ROTAS have been distributed to every home with a wheelie bin this week to remind residents of Christmas refuse collection.

There will be no collections from Christmas Day until December 28 and a blank day again on New Year's Day.

The first week of the new year will see services running a day later than usual but residents are asked to put their dustbin out for collection by 6.30am on the normal collection day.

There will be no collection in the Christmas week for the Green Box scheme and a new rota will be issued to each household this month.

But with the extra consumption over the period, participants are asked to maximise the amount of rubbish recycled in the green boxes or at recycling banks.

Waste can be taken to the Civic Amenity site in Forward Drive, Wealdstone between 8.30pm-4.30pm, except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.