RESIDENTS whose regular bin collections are Wednesday or Thursday are being urged to make a note of changes to their service over the festive period.

Household waste collections that would be have been collected on Wednesday, Christmas Day, will now be collected on Saturday, December 21.

Those whose regular collection would fall on Thursday, Boxing Day, will have to wait until Saturday, December 28.

Bins usually collected on New Year’s day should be put outside ready for collection on Sunday, December 29 instead.

Subscription-only garden waste collections do not take place over the Christmas period and will resume from Tuesday, January 14.

Streetscene will be closed from Christmas Day until January 2, while recycling centres across the borough will also be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

Details of their locations, and on how to report a missed bin collection, can be found at wirral.gov.uk