Rubbish

For routine information about rubbish collection and recycling visit Hillingdon Council's website.

Click here to find out when rubbish is collected in your street.
Click here to find out what you can recycle and when.

Complaints about rubbish 

Hillingdon Council can take action about rubbish accumulated in alleys, access roads, communal areas around the boundaries of housing and non-residential land. For the council to be able to take action the rubbish needs to be causing a problem.

e.g. home to rats or mice, presenting a health risk, smelling bad, or constituting a statutory nuisance.

You can register online to report nuisance rubbish (click here) or telephone the team at Hillingdon Council on 01895 556 000. Visit their contacts page by clicking here.

Fly tipping is the dumping of large amounts of rubbish or bulky items on land that is not a licensed rubbish dump. In some cases it can be punished by fines of up to £50,000 or time in prison.

Who fly tipping should be reported to and who is responsible for clearing it depends on where it is.  It is not always the responsibility of Hillingdon Council. For example, fly tipping on the canal needs to be reported to British Waterways and fly tipping on the river needs to be reported to the Environment Agency.

To find out more about fly tipping and what steps you should take to report it, visit the dedicated webpage on Hillingdon Council's website.  Click here.


Page last updated on 29th November 2015. Please get in touch if you see anything wrong with it.