The Ministry of Public Works is advising of the following changes in garbage collection due to the Christmas, Boxing Day, and New Year's Day holidays:

• Christmas Day: Garbage normally collected on Tuesday, 25 December will be collected on Thursday, 27 December

• Thursday, 27 December garbage collection will be held on Saturday, 29 December

• Boxing Day: Garbage normally collected on Wednesday, 26 December will be collected on Friday, 28 December

• Friday, 28 December garbage collection will be held on Saturday, 29 December

• New Year's Day: Garbage normally collected on Tuesday, 1 January will be collected on Wednesday, 2 January

• Garbage normally collected on Wednesday, 2 January will be collected on Thursday, 3 January

• Garbage normally collected on Thursday, 3 January will be collected on Friday, 4 January

• Garbage normally collected on Friday, 4 January will be collected on Saturday, 5 January

Recycling collection will remain as per the present collection schedule of every other week.

Public drop-off hours for the Tynes Bay Waste Facility will be as follows:

• Christmas Day (25 December, 2018): CLOSED

• Boxing Day (26 December, 2018): 9 am – 12 pm

• News Year's Day (1 January, 2019): 9 am -12 pm

The Christmas Tree Collection schedule will be as follows:

• Western parishes: All areas west of Tee Street will be collected on Saturday, 19 January, 2019

• Eastern parishes: All areas east of Tee Street, including Pembroke Parish, will be collected on Saturday, 26 January, 2019

The public holiday waste collection schedule is posted on www.gov.bm/garbage-and-recycling.

For more information about waste management, please visit www.facebook.com/recyclebermuda or call 278-0560.

• Press Release from the Ministry of Public Works.