| Collection days for households and businesses during the bank holiday periods. To minimise disruption to collections during Easter and the May bank holidays, our crews will be working on Saturday 4 and 11 April, and 9 and 30 May. This will enable collections to return to normal as quickly as possible. Easter collection days Friday 3 April (Good Friday) >> Saturday 4 April Monday 6 April (Easter Monday) >> Tuesday 7 April Tuesday 7 April Wednesday >> 8 April Wednesday 8 April Thursday 9 April Thursday 9 April >> Friday 10 April Friday 10 April Saturday >> 11 April Early May Bank Holiday collection days Monday 4 May (Bank Holiday) >> Tuesday 5 May Tuesday 5 May >> Wednesday 6 May Wednesday 6 May >> Thursday 7 May Thursday 7 May >> Friday 8 May Friday 8 May >> Saturday 9 May Late May Bank Holiday collection days Monday 25 May (Bank Holiday) >> Tuesday 26 May Tuesday 26 May >> Wednesday 27 May Wednesday 27 May >> Thursday 28 May Thursday 28 May >> Friday 29 May Friday 29 May >> Saturday 30 May Please leave your rubbish out for collection by 6am, near your front gate, but not on the pavement. |
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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 |
Rural Activities Garden Centre meeting Friday 27th at 10:30
The Council made out the meeting was for ‘everyone’ and ‘residents’. IWe’ve been told it’s intended for gardeners only.
Rural Activities Garden Centre public meeting Friday 27th at 10:30
Take Action: Make Your Voice Heard
Now, for the first time, everyone in Hillingdon has a chance to show their support for RAGC staying at its uniquely safe and secure site in Yiewsley by coming to a residents’ meeting at RAGC. The meeting has just been announced by the Council and will take place on Friday 27th February starting at 10.30 am.
This is not a consultation as the Council has already made its decision, but with the local elections just over 2 months away, it would be a great time to show how much support RAGC has from across the borough.
PLEASE COME TO RAGC TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT ON 27th FEBRUARY AND LET THE COUNCIL KNOW WHAT YOU THINK AT THEIR MEETING.
more info: https://fragc.uk/2026/02/21/ragc-meeting-for-residents/
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. |
Can you support the Rural Activities Garden Centre?
PLEASE CAN YOU HELP!
For over 40 years people with learning disabilities and autism from all over
Hillingdon have attended the award-winning Rural Activities Garden Centre
(R.A.G.C.) in Yiewsley where they have benefited from horticultural therapy
and social support. In a hastily arranged meeting on Friday, 30th May 2025,
those with learning disabilities and autism who use the R.A.G.C. and their
families were told by the London Borough of Hillingdon that it had decided to
close the R.A.G.C.
Hillingdon Council’s press release provided immediately after the meeting
stated that it wanted to close the R.A.G.C.’s retail operations and re-locate
the R.A.G.C.’s horticultural therapy to the Civic Centre grounds. On Thursday,
26th June 2025 it was decided at the Council’s Cabinet meeting to close the
R.A.G.C.’s retail operation.
In order to protect the R.A.G.C. in June 2025 the Friends of R.A.G.C.
submitted two nominations to Hillingdon Council to register the R.A.G.C. and
its adjacent land as an Asset of Community Value (A.C.V.). However, the
Council failed to meet its statutory obligations under the Localism Act 2011 to
process the Friends of R.A.G.C.’s nominations within the eight-week legal
deadline.
Visit the Rural Activity Activity Centre Action Group Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/652974616588336/ to find out more.
Christmas Tree Collections
| Details here . Between Monday 5 and Friday 16 January, you can recycle real Christmas trees for free through the Council, providing all decorations and pots are removed. Trees taller than 6 foot need to be cut in half. Collections from houses: If you live in a house, place your tree at the edge of your property boundary (and visible to collectors) by 6am on your collection day. (It seems that 13th January is central Ickenham’s collection day) The Council’s information page (linked at the start of this post) makes no mention of whether this requires membership of the garden waste collection scheme. Given that the trees are placed separately to the tagged bags, maybe this is a free-of-obligation service. |
Christmas and New Year Refuse Collections
| Bank holiday rubbish and recycling collection days Collection days for households and businesses during the bank holiday periods. To minimise disruption to waste and recycling collections during the Christmas and New Year period, our crews will be working on Saturdays 20 and 27 December and Saturday 3 January. Christmas collection days Normal collection day > Revised collection day Monday 22 December > Saturday 20 December Tuesday 23 December > Monday 22 December Wednesday 24 December > Tuesday 23 December Thursday 25 December > Wednesday 24 December Friday 26 December > Saturday 27 December New Year holiday collection days Normal collection day > Revised collection day Monday 29 December > No change Tuesday 30 December > No change Wednesday 31 December No change Thursday 1 January > Friday 2 January Friday 2 January > Saturday 3 January Please leave your rubbish out for collection by 6am, near your front gate, but not on the pavement. Separate arrangements are in place for flats and business premises. |
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
Ickenham Residents' Association 