Watford Borough Council

We will:

• Provide each household with a set of 3 recycling boxes for mixed cans and plastic bottles/ glass bottles and jars and paper.
• Collect your recycling every other week (with the exception of Christmas, New Year and Bank Holidays)
• Advertise well in advance any changes to the collection service
• Provide additional recycling boxes if requested
• Replace your boxes back on the boundary of your property
• Ensure your street is left clean and tidy following the waste collection (no spillages)
• Provide assisted collections for the elderly and infirm upon application
• On the rare occasion we miss your collection, we will collect your bin within 48 hours of reporting

You can help us by:

• Putting the recycling boxes on the front boundary of your property (by 6am on the morning of collection)
• Separating your waste correctly ensuring no contamination (please refer to listings below)
• Removing tops & lids from glass jars & plastic bottles and putting them in with your domestic waste
• Wash and squash cans and plastic bottles
• Reporting any missed collections on 01923 235946 or through the link below within 48 hours

We will not:

• Collect any contaminated recycling boxes.

Collections are on a fortnightly basis alternating with the collection of your green waste.  For information on collection dates please refer to your calender or contact the Customer Service Centre on tel: 01923 235946.

 

 

PAPER (please use box lid provided)
YES please	NO thanks
Newspapers	Card and cardboard
Magazines	Yellow Pages
Junk mail	Envelopes
White directories	Shredded paper

GLASS (please remove tops and lids)
YES please	NO thanks
Bottles	Broken drinking glasses
Jars	Sheet or window glass

CANS & PLASTIC BOTTLES (please remove tops/lids and wash and squash)
YES please	NO thanks
Drink cans	Oil and paint cans
Food tins	Aluminium foil and dishes
Plastic bottles e.g. milk, drinks, water, detergents	Carrier bags and cling film
Aerosols	Food trays and packaging
	Margarine tubs, ice cream tubs and yoghurt pots

At the two Household Waste Recycling Centres in Watford, you can also recycle paper, magazines, cardboard, green garden waste, glass bottles and jars, cans, plastic bottles, wood, textiles, engine oil, fridges, TVs, tyres, fluorescent lighting tubes, batteries, toner cartridges, metals and mobile phones.