Welcome to your new service
All houses in Watford now have a new waste and recycling collection service.
If you live in a flat in a block of six or more please see this page.
Weekly food waste collection service
Collected weekly
NEW
service and new bin
Brown bin
You will have received a new food bin (23 litre), which is larger than your kitchen caddy (7 litre). It has a lockable handle making it easy and convenient for you to put out for collections. Find out more about this new service.
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Chargeable garden waste collection service
Collected every two weeks
CHANGED to
chargeable service
Green bin
Collections for garden waste have changed to a chargeable sign up service. This means that if you want your garden waste to be collected, you will need to sign up on a yearly basis. Your green bin will continue to be collected every two weeks if you have signed up to this service. Find out more about how much it costs and how it works.
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Fortnightly non-recyclable waste collection service
Collected every two weeks
CHANGED
to fortnightly collection
Black bin
Collections for general waste (non-recyclable) have changed to a fortnightly collection service. Over 60% of household waste is recyclable, please use your new brown outdoor food bin and blue-lidded bin to recycle as much as possible. To recycle your garden waste, sign up to our chargeable garden waste service, use a home composter or take to your Local Recycling Centre.
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Weekly recycling collection service
Collected weekly
NO CHANGE
Blue-lidded bin
To support residents to recycle, we are continuing with weekly collections for recycling.
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