Rubbish Removal Radlett

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Rubbish Removal for Radlett

Radlett sits in Hertsmere, and Hertsmere has no tip in the village itself. The borough's two recycling centres are on Allum Lane in Elstree and on the Cranborne industrial estate in Potters Bar. They are run by Hertfordshire County Council, and they keep different hours. Elstree closes every Tuesday and Wednesday. Potters Bar closes every Thursday and Friday. So a Radlett household with a few bags can often sort things out itself, as long as the trip lands on the right day. Larger loads are a different matter. Hired vans, bags of rubble and bulky furniture all bump into county and borough limits quite quickly. Below, we set out those limits in plain terms. Use them to judge which rubbish you can take yourself and which is easier to hand to a licensed carrier.

Every Hertfordshire resident now needs an ePass to get into a county recycling centre. The pass is free, it is linked to your number plate, and cameras read the plate at the gate. If you hire a van for a clear-out, its ePass lasts only 7 days and covers 3 visits. You can have no more than 4 of those hire passes in a year, and the hire agreement must come with you on each trip.

DIY waste has its own ceiling. The county takes two 50 litre rubble bags, or one bulky item such as a bath, per household per week. It must come from your own work at home. When a builder leaves rubble behind after a paid job, that waste is barred from the recycling centres altogether.

For furniture, Hertsmere runs a paid collection. It takes up to five items, booked by phone, and each one must be light enough for two people to carry. The crew will not come inside, so everything has to be outside the house first. Baths, sheds, fence panels, rubble sacks and garden waste are all on the refused list.

One last rule saves a lot of trouble. The county treats bags left beside street bins, in communal bin stores or outside a closed charity shop as fly-tipping.