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Renew or cancel your Garden Waste service
Sign up to our Garden Waste Service
Existing Customers
Renewals - card payers
For your service to continue without a break in collections, please renew by 31st August.
Direct Debit
Your next payment will automatically be taken on 1 July. You do not need to renew.
If you no longer want the service, please cancel your account. As we are close to the 1 July payment date, your payment will still be taken. Refunds can be requested after 10 July, please email wasteandrecycling@watford.gov.uk.
You will receive new stickers by mid-August. Please apply these to the back of your green bin ready for collection.
Changes
Please use our renewal form to cancel your service, then re-sign up again.
New customers
Sign up to the service
Sign up now to receive collections until 31 August 2026. There are no discounts if you sign up part-way through the year and no refunds if you stop using the service.
How does it work?
Follow these steps:
- Login or register for a My Watford account
- Sign up for the garden waste collection service
- You will receive a sticker for each bin within two weeks
- Apply the sticker to the back of your green bin
- Put your bin out for collection on your property boundary by 6am on your collection day
- Bring your bin back within 24 hours of collection
How much does it cost?
Standard
- £60 a year for first bin
- £75 a year for each additional bin (up to seven bins in total)
Those receiving council-related benefits
- £40 a year for each bin (see terms and conditions - up to seven bins in total)
Here is a list of qualifying benefits:
- Child Tax Credit
- Council Tax Benefit / Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme
- Employment and Support Allowance (income based)
- Guaranteed Pension Credit (not Savings Pension Credit)
- Housing Benefit
- Income Support
- Job Seekers Allowance (income based)
- Universal Credit
- Working Tax Credit
Qualifying schools, places of worship and charity shops
- £60 a year for each bin (up to seven bins in total)
