Feb 20 2013
A prolific fly-tipper found himself in a fine mess after Harrow Council’s Envirocrime investigators brought him to justice. Ben Tickner, of Larkspur Close, Ruislip, pleaded guilty to three counts of fly-tipping at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Feb 12). Tickner embarked on a fly-tipping spree when he was paid to remove and dispose of waste …
Nov 19 2012
We all dread the bulging bins created by the amount of rubbish thrown out over Christmas – so why not take part in Harrow Council’s reduce, re-use, and recycle challenge? This Christmas, Harrow Council has teamed up with West London Waste to encourage residents to take part in the Love Christmas, Hate Waste ten week …
Oct 07 2012
For those residents in the South-West parts of the Borough and who use the waste site just over the boundary at South Ruislip, it’s worth being aware that there is now a charge, in some circumstances, to use that facility. According to Hillingdon’s website: Charges from 1 October 2012: Waste from residents’ building and landscaping …
Aug 08 2012
An environment conscious resident who pledged to reduce the amount of household waste over the past year has received a prestigious award. Colette McDonagh from Sudbury Hill was awarded the prize after being entered into a draw last year, by pledging to reduce the amount of food waste she bins. Colette made a big effort …
Jun 06 2012
It seems a lot of Harrow residents were caught out with bin collections due to the double Bank Holiday this week. It would have been perfectly reasonable to expect Harrow Council to publish – somewhere obvious! – details of the changed bin collection dates! However, that didn’t happen, and most residents with a Monday collection …
Mar 16 2012
Dump? Tip? Waste and Recycling Centre? Whatever you call it, if you’re off there this weekend, with the results of a long day’s clearout, here’s the address: Forward Drive Wealdstone HA3 8NT It’s open from 8.30am to 4.30pm every day of the year except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day. Weekends and Bank …
Jan 26 2012
Every resident living in a Harrow flat block will be able to recycle at home from April after the Council started borough-wide bin deliveries. Refuse crews are dropping off the communal blue bins and information on recycling to every block before the end of March with an information leaflet and letter to each flat. Residents …
Dec 31 2011
Now that we’re right on the cusp of 2012, maybe this is the year to think about making your own compost, rather than letting your council take away a brown bin full of food scraps each week. In Harrow, we have a weekly collection of the brown bin, which contains everything you need to make …
Dec 30 2011
Harrow’s bin collection schedule (day and bin-colour) can be found here at Harrow Council’s website – just enter your postcode. Alternatively, if you’ve left your bin out and it hasn’t been collected, you can report that here. Blue Bin Aerosols Aluminium foil Cans and tins Card/cardboard Drinks cartons Glass bottles and jars Paper – all …
Dec 12 2011
Harrow Council have published their schedule for bin collections over the Christmas period: Usual collection day Christmas week New Year week Mondays Wednesday 28 Dec Tuesday 3 Jan Tuesdays Wednesday 28 Dec Wednesday 4 Jan Wednesdays Thursday 29 Dec Thursday 5 Jan Thursdays Thursday 29 Dec Friday 6 Jan Fridays Friday 30 Dec Saturday …
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