Service changes over the holidays
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Over the holiday period some of our services have different operating hours. We have included the changes to our bin collections, Customer Service Centres and Libraries below.
Bin collection changes over the holidays
Christmas Day and New Years Day are the only public holidays where collections do NOT take place.
All bin collections will be moved forward by 1 day from 25 December for the following 2 weeks, therefore if your bin collection day is usually:
- Thursday (Christmas Day and New Years Day) - your bin will be collected on Friday instead
- Friday - your bin will be collected on Saturday instead.
Note: These changes only affect Thursday and Friday collection days.
Type your address into the waste calendar to see the adjusted dates where applicable for your waste services,
Customer Service hours over the holidays
Merri-bek Civic Centre
Located: 90 Bell Street, Coburg.
- This centre is closed from 2:00pm Wednesday 24 December and reopens at 8:30am Monday 29 December 2025.
- This centre will be closed on Thursday 1 January 2026.
Glenroy Customer Service Centre
Located: Glenroy Community Hub, at 50 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy.
- This centre is closed from 2:00pm Wednesday 24 December and reopens at 9:00am Monday 29 December 2025.
- This centre will be closed on Thursday 1 January 2026.
- This centre does not accept cash.
Brunswick Customer Service Centre
Located at: 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick.
- This centre is closed from 2:00pm Wednesday 24 December 2025 and reopens at 8:30am Monday 19 January 2026.
Normal operating hours of Service Centres
Library hours over the holidays
- Library chutes for returned items will be open at all times.
- All libraries are closed on Thursday 25 December, Friday 26 December 2025 and Thursday 1 January 2026.
- All Libraries will return to normal hours from Friday 2 January 2026.
Brunswick Library
- Wednesday 24 December, 9am to 2pm* (early close)
- Thursday 25 December, closed
- Friday 26 December 2025, closed
- Saturday 27 December, 9am to 4pm
- Sunday 28 December, 1pm to 5pm
- Monday 29 December, 9am to 5pm* (early close)
- Tuesday 30 December, 9am to 5pm* (early close)
- Wednesday 31 December, 9am to 5pm* (early close)
- Thursday 1 January, closed
- Friday 2 January, 9am to 6pm
Coburg Library
- Wednesday 24 December, 9am to 2pm* (early close)
- Thursday 25 December, closed
- Friday 26 December 2025, closed
- Saturday 27 December, closed
- Sunday 28 December, closed
- Monday 29 December, closed
- Tuesday 30 December, closed
- Wednesday 31 December, closed
- Thursday 1 January, closed
- Friday 2 January, 9am to 6pm
Fawkner Library
- Wednesday 24 December, 9am to 2pm* (early close)
- Thursday 25 December, closed
- Friday 26 December 2025, closed
- Saturday 27 December, 10am to 1pm
- Sunday 28 December, closed
- Monday 29 December, 10am to 5pm
- Tuesday 30 December, 10am to 5pm* (early close)
- Wednesday 31 December, 10am to 5pm
- Thursday 1 January, closed
- Friday 2 January, 10am to 5pm
Glenroy library
- Wednesday 24 December, 9am to 2pm* (early close)
- Thursday 25 December, closed
- Friday 26 December 2025, closed
- Saturday 27 December, 9am to 4pm
- Sunday 28 December, 1pm to 5pm
- Monday 29 December, 9am to 5pm* (early close)
- Tuesday 30 December, 9am to 5pm* (early close)
- Wednesday 31 December, 9am to 5pm* (early close)
- Thursday 1 January, closed
- Friday 2 January, 9am to 6pm
Campbell Turnbull Library
- Tuesday 23 December, 10am to 8pm
- Wednesday 24 December, closed
- Thursday 25 December, closed
- Friday 26 December 2025, closed
- Saturday 27 December, closed
- Sunday 28 December, closed
- Monday 29 December, closed
- Tuesday 30 December, closed
- Wednesday 31 December, closed
- Thursday 1 January, closed
- Friday 2 January, 10am to 5pm
Normal operating hours of Merri-bek Libraries
Essential services and Emergency on-call
- Essential services will continue normal hours of operation without disruption.
- Emergency on-call services will not be affected. Visit our Contact us page.