Christmas in Bolton 2011 

Christmas and New Year are coming and council staff in our one-stop shops and contact centre will be available around the key days to help and advise as usual. The full list of opening times are available below. Keep checking this page for further information.

The opening hours for each office are as follows:

Access Bolton One Stop Shop

Open:

• Friday 23 December 8am-4pm;
• Wednesday 28, Thursday 29, and Friday 30 December 9am-5pm      
• Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 January 8am-6pm

Closed: Saturday 24, Monday 26, Tuesday 27, and Saturday 31 December, and Monday 2 January 2012

Farnworth, Horwich and Westhoughton

Open:

• Friday 23 December 9am-4pm;
• Wednesday 28, Thursday 29, and Friday 30 December 9am-5pm      
• Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 January 2012 9am-5pm

Closed: Saturday 24, Monday 26, Tuesday 27, and Saturday 31 December, and Monday 2 January 2012

Little Lever

Closed from Friday 23 December to Tuesday 3 January.

Open: Wednesday 4 January 9am-5pm

Blackrod

Closed from Friday 23 December to Wednesday 4 January.

This year, waste and recycling collections that are due to take place on Monday 26 December will be carried out on Saturday 31 December. Collections will return to normal on Monday 2 January 2012. There are no changes to any other collections days during the festive period.

This year, Bolton Council is working in partnership with Bolton Hospice to recycle real Christmas trees. For a minimum donation of £7.50, Bolton Hospice will arrange to have your tree collected and recycled. Visit the Bolton Hospice website (see link on the right hand column) or call 01204 663055 before Wednesday 4 January 2012 to arrange your collection.

Alternatively, Christmas trees can be recycled free of charge at your local Household Waste Recycling Centre. To find out where your nearest centre is and for opening times over the festive season, visit the recycleforgreatermanchester website.

This Christmas, make sure you do your bit to help reduce the amount of waste produced over the festive period. 

It’s estimated that in the UK alone, the amount of wrapping paper thrown away each Christmas could stretch to the moon if each sheet was laid end to end.

So, follow these useful tips to reduce your waste:

• Try using gift bags instead of wrapping paper. As well as removing the hassle of wrapping awkward shaped items, gift bags can be reused again and again.
• There is about a 25% increase in leftover food during the Christmas period. Visit http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/ for leftover recipe ideas and don’t forget to use your food waste recycling caddies too.
• When you take down your Christmas cards on the twelfth night, don’t forget to recycle them by putting them in your beige recycling bin.
• Recycle your real Christmas tree. For a minimum donation of £7.50 Bolton Hospice will arrange to have your Christmas tree collected and recycled. Visit www.boltonhospice.org.uk/christmastree for more information. Alternatively take your tree to your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre to get it recycled for free.
• Donate old items that have been replaced by new gifts to charities. The new British Heart Foundation furniture and electrical store on Knowlsey Street will take unwanted, working electrical items.