Hucknall Councillor Lee Waters has reminded local residents that they can put out an extra bag of waste on their first collection after Christmas.

The initiative is all part of Ashfield District Council's efforts to assist residents to get rid of their Christmas waste.

On the first general waste collection after Christmas (WC 27/12), the Council will be collecting an additional bag of general waste. Residents are advised to leave the extra bag alongside their red lidded bin.

Councillor Waters, who represents Hucknall North for the Ashfield Independents, said: "This is all part of the Council's efforts to help residents get rid of their Christmas waste.

"Throughout Covid, the Council have done everything possible to help the residents of Hucknall get rid of their waste. We were the only council in Nottinghamshire to have maintained a full bin collection service throughout successive lockdowns.

"We also enhanced our services with the Big Ashfield Spring Clean - offering free bulky waste collections and sent extra bin lorries across Hucknall to collect rubbish.

"We are proud as a Council to be continuing to help residents – we all know what it's like with extra rubbish at Christmas – with extra wrapping paper and boxes. Please take advantage.

"We are one of the only councils in the country to offer this service but helping residents like this at Christmas is as traditional for us as turkey and cranberry sauce."

The Council have also released changes to the Christmas collections. Generally, from 27th December – your collection will be on the day after it would normally be collected. All of the changes are shown in the image above.