LBH Waste and Recycling update

Posted on July 8, 2026 by David Tebbutt

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.

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

Need age-related help?

Posted on May 28, 2026 by David Tebbutt

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

Posted on March 17, 2026 by David Tebbutt

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

Posted on March 17, 2026 by David Tebbutt

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

Posted on February 12, 2026 by David Tebbutt

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

Posted on November 26, 2025 by David Tebbutt

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

LBH Waste and Recycling newsletter

Posted on September 24, 2025 by David Tebbutt

The council has sent a newsletter to subscribers. An image of all the pertinent content, without hyperlinks (which would have exposed my source), is here

LBH recycling advice

Posted on September 23, 2025 by David Tebbutt

FROM LBH:
News Release
23 September 2025 Rescue your recycling this Recycle Week To mark Recycle Week 2025 (22 to 28 September), Hillingdon Council is encouraging residents to carefully check what they’re putting out for collection and discover how to reduce household waste at a recycling-themed event.
 
This year’s Recycle Week theme, ‘Rescue Me! Recycle!’ encourages people to recycle all they can by highlighting items regularly thrown away in general waste that can be recycled.

While most households in Hillingdon sort their recycle well, items that the council can’t recycle can sometimes still be found in clear, dry, mixed recycling sacks by collection crews. To help residents eliminate those, the council’s ‘Top of the Contaminants’ campaign highlights how items, like food and clothing, can be recycled through other services it offers.

To make it easier for residents to recycle household items, the council offers weekly rubbish and recycling collections, garden and food waste recycling, small electrical bins in libraries and doorstep textiles collections in partnership with the textiles charity, Traid. Harefield Civic Amenity Site also has dedicated bins for vapes and coffee pods.

By taking two seconds to carefully check what’s going into their clear sacks, residents can play their part and help ensure that what goes to the processing plant is of high quality.

Hands-on guidance for repairing clothes and small electrical items will be available to visitors to the council’s free Repair and Reuse Day at Botwell Green Leisure Centre in Hayes, on Saturday 27 September, from 11am to 2pm.

The council’s recycling team is hosting a Recycling Roadshow at the event where you can get useful hints, tips and advice for household recycling and sign up for services, including automatic bag deliveries and food waste collections.

By taking small steps to rescue recyclables and remove contaminants residents can make a big contribution to improving recycling in Hillingdon.

Cllr Eddie Lavery, Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet Member for Community and Environment, said: “It’s great that so many households in Hillingdon already do their best to sort and separate what they can. While for some items, like sanitary products, going in the waste bin is the only option, for most other items from small electricals to coffee pods and batteries, the council offers a recycling solution.

“Recycle Week’s campaign encourages not throwing away recyclable items. By also removing ‘top contaminants’ and properly disposing of non-recyclables, we can ensure we are collecting high quality recycling and reducing waste, which is better for the planet.”

Find out what you can and can’t recycle in Hillingdon at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/rubbishandrecycling.

Yes please Dry mixed recycling

In Hillingdon, you can recycle paper, cardboard, glass and plastics every week for free – and it all goes in the same clear (dry mixed) recycling bag.
Watch our ‘That’s not my recycling’ video, which encourages children to ask grown-ups to check they’re only putting items we can recycle in to their clear bags. It can also be used by schools and families to talk about recycling at school and home.
We’ve also created a ‘Top of the Pops’ style chart countdown, exposing the top 5 contaminating items most commonly found in residents’ dry mixed recycling bags. What can I recycle in my dry mixed recycling bags?

Important: Please ensure all items/containers are clean, dry and empty.
Aerosol cans (do not pierce or squash)
Aluminium foil (clean)
Books
Butter and margarine tubs
Cardboard Cartons
Catalogues
Directories
Drinks cans
Envelopes
Food cans
Foil trays and containers
Glass bottles and jars (lids can be added to your recycling bag separately)
Junk mall
Magazines Newspapers
Paper
Plastic trays
Plastic bottles (including lids)
Shredded paper
Tetra packs (cartons with a waxed finish)
Wrapping paper (not the foil type)
Yellow Pages
Yoghurt pots

No thanks
Asthma pumps
Batteries
Bubble wrap
Clinical waste
Crisp packets
Disposable nappies
Disposable takeaway cups
Flower pots
Flowers and flower packaging
Food waste
Hard plastics
Hot food containers
Light bulbs
Packaging tape
Pet food packaging
Plastic toys
Polystyrene
Prescription bottles
Sanitary products
Shopping bags
Textiles
Wood

Hillingdon u3a update

Posted on August 22, 2025 by David Tebbutt

It seems that, although u3a was coined as an acronym for University of the Third Age, the ‘university’ word carried too many implications. What follows is a more accurate description gleaned from the Hillingdon u3a website:

Based in West London, Hillingdon u3a provides many educational, creative and leisure opportunities for its members in a friendly environment. This is achieved by its members running over 80 interest groups. You can see the list of these in the Groups page. Hillingdon u3a is well established having formed 24 years ago and now has over 850 members across the Ruislip, Ickenham, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Hayes and West Drayton area. It also has an active social programme of monthly meetings, visits, walks, concerts, theatre trips and a regular members’ newsletter.