| Garden Waste Service Review and Future Design Options https://modgov.hillingdon.gov.uk/documents/s68113/05%20-%20REPORT%20Executive%20Decision%20Report%20GW%20V1%201.pdf highlights 1)Agree that the Garden Waste Service moves to a consistent fortnightly service for the entire year with 25 collections per year, starting from April 2027; 2) Agree that the service be delivered via wheeled bins; 3) Agree that charges be set on a per bin basis and in the first year at £69 per bin, representing a £8 reduction in charges for entry level (one bin) residents with a charge of £69 for each additional bin; 5) Agree to hire sufficient appropriate vehicles to deliver a bin-based service until such time as suitable Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) with bin lifting equipment are procured (noting an industry 18-to-24-month delivery timescale The transition period is scheduled to begin in April 2027, once the new rounds have settled the service will commence implementing the new system, seeking to dual operate systems until April 2028. The transition period will also include system testing, staff training, data validation and parallel operational monitoring to ensure the new platform is fully functional before becoming the primary operational system As the Garden Waste Collection Service is a discretionary, chargeable service and the proposal concerns changes to the operational method of service delivery rather than the withdrawal of the service, it is not proposed to undertake a public consultation Where a property is unsuitable for the use of a wheeled bin, alternative sack-based arrangements will continue to be available. In addition, the Council’s existing assisted collection service will remain available for residents who are unable to present their containers due to age, disability or other qualifying circum- stances Hillingdon wants to remove every dog waste bin in the borough, without asking residents https://www.ruislipresidents.org.uk/remove-dog-poo-bins/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAU-VndjbGNrBT5UtGV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YFc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEe6u7M_-Maxk1ereja3KyHu_BAJhobaWd8Y5Xqnv58jJnC74hMjIcMNd2spXQ_aem_PcNQvn6GyvbqMFBgMj2d4Q The dog waste bin on your regular walk could be gone by the end of January. The Council wants to remove all 700 of them and hasn’t asked residents what they think. Dog owners would be told to put their poo bags in ordinary litter bins, or take them home. A report dated 14 October asks Cllr Wayne Bridges, Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services, to approve the removal of all 700 or so standalone dog waste bins in Hillingdon. Dog owners would be told to use ordinary litter bins or take the bag home. It is a decision for Cllr Bridges alone, who can sign it off from Thursday 22nd October. The report says no formal public consultation has been carried out or is proposed. The Residents’ Services Select Committee can call the decision in before it takes effect, but only has five working days to do so. If Cllr Bridges signs on 22nd October, stickers reading “I can take dog waste too” could start appearing on selected litter bins from mid-November, and the dog waste bins could start to disappear from late January. |
Category Archives: Benefits
Food recycling
| from LBH Good afternoon all Hillingdon Council has launched a campaign to encourage recycling of food waste and would be really grateful if you could share the information with your members. Please see below for a short video and some text you can use in your newsletters and bulletins; and see attached images. https://consent.youtube.com/m?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fshorts%2FV89cP7b27ws%3Fcbrd%3D1&gl=GB&m=0&pc=yt&cm=2&hl=en&src=1 Be a winner, recycle your dinner We’re asking you to be a winner and recycle your dinner. By signing up for food waste collections you’ll help us further improve the borough’s recycling rate and protect the environment. We provide all you need to get started and your leftovers are turned into nutrient-rich compost and renewable energy for the national grid. Find out more and sign up now at https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/recycling/food-waste-recycling www.hillingdon.gov.uk/food-waste. |
Upcoming waste and recycling road shows
| waste and recycling upcoming road shows Get recycling tips and advice Meet our recycling team at a roadshow near you and get advice on recycling and sustainable living. Find out about the benefits of how food waste recycling can help the environment, Learn how to safely dispose of batteries, and get replacement recycling bags or caddy liners. Upcoming roadshows: Saturday 19 September: 11am to 3pm, St Margaret’s Church, Uxbridge Wednesday 23 September: 10am to 4pm, outside Shoezone, Hayes Saturday 17 October: 11am to 2pm, Botwell Green Sports and Leisure Centre, Hayes Thursday 29 October: 10am to 3pm, The Great Barn, Manor Farm, Ruislip. Find out more: https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/events/event/130/recycling-roadshow?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery |
Cleaner Greener Festival
| cleaner greener festival Saturday 19th sept 11:00 to 15:00 Free entry More info https://www.hcgfestival.org/ |
LBH Waste and Recycling update
from LBH
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. |
- 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
Need age-related help?
| We have been contacted by AGE UK Hillingdon Harrow and Brent about a service they offer This service is volunteer led and they are able to offer various support including Accompanying to appointments, Collecting prescriptions, Helping with Paperwork, Telephone support, I.T. Training amongst other things. Please do refer to them and they will try their best to assist the over 60s through this support. more info https://www.ageuk.org.uk/hillingdonharrowandbrent/our-services/good-neighbours-service-(hillingdon)-e921e6ab-e38e-ee11-a81c-000d3a2649ae/ |
More on garden waste collections
| If you are already subscribed you should have received the following: Please note the new tag colour Dear garden waste recycler, It’s time to renew your subscription We’re contacting you to let you know that your current garden waste subscription will expire on Tuesday 31 March For 2026/27, subscribers will continue to receive weekly household collections in spring, summer and autumn (fortnightly in winter), for a £77 annual fee. You can renew your subscription now using the button below. Once signed up, you’ll be sent orange tags to attach to the handles of your current canvas bags to confirm your subscription. If you’ve subscribed but not yet received your tags when collections are due to start, please present your garden waste as normal – our crews use in-cab technology to check which properties are subscribed. You can review the updated garden waste service terms and conditions at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/garden-waste/terms. https://pre.hillingdon.gov.uk/recycling/garden-waste-subscription-service/9?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery |
Garden waste collections
| With grateful thanks to Ruislip Residents for the info: The Garden Waste collection service ends on 31 March for people who paid last year. If you intend to renew for the upcoming year, DO IT TODAY. cost is £77 The terms and conditions say that if you renew after TOMORROW then your first collection will four weeks after you pay. The only way you can be sure of continuous collections through April is if you pay today or tomorrow. Rather short notice, for an announcement made this morning! Registration is via https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/…/Subscribe-to-our-garden… https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/14619/Subscribe-to-our-garden-waste-collection-service?fbclid=IwY2xjawQmDShleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeu4LL4sdhtrxOFLDr1RSTEzUU7QXGpgIOnk92F4vMs6eaoLj3yqnuwZGQBUw_aem_CGQUa98U3PZe62Nz9eUe0w |
Pop-up waste drop
| https://discover.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/15274/Pop-up-waste-drop 10am – 2pm – with HillingdonFirst card Pop-Up Waste Drop Drop off unwanted and bulky items for free, with Hillingdon Borough Council’s new 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. On the 14 February, the Pop-Up session will be at the Battle of Britain Bunker. 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. Saturday 14 February Battle of Britain Bunker, Visitors Centre Saturday 28 February Harlington Road Depot Saturday 28 March Court Park Up to 5 items small electrical appliances, such as toasters, kettles, laptops and TVs bulky waste, including furniture, mattresses, bagged carpet (no rolls) household items not accepted in weekly collections (e.g. broken toys, wood, glass, textiles) scrap metal, old tools garden furniture and equipment. Items which will NOT be accepted include: 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. |
Garden waste collections
Garden waste collections become fortnightly from 1st December 2025 to 28th February 2026
whether there will be a collection on Dec 2nd is unclear from the council’s website
