Festive waste collections 2023
Sevenoaks District Council’s staff will be working extra days over Christmas and the New Year so you don’t miss a waste and recycling collection.
Most collections will take place a day later than usual except the Christmas day collection on Monday 25 December, which will take place earlier on Saturday 23 December.
If you use the Garden Waste Collection Service, the same changes will apply.
Please refer to the table to the below for details:
| Your normal day | Your revised collection day |
| Friday 22 December | No change, normal collection |
| Monday 25 December (Christmas Day) | Saturday 23 December |
| Tuesday 26 December (Boxing Day) | Wednesday 27 December |
| Wednesday 27 December | Thursday 28 December |
| Thursday 28 December | Friday 29 December |
| Friday 29 December | Saturday 30 December |
| Monday 1 January | Tuesday 2 January |
| Tuesday 2 January | Wednesday 3 January |
| Wednesday 3 January | Thursday 4 January |
| Thursday 4 January | Friday 5 January |
| Friday 5 January | Saturday 6 January |
| From Monday 8 January | Normal collection days resume |
Please put your sacks out at 7am on your collection day to help prevent attracting animals and the build-up of litter.
To view your collection days online, visit www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/collectiondays
Christmas tree collections
Three, FREE ways to dispose of your real Christmas tree
There are lots of options available to recycle your real Christmas tree for free after this year’s festivities have ended.
Option 1 – Sevenoaks District Council’s Garden Waste collection service (for permit holders only)
If you hold a Garden Waste collection permit, simply place the tree in or next to your green bin and it will be picked up on your usual collection days throughout January.
Trees with a trunk of up to 90mm (3.5”) in diameter can be taken.
Option 2 – Take your tree to a local collection point
Take your tree to one of the District Council’s collection points and they will take if off your hands.
Sevenoaks District Council can take trees with a trunk of up to 90mm (3.5”) in diameter.
| Crockham Hill Deanery Road, TN8 6RE | Thursdays 11 and 18 January 8am to 8.45am |
| Edenbridge Leisure Centre Car Park. Wellingtonia Way, TN8 5RE | Thursdays 11 and 18 January 9am to 9.45am |
| Four Elms Layby by St Paul’s Church, Bough Beech Road, TN8 6NE | Thursdays 11 and 18 January 10am to 10.45am |
| Marsh Green Marsh Green Road Layby TN8 5QR | Thursdays 11 and 18 January 11am to 11.45am |
| Cowden Memorial Hall, Chantlers Mead, TN8 7HU | Thursdays 11 and 18 January 12.30pm to 1.15pm |
| Hever Recycling site, Hever Castle Car Park, Hever Road, TN8 7NH | Fridays 12 and 19 January 7.30am to 8.15am |
| Chiddingstone Richards Close, TN11 8LF | Fridays 12 and 19 January 8.30am to 9.15am |
| Penshurst Penshurst Road layby, TN11 8DB | Fridays 12 and 19 January 9.30am to 10.15am |
| Fordcombe Village Hall, The Green, TN3 0RT | Fridays 12 and 19 January 10.30am to 11.15am |
| Leigh Recycling site, Crandalls, TN11 8RF | Fridays 12 and 19 January 11.30am to 12.15pm |
Option 3 – Take your tree to a Household Waste Recycling Site
Take your tree to one of Kent County Council’s Household Waste Recycling Sites (informally known as the tip or the dump). They will take larger trees that are too big for Sevenoaks District Council to collect.
Visit www.kent.gov.uk/recycling or call 03000 41 73 73 to book a slot.
