Household Waste - Garden Waste

Door to door recycling

If you live in a house with a front garden we will provide you with a black box for mixed recyclables (paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, food & drink cans and aerosols) and a green box for compostable waste (garden waste, uncooked fruit and vegetables). You can also take garden waste to Barrowell Green Recycling Centre, Winchmore Hill, N21 3AR .

The black and green boxes are emptied weekly from the boundary of your property; on the same day that your general refuse is collected.

Please place boxes out by 7 am on your collection day.

(This service operates Monday to Friday generally between the hours of 7am and 4 pm).

In your green box

Yes please (In your green box)
√ Uncooked fruit & vegetables
√ Used tea bags & coffee grounds
√ Flowers
√ Household plants

No thanks
x No soil or plant pots
x No meat, fish or other food waste
x No plastic wrapping

Compostable garden waste can be put in untied sacks & placed by the side of your green box.

Yes please
√ Small branches & twigs
√ Leaves
√ Grass cuttings
√ Plant & hedge clippings

No thank
x No treated wood, fence panels, hard board or other types of wood
x No turf/soil/rubble

If you would like to compost your garden waste at home, Please click here

Eligibility
Resident of the London Borough of Enfield

Required Customer Information
None.

Service Level Agreement and Turnaround
We will collect waste weekly, where collections are missed for any reason we will return and rectify within 24 hours.

Contact Us

Frequently asked questions

Address:
Household
Civic Centre
Silver Street
Enfield
EN1 3XY

Telephone:
0208 379 1000

Fax:
0208 379 1777

Opening Hours:
24 hours

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