Food waste collections
Check what food waste items your business or school can recycle, instructions for collection and how to report a missed collection.
Food items accepted through this service
- Dairy produce, including eggs, eggshells and cheese, small amounts of butter or lard
- Pet food
- Paper kitchen towels
- Bread, cakes and pastries
- Fruit, vegetable and peelings
- Cereals, rice, pasta and pulses
- Tea bags, tea leaves and coffee grounds
- Food scrapings from plates and dishes
- Raw and cooked fish and meat, including skin and bones
Please note: If you want to recycle cooking oil, there is a bin at Harefield Civic Amenity Site.
Instructions for collection
- Place your business' food waste in your wheelie bin - waste can either be placed loosely in the bins or in biodegradable food waste bags first.
- Put your wheelie bin out for no later than 6.30am on the day of your collection.
Please note:
- The weight of your wheelie bin when put out for collection must not exceed 50 kg.
- Black bags and recycling bags must not be put into your wheelie bin.
- Please report damaged wheelie bins by emailing tradewaste@hillingdon.gov.uk.
Missed collection
If your business food waste hasn't been collected on your collection day and you have followed instructions for collection, please complete our online form.
A missed collection cannot be reported until after 1.30pm on your collection day and must be within 48 hours of the collection being missed.
We will make another collection within 3 working days.
Report a missed business food waste collection