Revised August bank holiday refuse and recycling collection

There are changes to your refuse and recycling collections because of the Bank holiday on Monday 30 August 2010. Check the table below for details of how the changes will affect you.

 

Normal Collection  Revised Collection
 Monday 30 August  Tuesday 31 August
 Tuesday 31 August  Wednesday 1 September
 Wednesday 1 September  Thursday 2 September
 Thursday 2 September  Friday 3 September
  Friday 3 September  Saturday 4 September
Please ensure that your refuse and recycling is left on the boundary of your property by 6.45am for collection.  All collections will return to normal from Monday 6 September.

For more information, please call 01442 867858.

Your Waste Service

The Waste Services Unit is committed to the Waste Hierarchy. It is important to recycle but it is vital to reduce, reuse and repair.

Dacorum Borough Council provides a range of recycling services, including 34 recycling points, boundary recycling (rECOllect) scheme for houses and three Household Waste Recycling Centres (sponsored by Hertfordshire County Council).

The Waste Collection Service

Residents are provided with a:

  • Green wheeled bin for uncooked and cooked food waste including vegetable, fruit, meat, poultry, fish, cardboard and green garden waste
  • Grey wheeled bin for general refuse that Dacorum cannot recycle
  • Black box for newspapers, magazines, junk mail
  • Green box all food and drink cans, aerosols, all plastic bottles
  • Basket for all coloured glass bottles and jars

You can find more information on our Waste Collection Service page.

Green garden waste, cardboard, fridges and freezers, household and car batteries, metals and wood, and engine oil are collected at the local Household Waste Sites.