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Welwyn Hatfield bin collection dates
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- Get an email the evening before
- Print an A4 sheet for the fridge
Bins in Welwyn Hatfield
These are the containers used in Welwyn Hatfield. Which ones a home has depends on its address.
Recycling Collection Service
Food Waste Collection Service
Garden waste
Brown bin
Container details
The container pictures and words are Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council's own. This may not be every container it uses.
Greyed-out bin icons are placeholders where the container type or colour is not confirmed.
- What goes in which bin – Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
- What goes in which bin – Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Container descriptions checked 17 September 2026; list of collections built from Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council's own service names 22 September 2026.
Order, book and apply
- What goes in which binWelwyn Hatfield Borough Council
- When and where to put your bins outWelwyn Hatfield Borough Council
- Garden waste collectionsWelwyn Hatfield Borough Council
- Food waste collectionsWelwyn Hatfield Borough Council
- Get rid of a bulky itemWelwyn Hatfield Borough Council
- Recycling centres and tipsHertfordshire County Council
- Get help putting your bins outWelwyn Hatfield Borough Council
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
Tell Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council first - it can only fix what it knows about.
- Report a missed binA bin that wasn't emptied on the day.
- Make a complaint to Welwyn Hatfield Borough CouncilIf reporting it didn't fix it.
Complaint didn't work either? Ask your councillors
If you've already reported the problem and used the council's complaints process, your district councillors can take up a repeated problem or a wider service failure. Find and write to my district councillors on Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.
WriteToThem is an independent mySociety service. You'll enter your postcode there before choosing who to contact.
Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.
How Welwyn Hatfield compares
- Recycled or composted
- 48%of household waste, 2024 to 2025
- Rubbish not recycled
- 396 kgper household a year
- Cost of collections
- £58per household a year. Similar councils: £61
- Value for money
- 9 out of 10 An independently constructed WhenIsBins rating, not an official government rating.
Official figures for England, 2024 to 2025.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
Welwyn Hatfield announced an expansion of weekly food-waste collections to residents in some flats and maisonettes from 30 March 2026. Its March announcement said new kitchen caddies, communal bins and guidance had been provided to those households. Councillor Sandreni Bonfante welcomed extending a service already used by many residents, saying the borough recycled just over 2,000 tonnes of food waste each year. The council said collected scraps go to a local treatment facility, producing renewable energy and fertiliser. The expansion was intended to help more residents recycle and meet new national requirements.
- Council expands food waste service to residents in flats — one.welhat.gov.uk