Watford Borough Council

They accept a wide range of materials for recycling; are for household waste only and are open every day except Christmas day, Boxing day and New Year's day.

Waterdale Household Waste Recycling Centre, St. Albans Road, nr. Garston, WD25 0PR
Open: Daily, 8am to 6pm

From the M1 Junction 6, take the A405 (St Albans Road) southbound. Keep to the left of the A405, and take the first exit after the M1 bridge (the HWRC is signposted). You can recycle the following items:

Rickmansworth Household Waste Recycling Centre, Riverside Drive, WD3 1BN
Open: Daily, 8am to 6pm

Located on Riverside Drive, which is also the A404 that runs adjacent to the aquadrome/canal and the Bury.

You can recycle all the items as listed above for Watford, as well as the following:

•Food and drink cartons
•Low energy light bulbs
•Oil (cooking)

Both sites now sell bags of 100% recycled soil improver made from garden waste collected from the household waste recycling centres in Hertfordshire. Each bag is 40 litres in size and costs £2.90. Please ask the site operator for assistance.

Please note that if either site is closed during its advertised opening hours, it is most likely to be due to the servicing of a full container, which should take no longer than 20 minutes.

For more information please visit Hertfordshire County Council's WasteAware website, a link to which can be found in the External websites panel below, or call them on tel: 0300 123 4051 between 8am and 8pm Monday to Friday, and 9am until 4pm on Saturdays.