Brown Bins and Kitchen Caddies

Each property has been issued with a brown bin for waste that can be composted. And a kitchen caddy to help separate food waste. Please only use the brown bin for the items listed below:

• ALL raw and cooked food scraps / peelings (including bones)
• Tea bags and coffee grounds
• Envelopes (not with plastic windows)
• Shredded paper
• Toilet & kitchen roll centres
• Egg cartons
• Cardboard food packaging (including cereal packets)
• Brown cardboard
• Grass cuttings
• Woody prunings (max diameter 3" / 80mm)
• Real Christmas trees
• Straw / hay (including the bedding of small animals eg hamsters)

Food waste can be wrapped in newspaper or in cardboard boxes such as cereal boxes.  Caddy bags are on sale at various locations throughout the district.   The bags are on sale for £2.50 for a roll of 52.

However please do not use plastic bags, whether they are bio-degradable or not.

Caddy bag outlets:

• Three Rivers House, Northway, Rickmansworth, WD3 1RL
• Watford Rural Parish Council, Oxhey Drive, South Oxhey, WD19 7SB
• Abbots Langley Parish Council, Langley Road, Abbots Langley, WD5 0EJ
• Budgens, 59 High Street, Abbots Langley, WD5 0AE
• Chorleywood Parish Council, South Lodge, Chorleywood House, Rickmansworth Road, Chorleywood, WD3 5SL
• Croxley Green Parish Council, Community Way, Croxley Green, Herts WD3 3BN
• J & J May, Lower Road, Chorleywood, 8 Main Parade, Chorleywood, WD3 5RB
• William Penn Leisure Centre, Shepherds Lane, Rickmansworth, WD3 2JN
• Sarratt Village shop, The Green, Sarratt, WD3 9XB
• Carpenders Park Post Office, 6 The Parade, Delta Gain, Carpenders Park, WD19 5BL
• Moor Park Post Office, 8 Main Parade, Moor Park, HA6 2HJ
• Costcutter, 12 Scots Hill, Croxley Green, WD3 3AD
• Croxley Hardware, 43 Baldwins Lane, Croxley Green, WD3 3LS

The brown bin is collected weekly.


Any household wishing to dispose of extra garden waste can have a second brown bin emptied for a charge of £104 per year.  Please complete and return the Application Form.

Download a full list of acceptable and non-acceptable items below.

The brown bin must be left at the property boundary by 6am on the day of collection.

Please use the online service to enquire about your collection day or contact the Customer Services Centre on 01923 776611 (minicom 01923 727303) or e-mail enquiries@threerivers.gov.uk

Elderly, infirm and disabled residents who have no other resident to help them move the bin may apply for an assisted collection. The bin must still be visible and the front of the property but does not have to be moved to the boundary. To apply for this service please download the Application Form below.