Bin Collection Service

The new bin collection service for East Herts began on 4 August 2025.

Key changes include:

  • a new blue-lidded bin for the separate collection of cardboard and paper, replacing the lidless recycling boxes
  • a new 180l purple-lidded bin for non-recyclable waste
  • a new 23l brown outside food waste caddy and 5l kitchen food waste caddy, for the new food waste collection service
  • plastic bags and wrappings now collected as part of your mixed recycling (black-lidded bin)
  • an alternating three-weekly collection cycle for your non-recyclable waste, mixed recycling, and cardboard and paper bins
  • new collection days for some residents to improve route efficiency

 

Collection days and times

Check when your bin collections days are below, or download the Your East Herts app to get personalised notifications for which bin to put out on which day. 

Find your collection day

A leaflet explaining how the new service works was sent to every household. You can also download them below.

Guide to household waste and recycling services

Guide to communal waste and recycling services

 

Three-weekly collection cycle

A three-weekly collection rota has been introduced for food waste, mixed recycling, cardboard and paper, and non-recyclable waste. 

Flats and households with communal bin areas remain on a two-week cycle. 

 

Type of bin

When  

Food waste

(23 litre brown caddy)

Every week

Mixed recycling

(240 litre black-lidded bin)

Every three weeks

Cardboard and paper

(240 litre blue-lidded bin)

Every three weeks

Non-recyclable waste

(180 litre purple-lidded bin)

Every three weeks

Garden waste 

(paid-for subscription service 240 litre brown-lidded bin)

Every two weeks

(except for the first two weeks after Christmas)

 

What goes in my bins?

  • make it easier for residents to recycle
  • help us achieve government targets for us to recycle 60% of our household waste
  • help us meet new government requirements to collect and recycle food waste and cardboard and paper separately
  • deliver a more efficient and sustainable service 

The changes were agreed in response to the public consultation held in the Summer of 2022 at North Herts Council's Cabinet and East Herts Council's Executive meeting in October 2022. Further updates were made in December 2023, with a confirmation of the waste service decisions in July 2024.

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