Business waste and recycling

Waste collections from schools and charity shops

We provide reduced cost waste and recycling collections from schools and other establishments who fit the following criteria:

Local authority maintained schools or those whose waste has been collected by Watford Borough Council before April 2012
Waste from charity shops selling donated goods originating from a domestic property
A charity or not for profit body which collects goods for re-use or waste to prepare for re-use from domestic property
Waste from premises used wholly for public meetings (including religious buildings)
From 31 March 2025 all businesses and other non-household premises (such as schools and places of worship) with 10 or more Full Time Equivalent Employees (FTE) must separate plastic, paper and card, glass, metals (cans, tins and foil) and food waste from general waste
For more information please contact Veolia

For premises not listed above please visit the business waste and recycling information page.

Waste collection from schools and charity shop prices from 1 Jan 2025
Bin size	Charge per empty for waste	Charge per empty for recycling	Charge per empty for garden waste	Bin hire charge	Charge per empty for food waste
1100 litre euro bin	£14.50	£13.00	N/A	£2.85	N/A
940 litre chamberlain	£13.00	Recycling provided in a 1100 litre euro bin	N/A	N/A	N/A
660 litre wheeled bin	£13.00	Recycling provided in a 1100 litre euro bin	N/A	N/A	N/A
360 litre wheeled bin	£11.75	Recycling provided in a 1100 litre euro bin	N/A	N/A	N/A
240 litre wheeled bin	£10.00	Recycling provided in a 1100 litre euro bin	Please see our Garden Waste information	N/A	N/A
140 litre wheeled bin	£8.15	Recycling provided in a 1100 litre euro bin	N/A	N/A	Free