Rubbish, Waste and Recycling
Information about the Council's waste and recycling services, and what you can do to help reduce waste.
Category Items
New Refuse and Recycling Collections
Changes to your Refuse and Recycling Service
Recycling Boxes
What you can put in your red, blue, brown and black recycling boxes. Recycling boxes are collected every two weeks.
Recycling Collection Days
Collection Dates and Streets January to August 2010 for your red, brown, blue and black recycling boxes.
Household Waste Collection Service
Recycling collection sites
A list of the Council's recycling sites
Household Waste Recycling Centre
The household Waste Recycling Centre on Caxton Way is a free service provided by Hertfordshire County Council.
Assisted refuse collection
An assisted refuse collection service is provided to residents who, through illness or infirmity, are unable to put out their refuse and do not have anyone else to assist them.
Household special collections for large items
If you have a large item such as an piece of furniture you wish to dispose of, we offer the Special Collection for Large Items Service at a small charge.
Household waste - clinical waste
Collection and disposal of clinical waste as identified by Central Government in Safe Disposal of Clinical Waste (Health Services Advisory Committee 1999). This includes items such as surgical waste, used syringes, drugs and pharmaceuticals.
Composting
Frequently asked questions about composters
Municipal Waste Strategy
The Councils of Hertfordshire produced a Joint Municipal Waste Strategy during 2002, which aims to reduce waste produced in the County, increase recycling and composting and provide the best possible disposal options for remaining waste.
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