http://bit.ly/AbshireHWRCs

To request an additional food caddy or blue-lidded wheeled bin, call 03456 081207, email waste@aberdeenshire.gov.uk or go to: http://bit.ly/Additionalbins