If you want to use a van or tow a trailer to dispose of household waste, you must pre-notify the Western Riverside Waste Authority online or call your local council during office hours. Only green waste, rubble and electrical appliances can be accepted for recycling from vans.
When you pre-notify you will need to supply these details:
- Name
- Address (which must also be the origin of the waste)
- Email address (only if you want to receive confirmation of your pre-notification)
- Contact phone number
- Vehicle registration number (or the name and address of the hire company if you are hiring your vehicle)
Click here to pre-notify online now, or call your local council on the relevant number shown below. Please note you will need to be present when the vehicle goes to the site and provide valid ID relating to the property from which the waste is coming.
- Hammersmith and Fulham: 020 8753 1100
- Kensington and Chelsea: 020 7361 3001
- Lambeth: 020 7926 9000
- Wandsworth: 020 8871 8558
- Westminster: 020 7641 2000
Arrival at the reuse and recycling centre
Please note: Opening times vary for vans - please check details by clicking on the relevant reuse and recycling centre below.
1. On arrival you must report to the weighbridge. Please note that at Smugglers Way this means you must use the main trade and council vehicle entrance not the reuse and recycling centre entrance.
2. The weighbridge clerk will have access to your pre-notification details and you will be required to:
a) Sign a declaration that you live within the London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Wandsworth, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea or the City of Westminster and that the waste to be deposited is household waste from your own residence.
b) Show the weighbridge clerk your valid ID. The clerk will confirm that your identity and address correspond with the pre-notification details.
c) A copy of the hire document if the vehicle is hired.
3. If you have not followed the pre-notification procedures, you will not be able to deposit your waste free of charge and must either pay to deposit your waste or take it away.
4. Your vehicle will then be weighed “in” on the weighbridge and your details recorded. You will then be directed where to dump or recycle your waste and provided with a high visibility jacket to wear. After dropping off your waste you will need to return to the weighbridge to weigh “out” and return the jacket.
5. Please be aware that the free tip notification allows you to use the Authority's sites up to a maximum of three times on one specified day only. If you require more tips you will need to pre-notify again for another suitable date.
You can find your nearest reuse and recycling centre on the map or click on the links below for details about van opening times, locations and materials accepted.
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