Southend-on-Sea Borough Council

Revised Bank Holiday Recycling & Waste Collections

2012 Bank Holiday Collection Dates

Click here to find your local household waste recycling centre.

Please see the tables below for the changes to your scheduled collection days during Bank Holiday periods. During catch ups, Saturday is counted as a normal working day.

Please ensure that your pink and clear textile recycling sacks, blue food waste bins, garden waste sacks and black refuse sacks are presented by 7am on your collection day, in a visible and accessible location - on the edge of your property at the nearest point to the public highway.

Early May Bank Holiday
Normal Collection Day Revised Collection Day   
Monday 7th May Tuesday 8th May  1 day late 
Tuesday 8th May Wednesday 9th May  1 day late
Wednesday 9th May Thursday 10th May  1 day late
Thursday 10th May Friday 11th May  1 day late 
Friday 11th May Saturday 12th May  1 day late
Spring Bank Holiday
Normal Collection Day Revised Collection Day   
Monday 4th June Tuesday 5th June*  1 day late 
Tuesday 5th June* Wednesday 6th June  1 day late
Wednesday 6th June Thursday 7th June  1 day late
Thursday 7th June Friday 8th June  1 day late 
Friday 8th June Saturday 9th  June  1 day late

*Although the 5th June is officially a bank holiday, collections will nevertheless be taking place on this day. Collections between the 4th & 8th June will therefore only be running one day late as a result of the Spring Bank Holiday on the 4th June 2012.    

Summer Bank Holiday
Normal Collection Day Revised Collection Day   
Monday 27th August Tuesday 28th August  1 day late 
Tuesday 28th August Wednesday 29th August  1 day late
Wednesday 29th August Thursday 30th August  1 day late
Thursday 30th August Friday 31st August  1 day late 
Friday 31st August Saturday 1st September  1 day late

Last updated: 23rd April 2012