Revised rubbish collection dates for Christmas and New Year
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Highland Council has released its festive schedule for rubbish collection dates.
Owing to the Christmas and New Year period, regular dates for collections have been amended accordingly to accommodate the holiday season.
For households in Caithness that have rubbish collections taking place on a Wednesday, as Christmas Day falls on that day of the week, collections have been brought forward to Saturday, December 21.
Collections on the Thursday – Boxing Day – will be uplifted as normal.
For Hogmanay, as New Year's Day falls on a Wednesday, if you have a rubbish collection scheduled for that day, it will be brought forward to Saturday, December 28.
If a rubbish collection uplift is pencilled in on a Thursday, then the collection on Thursday January 2 will be put back to Saturday, January 4.
For anyone wishing to bring any items for recycling, the recycling centres across the county will be closed on December 25 and 26 and also on January 1 and 2.
Highland Council's rescheduled collection dates can be found at https://www.highland.gov.uk/bindays
Should any emergencies happen over the festive period the relevant contact details are:
Health and Social Care – 0845 601 4813
Roads, flooding, street lighting – 01349 886690
Housing – 01349 886691
Registration – 07818 588 203
Emergency out-of-hours telephone numbers:
All trunk roads – BEAR Scotland, 0800 028 1414
Gas Freephone – 0800 111 999
NHS 24 – call free on 111 if you are ill and can't wait until your regular NHS service reopens
Police Scotland – 101 for all services
Scottish Fire and Rescue Service – 01463 240999 (24 hours)
Scottish and Southern Electric Freephone – 0800 300 999
Scottish Water – 0845 601 8855 (24 hours)
SEPA Floodline – 0845 988 1188
SEPA Pollution Hotline – 0800 807060 (24 hours)
