Rubbish, Waste and Recycling

Rubbish collections

Information and guidance about your household rubbish collections.

• Household rubbish is collected weekly.   
  
• The council operates a boundary collection service.
  
• Most residents put their rubbish out in sacks, but you can use a circular dustbin if you prefer.  
  
• The council do not provide dustbins or refuse sacks.
  
• We will return for genuine missed collections.

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Collection Days

Street by street guide to refuse and recycling collection days in Welwyn Hatfield.

• Click here to view the day refuse is collected in Lemsford.
• Click here to view Lemsford collection calendar

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Brown bin collections

Information and guidance about the brown bin service.

• You can compost garden waste, cardboard and food
  waste in your brown bin.
  
• Brown bins are collected fortnightly, alternate weeks
  to the recycling collections.
  
• To take part you need to have a brown wheelie bin
  or buy special Garden waste sacks.
• One brown bin is available per household.

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Recycling collections

• Information and guidance about the recycling collections (paper, glass and cans).
  
  
• Green recycling boxes are for paper.
  
• Red recycling boxes are for glass and mixed cans.
  
• Extra recycling can be presented in a carrier bag, or we can provide additional boxes.
  
• Recycling boxes are collected fortnightly, on the alternate week to the brown bins.
  

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Associated Services and information

• Bulky waste collections 
  
• Clinical waste
  
• Recycling centres
  
• Minimising waste
  
• Trade waste
  
• Real nappies
  
• Missed bins
  
• Assisted collections
  
• Battery recycling

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