GARBAGE bin collections scheduled for Monday, Christmas Day, will be made on Saturday.

Impacted suburbs are: Belconnen, Chapman, Chifley, Coombs, Curtin, Denman Prospect, Duffy, Farrer, Fisher, Holder, Kambah, Lyons, Mawson, Molonglo, Pearce, Phillip, Rivett, Stirling, Torrens, Uriarra Village, Waramanga, Weston, Whitlam, Wright and Yarralumla.

The ACT government says all other collections will occur as normal.

The Mugga Lane and Mitchell Resource Management Centres will be closed on Christmas Day.

The Recycling Drop Off Centres located in Belconnen, Mitchell, Gungahlin, Phillip and Tuggeranong are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including Christmas Day. These facilities accept steel and aluminium cans, paper, cardboard and rigid plastic containers.