Guide to Bins, Boxes & Collections

In East Herts we have black bins, blue lidded bins, brown bins and paper boxes. Read our guide to what goes in each bin and how and when they will be collected.

Bin Collections

East Herts Council has an alternate refuse and recycling collection service. This means your black wheeled bin is collected fortnightly on your waste week with your blue and brown bin being emptied on the alternate week.

We are currently in the process of updating our service leaflets. If you have any questions, please email customer.services@eastherts.gov.uk

Please note the following;

Only items that cannot be composted or recycled should go into your black bin or sacks.
East Herts Council provides each household in the district with one black bin, one brown bin and one blue lidded bin.
Only waste contained within the wheeled bins will be collected.
For residents who have difficult access or no front or rear garden we operate a sack collection service. In these circumstances we also provide a green paper box and a blue recycling box which will be collected fortnightly on your recycling week. More boxes are available on request.
We offer a boundary collection service; this means your bin must be presented with the lid closed at the boundary of your property by 7am.
The boundary of your property is where the front of your property / garden meets the public highway (pavement or road).
Operatives will not step onto your property. Extra waste left at the side of the bins or placed on top of the bins will not be collected.
If you are not physically able to place your bins on the boundary you may qualify for an Assisted Bin Collection.
If you have a bin that is damaged or you have a bin missing, please request a new bin

Waste & Recycling Bins/Boxes

Waste & Recycling bins guide
Type of Bin	Yes Please	No Thanks
Black Bin	Ash (once cooled) Black sacks Bubble wrap Carrier bags Cereal bags Cling film Crisp packets Drinking glasses Nappies Plastic bags - not widely recycled but often supermarkets offer recycling Plastic film/wrap Polystyrene - expanded/white - usually found in packaging Pyrex Tape - sticky parcel tape Wrapping paper	But these items and many others below can be recycled, often at Household waste recycling centres. Batteries Bricks and Rubble Clothing Duvets Electrical Items Other items accepted at these centres would include: Unused Paint
Brown Bin Notes Kitchen caddies are small boxes that are useful for food waste. If you need one, please request These kitchen caddies can be wrapped in newspaper or Compostable bags to keep the caddies clean. These are available via most good supermarkets or found online in stores such as Caddy Liners Direct Only bags that have the seedling logo can be placed inside the brown bins	Bones Branches (no more than 6mm diameter) Bread Coffee grounds Dairy Egg shells Fish Flowers Food scrapings Fruit Fruit peelings Grass cuttings Hay Hedge trimmings Leaves Leftover food Meat - raw or cooked Peelings Pet bedding - from vegetarian pets only and only paper, straw, hay Plants Straw Tea bags Tree cuttings(only small twigs and branches accepted) Vegetable peelings Weeds	Caddy liners without the seedling logo Cardboard Carpet Cat Litter Household waste Plant post and planters Polystyrene Soil Turf
Blue Lidded Bin	Aerosol cans Aluminium foil Biscuit tins Butter tubs Cardboard (no sticky tape or labels) Cartons Cereal boxes Drink cans Egg cartons - cardboard Egg cartons - plastic Foil Food tins Fruit punnets Glass - bottles and jars Ice-cream containers Jars Kitchen roll tubes Margarine tubs Microwave meal trays Milk bottles - plastic Plastic bottles - put the lids in separately Plastic plant/flower pots Plastic sweet containers/tubs Plastic food trays Tetra Paks? Tin Foil Toilet roll tubes Toothpaste tubes Washing powder boxes Yoghurt pots	Black Bags Carrier Bags Black bags and liners Food bags eg cereal packets, vegetable/fruit bags, bread bags Cling film/shrink wrap Film wrap on magazines, postal packaging Bubble wrap Clothing/textiles Drinking glasses and Pyrex Food items and garden waste Light Bulbs Nappies Paint tins Plastic coat hangers Polystyrene Wood and branches Wrapping paper
Inner Paper Box/Kerbside Box	Brochures Catalogues Directories Envelopes - white only (please remove plastic windows) Junk mail Magazines Newspapers Shredded paper Yellow Pages

Clothing & Textiles

You can recycle clothing or textiles at one of our Textile Banks across East Herts.

Textile Bank Locations

Textile bank locations in East Herts
Area	Locations
Hertford	Hartham Car Park Matalan/Wickes Car Park Sele Farm Car Park Wallfields Car Park
Ware	Library Car Park Crane Mead Car Park Fanshawe Swimming Pool Car Park Kibes Lane Car Park Wodson Leisure Centre Car Park
Bishop's Stortford	Grange Paddocks Car Park Link Road Car Park Waitrose Car Park
Sawbridgeworth	Bell Street Car Park
Buntingford	Bowling Green Lane Car Park
Stanstead Abbotts	High Street Car Park
Datchworth	Turkey Farm Car Park

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