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Watford is the municipal town of Watford borough, situated in the North West of London. The area is historically known for its ties to industry, with some major companies still choosing to base their headquarters there. In more recent years, the green spaces like parks and nature reserves in the vicinity have drawn in a growing number of tourists and young families who wish to relocate to the area. It is for these reasons, among many others, that waste disposal in Watford must be professionally managed. Over 165,000 tonnes of waste were collected in Watford over the last year, with over half ending up at landfill sites.

At Wayst, we are focused on increasing the amount of recycling in areas across the city, and we work with highly qualified waste disposal companies who pride themselves on their levels of professionalism who offer our services to businesses and individuals across the city. We make sure that everything that can be reused or recycled is segregated and processed accordingly, taking our recycling rate to over 90%!

Watford borough council take charge of most of the waste collection and disposal in the area. They organise regular general waste and recycling collections as well as some specialised services for residents with waste management needs such as medical or clinical waste removal. Alongside these council services, a handful of independent waste removal and disposal companies operate in and around Watford. You can find many of these companies just south of Watford Junction Station, specialising in skip hire and general rubbish clearance.

The closest recycling centres to Watford are the Waterdale and Rickmansworth reuse and recycling sites. The council runs these facilities following Hertfordshire’s waste management strategies. Their services are free to residents, and they accept a wide variety of materials, all of which are listed on their websites. However, the recycling centres do not extend their services to commercial waste, so businesses in the area need to organise private waste disposal with a licenced waste carrier.

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Waste disposal in Watford

There are council-run and a range of private recycling services available in Watford, with some sites and waste carriers offering a specialised service for some of the more difficult to dispose of waste materials. There are several waste management facilities within a 30-mile radius of Watford that treat refuse from the area along with composting centres for garden and food waste. Some of these facilities work to recover materials from waste, such as using it for fuel or in construction. Other centres use anaerobic digestion to break down organic matter and convert it into biofuel or bio-fertiliser.

Waterdale Reuse Centre on St Albans Road provides a place for residents to dispose of their household waste. The centre also takes a small amount of construction and DIY waste, along with some hazardous materials like paint and car oil. The Waterdale site also accepts a wide variety of electrical items, which is a vital service as it is estimated that the area disposes of 450,000 waste electrical items every year. Many of these electronics are from commercial refits and refurbishments, which cannot be disposed of at Waterdale Reuse Centre, and a private waste removal company should be contacted instead.
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Confidential waste disposal

Confidential waste can be anything from a batch of employee CVs to employees bank information, and generally constitutes any waste, electronic or physical, that contains personal or private information, and it is essential to make sure that any confidential waste that you wish to dispose of is correctly labelled if it is part of a mixed waste load.

Many individuals and businesses hire private paper shredding services to destroy documents at secure processing facilities. All of our partnering paper shredding companies in Watford will also shred documents on site before transferring to a materials recovery facility at the same time as documenting the transaction and the waste journey to ensure transparency through the process.
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Hazardous waste disposal in Watford

Hazardous waste can be dangerous to the environment and challenging to dispose of. It can pose a lasting danger if put into landfill, contaminating soil and water supplies. Watford council will collect a small amount of hazardous waste, such as batteries, paint, and car oil, as well as allowing for its disposal at their recycling centres.

Over 34,000 tonnes of hazardous waste were collected in Watford last year, mostly by the independent waste removal services that operate in the Watford area. Due to the council’s close connection with Hertfordshire’s recycling and reuse strategy, the area's waste management facilities can recycle certain hazardous materials and recover materials and energy from the process. It is worth checking the Watford council website to see what hazardous waste can and cannot be recycled or disposed of at one of their centres.

The incorrect disposal of hazardous waste is a serious criminal offence, so any individual or business wanting to dispose of something hazardous should only contact a company, like Wayst, that only works with companies that are licenced by the Environment Agency and follow strict management and quality standards throughout their processes.
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Clinical waste disposal

Clinical waste is a waste stream produced by healthcare services. Individuals with medical needs, along with businesses like veterinary services, care homes and laboratories, who all need to make sure that their clinical waste is being disposed of correctly. Improper disposal of clinical waste can cause damage to the environment as well as cross contamination of substances that could be harmful to humans. As a large amount of clinical waste is business-related, we have teamed up with the best independent waste removal companies in Watford to offer specialist and thorough clinical waste disposal services. Although Watford council also offers clinical waste collection for residents, this service does not extend to businesses.

The council collects and disposes of sanitary waste with the rest of its general waste collection unless of course they have been informed that the waste is infectious. In that case, they will send a private collection to that household. Upon request, the council can provide yellow or orange bags and boxes for surgical waste and sharps like needles and syringes. However, due to the hazardous nature of clinical waste, only small amounts of it can be recycled after extensive industrial cleaning processes.
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What you need to know about Watford

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Situated in Hertfordshire in North West London, Watford is the municipal town of Watford borough along the Thames tributary River Colne. Historically a place of industry along the Grand Junction Canal, several major companies still base their headquarters in the town's commercial district, including Ralph Lauren UK, the Hilton regional office and JD wetherspoon. Watford Junction station provides plenty of network rail links towards London city centre and the home counties, and the surrounding parks, nature reserves and schools for children of all ages make Watford a popular destination for families moving to the area. There is also a range of tourist attractions in Watford including 3 theatres, museums and major parks in addition to 92 nationally listed buildings. In terms of transport Watford is also well connected with local transport for London underground tube and bus links, 3 main railway stations towards Euston, Milton Keynes and the Midlands, and an hour away from Heathrow airport by bus, which operates on weekdays.

  • Population Size 398,797
  • Active Businesses 2,045
  • Waste Collected (tonnes)167,234
  • Tonnes of Waste Recycled or Reused 81,878

What are the different ways to dispose of waste in Watford?

There is a choice of highly recommended waste clearance companies in the neighbourhood just to the south of Watford Junction station that offer competitively priced and professional services, including 2 skip hire companies, 4 rubbish clearance companies, and a house clearance provider offering general junk removal. There are also two local authority recycling centres in Waterdale and Rickmansworth run by Hertfordshire county council. Watford residents are also provided with standard waste disposal solutions from Watford council for dry mixed recycling, food waste and residual waste, for which residents are provided with color coded bins. It should be noted that leaving waste outside your house on the street or on the ground by litter bins is considered fly tipping by the council. It is also the householders responsibility to ensure that any private waste carriers they hire are licensed and provide them with a waste transfer note.
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Where are the nearest recycling centres in Watford

There are two recycling centres available to Watford residents. The first is the Waterdale (Garston) recycling centre in WD25 which is open Mon-Thurs and on weekends. There is an online queue cam on the council website so visitors can keep track of on site waiting times, and there is also a reuse centre at Waterdale that sells second hand refurbished furniture, toys, sporting equipment, and pet carriers. The other available recycling centre in st Albans is open from Thursday through Monday and closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. They also provide estimated queue times on the website, however it is best to plan for a minimum wait of at least 30 mins.
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What rubbish collection services are available in Watford?

Watford council offers standard recycling collections for households using a color coded bins system. Green bins can accept real christmas trees garden waste and bedding for small animals. Blue bins for mixed dry recycling can accept a wide range of different plastic packaging tubes, pots and trays, used tin foil and takeaway containers and glossed paper products such as magazines and envelopes with plastic windows. The black bin takes thin plastics like cling film, film lids, crisp packets, plastic egg boxes, blister pill packs and bread wrappers. Food waste which is a primary concern for the environment is collected from brown bins which can accept used kitchen roll, bones shells and eggshells among other related food waste.

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How is the local authority in Watford handling your waste?

Watford is connected to the wider Hertfordshire strategy for handling waste in the area, and will stand to benefit from its plans for improved waste management facilities and handling of residual waste, organic waste and recycled waste. The plans for a new waste transfer station and waste collection authority depots will be part of a network of 4 waste management facilities consisting of 2 composting facilities, a materials recovery facility, (MRF) and an anaerobic digestion facility, all within 30 miles of the centre of Hertfordshire. This will see that waste from Watford will be recycled at a higher rate and will improve long term environmental outcomes. Watford council are also running a campaign to reduce food waste in the borough by raising public awareness in terms of planning meals, storing food correctly, and freezing fresh fruit and vegetables, bread and dairy produce. The council also provides links to further guidance on how to reduce the amount of food that is thrown away on lovefoodhatewaste.com which includes free resources to help you manage food waste at home.

Watford Council's Waste Management Performance:

· Overall annual spend on waste management £25,124,214.78
· Per person spend £63
· Landfill rate 51.04%
· Reuse and recycling rate 48.96%
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What are the plans for a greener future in Watford?

Watford is part of the ‘waste aware’ partnership of county, district and borough councils in Hertfordshire, which is a municipal waste strategy aimed at reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering as much waste as possible from the area. Climate change has made technological innovation and the preservation of natural resources a priority for local authorities to consider when planning, strategizing and implementing practices for the collection, transfer and treatment of waste. There are plenty of open green spaces in and around Watford, however they can be hard to access without the appropriate roads and footpaths linking them to the surrounding towns and villages, and this is also on the agenda for the Hertfordshire waste aware partnership, as they recognise that more needs to be invested into making green spaces easily accessible, and improving overall access to the countryside.

Watford has also invested in cycle lane infrastructure to support greener methods of transport in the town centre, making over 15 kilometers of new cycle routes accessible through the provision of cycle maps and bike parks situated in the centre of Watford and the surrounding areas. The Watford Cycle Hub is a local organisation that supports children and adults to learn how to cycle and basic bike maintenance. They also hold 1 to 1 classes to build the confidence, safety and the proficiency of cyclists in the area to encourage people to choose their bikes over cars when travelling locally.
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Service Providers in Watford

O'Donovan Waste

3.9 Good
82 Markfield Road, Tottenham, London, N15 4QF
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Glynns Skip Hire

3.7 Good
Unit 6, Neasden Goods Yard, Neasden Lane, London, NW10 2UG
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PB Donoghue

3.4 Good
Donoghue Business Park, Claremont Road, London, NW2 1RR
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