Collection days and bank holidays Please leave your refuse and recycling on the edge of your property by 7am (as collection times can vary) and no earlier than the night before. To look up your collection days, click on the area below: Mendip Sedgemoor Somerset West and Taunton South Somerset Revised collection days for public holidays For single bank holidays, such as those in May and August, all collections (including clinical waste) will be one day later than usual, for example, Monday collections on Tuesday and Friday collections on Saturday. To download a copy of our 2019-2020 Christmas and New Year collections poster, click here. (PDF 415kb) Garden waste collections will not take place Monday 23 December 2019 – Friday 3 January 2020, resuming from Monday 6 January 2020 on usual days. Recycling Centres and Community Recycling Sites See individual recycling centres or phone Somerset Direct on 0300 123 2224 for recycling centre opening times. All sites are closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day as well as their usual scheduled closed days. Bank holiday changes – Christmas and New Year 2019/20 Usual collection dayRevised collection day Monday 23 December 2019No change Tuesday 24 December 2019No change Wednesday 25 December 2019Friday 27 December 2019 Thursday 26 December 2019Saturday 28 December 2019 Friday 27 December 2019Sunday 29 December 2019 Monday 30 December 2019No change Tuesday 31 December 2019No change Wednesday 1 January 2020Thursday 2 January 2020 Thursday 2 January 2020Friday 3 January 2020 Friday 3 January 2020Saturday 4 January 2020 Monday 6 January 2020Usual collections resume