Arrangements for waste collections on Bank Holiday Mondays are set to change in Ceredigion in 2023.

Residents have been advised that waste collections scheduled for Easter Bank Holiday Monday will be collected two days earlier, on Saturday, 8 April.

The council says it intends to adopt this approach for the other Bank Holidays in May and August, which will see the collections due on the Monday being collected on the Saturday before.

There will be no change, however, for scheduled collections on Good Friday, 7 April, with collections still taking place on that Bank Holiday.

Councillor Keith Henson, Cabinet Member for Highways and Environmental Services and Carbon Management said: “We continually review our approach to the delivery of our services with a view of providing the best possible level of service to the public with the resources that are available to us.

"Waste collections on Bank Holidays have historically proved to be problematic and presented some challenges.

“During 2023 our intention is to bring forward collections scheduled for Bank Holiday Mondays to the Saturday before.

"This will hopefully give us a better chance of securing the resources we need to deliver the services and provides an opportunity to recover soon after if we are not able to provide the collection on the scheduled day.

"We will be making efforts to share the information as widely as possible and, as always as part of Caru Ceredigion, would like to sincerely thank the public for their ongoing understanding and support.”

The council has confirmed that over the Easter period the opening hours of the household waste sites at Glanyrafon, Lampeter and Cilmaenllwyd will be as follows:

Good Friday, 7 April Closed; Saturday, 8 April Open 10:00-15:00; Easter Sunday, 9 April Open 10:00-15:00 and Easter Monday, 10 April Open 10:00-15:00.

There will be no changes to the opening hours of the household waste site at Rhydeinon, Llanarth, as follows: Good Friday, 7 April Closed; Saturday, 8 April Open 10:00-17:00;l Easter Sunday, 9 April Open 10:00-17:00 and Easter Monday, 10 April Closed.

Further information on the latest information on waste collections in Ceredigion can be found at www.ceredigion.gov.uk/wastecollectionupdates or contact the Customer Services Contact Centre on 01545 570881.