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Rubbish, waste and recycling
This section contains information about the waste collection services offered by the council.
This includes the collections from your home (the new alternate refuse and recycling collection service). You can also find out more about the council's neighbourhood recycling centres and bulky waste collections. See our Recycling A-Z to find out which material goes in which bin. As well as recycling, we also promote waste minimisation, including home composting and the use of real nappies. For more about street cleaning, please see our Streetscene section.
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This page summarises how to take part in the alternate refuse and recycling service that takes place from your home.
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Find out what day your waste collections take place and view your collection calendar card.
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Homes receiving the wheelie bin service will have three bins in total. A black wheelie bin for rubbish, a brown bin for composting, and a black wheelie bin with a blue lid for recycling. The recycling bin will contain an inner recycling box which fits inside the top of the bin.
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Some properties remain on a weekly collection, because they genuinely cannot accommodate wheelie bins. This will include homes without suitable storage and most flats.
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A bin is classed as missed if it was available on the boundary at the time the collection took place and was presented according to our guidelines.
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This A-Z page details what materials should go in which bin.
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To learn more about the refuse and recycling collection service, view our frequently asked questions.
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If you have household items that are too bulky for the normal rubbish collections, we offer a separate bulky household waste collection service which is operated on our behalf by Serco.
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Clinical waste is any waste which poses a threat of infection to humans.
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The council provides recycling centres across the borough where residents can recycle a range of materials. Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) are provided by Hertfordshire County Council for residents to recycle even more.
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Taking responsibility for our waste involves more than just recycling. Waste reduction and re-use are environmentally the best way of dealing with waste.
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Private arrangements must be made for the disposal of trade waste via either a suitably licensed facility or, alternatively, a designated and licensed waste disposal contractor. This is a service that will have to be paid for.
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Using real nappies reduces waste, but will also save you money. Because of the environmental benefits, the council will give parents who use real nappies £50 towards the cost of nappies.
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If you have difficulty placing your wheelie bins on the boundary please contact us.
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New legislation means you can now recycle your batteries in more places, more conveniently!
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To help improve Waste Awareness within the local community, the council's Waste and Recycling Officer is available to speak to interested groups about waste and recycling.
This page was last updated on 04/08/2011
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