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Festive Period Commercial Refuse Collections

Date: 7 December 2023

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Commercial refuse collection days over the Christmas and New Year period are listed below.

Regular waste collections will resume on Monday 8 January 2024.

Trade Refuse Fortnightly Collections

Area

 Usual Collection Day

Refuse Collection Dates

Area 1  –   Kirkwall  (Central and North West)

(Normally Monday)

Monday 18 December 2023 & Wednesday 3 January 2024

Area 6  –   East Holm, Deerness, Tankerness and Toab

(Normally Monday)

Monday 18 December 2023 & Wednesday 3 January 2024

Area 7  –   Kirkwall (South), Holm, Burray (North)

(Normally Tuesday)

Tuesday 19 December 2023 & Thursday 4 January 2024

Area 2  –   Kirkwall (West)

(Normally Tuesday)

Tuesday 19 December 2023 & Thursday 4 January 2024

Area 3  –   Kirkwall (Central)

Area 8  –   South Ronaldsay and Burray (South)

(Normally Wednesday)

Wednesday 20 December 2023 & Wednesday 3 January 2024

Area 4  –   Kirkwall (South East)

(Normally Thursday)

Thursday 21 December 2023 & Thursday 4 January 2024

Area 5  –   Kirkwall (North East)

(Normally Friday)

Friday 22 December 2023 & Friday 5 January 2024

Area 9  –   Stromness (Central)

(Normally Monday)

Saturday 30 December 2023

Area 11 –  Stromness (Outer), Sandwick and Birsay

(Normally Wednesday)

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Area 10 –  Stromness (Outer Areas) and Stenness (West)

(Normally Tuesday)

Saturday 30 December 2023

Area 12 – Dounby, Birsay and Evie

Area 14 – Finstown, Stenness (East) and Harray

(Normally Thursday)

Thursday 28 December 2023

Area 13 – Firth, Rendall, Evie and Harray

Area 15 – Orphir and Stenness (West)

(Normally Friday)

Friday 29 December 2023

Trade Refuse Collections - (Weekly collections only for businesses that have paid for this service)

Areas 3 & 8

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Area 4

Thursday 28 December 2023

Area 5

Friday 29 December 2023

Areas 1, 6, 2, 7

Saturday 30 December 2023

Area 9, 10 & 11

Wednesday 3 January 2024

Areas 12 & 14  

Thursday 4 January 2024

Areas 13 & 15

Friday 5 January 2024

 

Trade Refuse Collections - (Additional twice weekly collections only for businesses that have paid for this service)

Area 5

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Wednesday 3 January 2024

Areas 1 & 9

Thursday 28 December 2023

Thursday 4 January 2024

Areas 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11

Friday 29 December 2023

 

Areas 4, 12, 13, 14 & 15

Saturday 30 December 2023

 

Areas 4, 13 & 15

Wednesday 3 January 2024

 

Areas 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11

Friday 5 January 2024

 

 

Trade Recycling Information – only for businesses that have paid for this service

Areas 1 & 2

Wednesday 27 December 2023

Areas 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

Thursday 28 December 2023

Areas 9, 10 & 11

Wednesday 3 January 2024

Areas 12, 13, 14 & 15

Thursday 4 January 2024

 

Trade Cardboard Collections – only for businesses that have paid for this service

Kirkwall and East Mainland

(Normally Wednesday 27 December)

Wednesday 27 December 2023

West Mainland

(Normally Wednesday 3 January)

Friday 5 January 2024

 

Trade Oil Collections – only for businesses that have paid for this service

Oil Collections

(Normally Wednesday 3 January)

Friday 5 January 2024

 

Businesses should remember that refuse must be out at normal collection point by 8am to guarantee a collection.

Enquiries about these services should be made to Customer Services on 01856 873535 before 4pm on Friday 22 December 2023.

  • Category:
    • Business and Trade
    • Christmas
    • Service Disruptions
    • Waste and Recycling