Newport Central Library 

All council services based at Newport Central Library (customer services, planning, housing and council tax) will be closed on 25 December 2024 and 1 January 2025.

The face to face services will be open for normal working hours except for these dates.

Find out more information about the services working hours on our information zone webpage.

Contact centre 

The contact centre will be closed on 25 and 26 December 2024 and January 1 2025.

The service will be open for normal working hours except for these dates.

Cemeteries

The cemetery office will close at 1pm on 24 December and will reopen on 27 December. The office will close on 1 January 2025, but will operate normal working hours from 2 January 2025.

Please note, the office is not open on weekends.

Faith burial provision will be unavailable from 1pm on 24 December until 31 December. The provision will also be unavailable on 1 January and 2 January 2025. 

The cemetery site gates will remain open for all visitors from Christmas Eve through to the 3 January 2025 when locking will recommence. 

Gwent Crematorium

The Gwent Crematorium will open 8am-3pm on December 24 and will be closed December 25 and 26.

The office will resume normal working hours until 31 December which will open 8am-3pm. The office will close on 1 January, but normal working hours from the 2 January 2025.

Waste and recycling collections

Check your collection day

The waste and recycling service will operate with normal working hours until 25 December 2024 where there will be no service. 

Collections will resume on 26 December but will be collecting one day late, so collections will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The service will operate with normal working hours on 30 and 31 December. There will be no service on 1 January 2025.

Collections will resume on 2 January 2025 but will be collecting one day late, so collections will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

HWRC

The HWRC will be open with normal working hours except for 25 December 2024 and 1 January 2025 when it will be closed. 

For more information and to book a slot, please visit our HWRC webpage.

Recycling at Christmas

Christmas always generates a lot of waste that can be recycled - from cardboard packaging and wrapping paper to food leftovers.

Here are a few hints on how to recycle these at home:

Use the scrunch test

Not sure if a piece of paper can be recycled? Try scrunching it up in your hand. If it doesn’t spring back, then it can be recycled. It’s a good test to use with wrapping paper. And if you’re recycling birthday or Christmas cards, tear off any glittery bits first.

Cut up your cardboard

Cut up your cardboard so that it fits in the green box and/or bag. Wastesavers also accept a small amount put to the side of the box if, when folded, it’s the same size as the green box. Larger amounts can be taken to the HWRC for recycling.

Love food, hate waste

Did you know that one banana peel creates enough energy to power two smartphones? When clearing the dishes after eating, please put the food waste in the recycling caddy instead of the bin.

Recycle unwanted electrical items

If they are not broken, why not give them a new lease of life for someone else to enjoy?  You can take them to the Tip Shop at the HWRC, or pop along to Wastesavers’ new shop on Chepstow Road, Maindee. 

Any small broken items can be taken to the HWRC for recycling or placed in the blue box for collection. For more information on how to recycle unwanted electricals visit www.recycleyourelectricals.org.uk