Watford bin collection dates

Enter your postcode and pick your address to see the next date for each bin Watford Borough Council collects from you.

Check your bin day in Watford

Dates come from Watford Borough Council's own system. Binmap is not the council.

Bins Watford Borough Council collects

The council's system returned these bin names in 11 successful lookups. Your address may not have all of them.

The names are the council's own. Its website says what goes in each bin.

• Black bin (non-recyclable waste)
• Blue-lidded bin (recycling)
• Brown bin (food waste)
• Green bin (garden waste)
• Communal blue-lidded bin (recycling)

Large items collection from Watford Borough Council

The council collects large household items, such as furniture and appliances, from homes.

Price: £57 for up to three bulky items or three sofas, £57 per electrical item, £69.50 per American fridge freezer, minimum £98.50 for other items or garden furniture. Checked 3 October 2026.

50% discount for residents receiving council related benefits (proof required).

• Book a large items collection on Watford Borough Council's website

Missed bins and new bins: contact Watford Borough Council

Report a missed bin, ask for a new bin, or ask about garden waste on the council's website. Binmap cannot do these for you.

Watford Borough Council's website

• Watford Borough Council bin day page

Tips near Watford

Binmap does not list any tips inside Watford Borough Council's area. These are the nearest in Hertfordshire.

Many tips take only residents of the area that runs them, and some need a booking. Each tip's page says what it needs.

Tips by distance from the middle of Watford

Recycling and reuse nearby

Besides tips, Binmap lists these places in Watford Borough Council's area for things your bins do not take.

Binmap also maps 836 public bins in Watford.

• 1 charity donation point

Guides for Watford

• Recycling and reuse in Watford
• Tips in Watford
• Furniture donation and reuse in Watford
• Public bins in Watford
• Clothes banks in Watford

Areas Watford Borough Council covers

Watford Borough Council collects in 5 postcode districts.

These 3 are shared with a neighbouring council. If you live in one, check which council collects from your address.

• WD18
• WD19
• WD25

Postcode districts in Watford Borough Council's area

• WD17 bin collection dates

Towns in Watford Borough Council's area

• Recycling in Watford

Neighbouring councils

• Three Rivers bin collection dates
• Harrow bin collection dates
• Hertsmere bin collection dates
• Hillingdon bin collection dates
• St Albans bin collection dates
• Buckinghamshire bin collection dates

About these dates

The latest successful Watford lookup in Binmap's records was on 2 September 2026.

Binmap asks the council again once a result is a week old.

If a date looks wrong, check it on Watford Borough Council's website.

Last updated: 15 October 2026