May Day holiday arrangements

The Council is reminding households and businesses that there will be no waste or recycling collections on the May Day Holiday (Monday 6 May).

In addition, Chinglebraes Waste Transfer Station, Bossack Landfill Site and all the recycling centres will be closed on that date.

Chinglebraes Waste Transfer Station

The site will close at 15:30 on Friday 3 May 2019 and re-open at 08:00am on Tuesday 7 May 2019.

Recycling centres

Cursiter Recycling Centre will be closed on Monday 6 May and will re-open on Tuesday 7 May. The other recycling centres are normally closed on Mondays.

Site users are reminded that from Wednesday 1 May until Monday 30 September, recycling centres operate to summer opening hours. Full details here.

Kerbside recycling collections - domestic and commercial

Area 1 – Kirkwall (Central and North West).

Normally collected on a Monday - will be collected on Thursday 9 May.

Area 6 – Deerness, Tankerness and St Andrews.

Normally collected on a Monday - will be collected on Thursday 9 May.

Refuse collections – domestic and commercial

Area 9 – Stromness (Central Areas).

Normally collected on a Monday - will be collected on Tuesday 7 May.

Additional commercial collections

Businesses that currently receive a weekly or twice weekly collection service in areas 1, 4, 6, 13 and 15.

Due for collection on Monday 7 May - will be collected on Wednesday 8 May.

Trade Cardboard Collections

Kirkwall and East Mainland commercial cardboard collection.

Normally collected on a Monday - will be collected on Wednesday 8 May.

As ever, we would ask residents and businesses to put waste and recycling out for collection by 8am.