BINS in Mid Devon will be collected later than usual over the Christmas and New Year period.

Waste due to be picked up on Christmas Day and Boxing Day will be collected two days later.

Then, instead of Friday, December 27, crews will do their rounds on Monday, December 30.

The revised collection date for Monday, December 30 will be Tuesday, December 31; for Tuesday, December 31 it will be Thursday, January 2; instead of Wednesday, January 1, Friday, January 3; instead of Thursday, January 2, Saturday, January 4; and instead of Friday, January 3, Monday, January 6.

From Monday, January 6, bins will be collected a day later until Saturday, January 10.

The refuse and recycling schedule will go back to normal on Monday, January 13.