LBH Waste and Recycling update

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Waste and recycling update – Jul 2026
Expanding household waste services

We’re giving you more choice and making it easier to dispose of your household waste. From Wednesday 15 July, residents can use the Space Waye Reuse and Recycling Centre near Heathrow. 
The centre is open seven days a week, increasing access to waste and recycling services across the borough. 
We’ve also made our Pop-Up Waste Drop service permanent following a successful trial, where almost 29 tonnes of unwanted and bulky waste (equivalent to 1,800 washing machines) was collected from more than 920 visitors at 10 sessions. 
The free-to-use service will continue every two weeks, rotating across targeted locations throughout the borough. Look up your nearest session and see what you can bring. 

 
Improvements at civic amenity site

Work to enhance accessibility to our Harefield Civic Amenity Site is set to begin this autumn, paving the way for future upgrades that will further improve residents’ experience. 
The first phase will see New Years Green Lane road widened to help alleviate traffic and reduce peak time congestion at the junction with Harvil Road, increasing safety for all road users. 
A section of the road immediately to the south of the facility will need to be temporarily closed to allow for the works to be carried out, but residents will still be able to access it via Harvil Road.  
The upgrade will also enable the next phase of approved plans for land next to the site to begin, including the demolition of unused buildings to create new staff facilities, an education hub, and new recycling bays.
https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/news/article/283/council-upgrades-to-civic-amenity-access-to-drive-wider-improvements?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery Recycling RoadshowDate: 16 July 2026Location: Various locationsCost: Free Meet our recycling officers and find out about the services we offer to help you recycle more. You can also collect your free recycling bags (subject to availability).Our Recycling Roadshow takes place at different locations in the borough.
  • Thursday 16 July, 10am to 4pm – Outside Waitrose, Kingsend, Ruislip, HA4 7DS
  • Wednesday 5 August, 10am to 2pm – Hillingdon Athletics Tracks (part of Playday)
  • Thursday 13 August, 10am to 3pm – The Great Barn, Manor Farm, HA4 7SU (part of the Summer Reading Challenge)
  • Saturday 19 September, 11am to 3pm – St Margaret’s Church, Uxbridge, UB8 1AB (part of Cleaner Greener Festival organised by Hillingdon’s Friends of the Earth)
  • Thursday 29 October, 10am to 3pm – The Great Barn, Manor Farm, HA4 7SU (part of the Harry Potter event, organised by Hillingdon Libraries)

|Harefield civic amenity centre
 
https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/waste-recycling-centres/harefield-civic-amenity-site?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
 
Pop-up Waste Drop
 
Drop off unwanted and bulky items for free, with our Pop-up Waste Drop visits around the borough.
This is a new mobile waste collection service for Hillingdon residents to conveniently drop-off unwanted and bulky items for free, without the need to visit a waste and recycling centre.
To use the service, residents will need proof of address or a Hillingdon First card and will need to be able to carry their items to the waste drop themselves.
Please note: Vans and commercial vehicles will not be able to use the service.
Pop-up visits
Our Pop-up Waste Drop truck will visit locations around the borough every 2 weeks between 10am and 2pm.

  • 18 July – Court Park car park, Uxbridge, UB10  9JX
  • 1 August – Northwood Hills Masjid and Community Centre, Joel Street, Northwood, HA6 1NL
  • 15 August – Stockley Park car park, Chestnut Avenue, West Drayton, UB7 8BU
  • 29 August – Charville Community Centre, Bury Avenue, Hayes, UB4 8LF
  • 12 September – Pinkwell Park car park, Waltham Avenue, Hayes, UB3 1TF
  • 26 September – Deane Park car park, Long Drive, Ruislip, HA4 0HS
  • 10 October – The Closes car park, Church Close, West Drayton, UB7 7PY
  • 24 October – Brookside Open Space car park, Brookside Road, Hayes, UB4 0PL
  • 7 November – Haste Hill car park, The Drive, Northwood, HA6 1HN

Accepted items
Residents can bring up to 5 items per household, with accepted items including:

  • small electrical appliances, such as toasters, kettles, laptops and TVs
  • bulky waste, including furniture, mattresses, bagged carpet (no rolls) and white goods (eg fridges and freezers)
  • household items not accepted in weekly collections (eg broken toys, wood, glass, textiles)
  • scrap metal, old tools
  • garden furniture and equipment.

Please note: 1 bag of rubbish counts as 1 item.
Unaccepted items

  • General household rubbish
  • Household dry mixed recycling
  • Garden waste
  • Hazardous waste (paint, chemicals, asbestos, petrol or diesel)
  • Car parts or tyres
  • Pressurised containers
  • Business waste