Residents in Ribble Valley are advised of changes to recycling and refuse collection times over the festive period.

The changes are: Normal collection date (rearranged date) - December 21 (19), 22 (21), 23 (22), 24 (23), 25 (24), January 1 (2).

There will be no refuse collections on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day, and no green waste collection during the week beginning Monday, December 28.

Refuse will be collected as normal on December 28, 29, 30 and 31.

Christmas trees will be collected during the week beginning Monday, January 11. Trees should be chopped up and placed in inside green bins, or for households not on the green wheeled bin service tied up and left with blue bins or lilac sacks.

Christmas wrap, cards and cardboard can be left with white sacks, although there will be no white sack collections on Christmas Day, December 28 and January 1. Other Christmas waste can be taken to the Henthorn Household Waste Recycling Centre in Clitheroe.

Normal refuse collection will resume on Monday, January 4.

Further information is available from www.ribblevalley.gov.uk or 01200 425111.