Renew your green bin service
If you hire a Garden Waste bin (green bin) from Havering Council
you need to renew your contact before Tuesday 31 March 2015 if you want the service to continue
from Wednesday 1 April 2015 until Thursday
31 March 2016.
To renew online you need to have a My
Account from Havering Council, which is different from the account which
sends you this email bulletin.
Once you have My
Account you can use it to access a range of other council services, such as
renewing parking permits online.
You can renew, and pay for, the Garden Waste service
online here if you have signed up for My Account.
If you
have already renewed, you don’t need to do anything.
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Don’t risk a fine – bag it and bin it
Help us to keep the
borough clean by disposing of dog mess properly and reporting repeat dog mess
offenders.
If you are a dog owner you face a fine if you don’t clean up
after your pet. Not cleaning up means you could find yourself paying an £80 fixed penalty for each offence or a
maximum penalty of £1,000 if you are taken to court.
Properly bagged dog mess can go in:
- with your normal household rubbish
Throwing the bag into a hedge doesn’t count as disposing of
dog mess properly and means you could still be fined.
If you see a regular dog walker who doesn’t clean up any
mess left by their pet you can report them and Havering Council will follow up
your report.
If you see dog mess please
report it here.
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Fly-tipping can be costly
Havering Council is continuing its
crackdown on fly-tippers caught dumping rubbish in the borough.
Recent successful prosecutions
include:
- James Atkins, age 21 of Dagenham,
was photographed dumping around 15 tonnes of waste (pictured) near unused garages in Ongar
Way, Rainham. He was fined £1,125.00 with £972.00 costs and £112.00 victim
surcharge at Romford Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 9 December.
- Jason Sabine, age 53 of Wickford,
was caught on CCTV dumping a large drum, which happened to be full of dog mess,
in Upper Rainham Road, Hornchurch. He pleaded guilty at Barkingside
Magistrates’ Court on Friday 9 January and was fined £200, ordered to pay £438
costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
Fly-tipping
carries a maximum penalty of £50,000 and/or 12 months imprisonment when the
case is heard in the Magistrates' Court, or a five-year prison sentence and
unlimited fine if the case goes to the Crown Court.
You can report
fly-tipping online here.
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New bins
boost recycling.
Bright new
orange bins are appearing in the refuse areas of Havering Council flats and
sheltered housing schemes as part of a campaign to encourage tenants to recycle
more of their household waste.
Pictured is
resident Gordon Kirkley using one of the new recycling bins at Queen Street, Romford
You can get more
information about recycling here.
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Be quick to compost
If you’re a Havering resident and
have not yet claimed your free garden compost bin and food caddy you need to act
fast as the application deadline is Tuesday 31 March.
The compost bins come in two sizes
and are ideal for turning garden and food waste into compost to use in the
garden – all you pay for is the delivery.
There is a maximum of one bin per household
and orders will be taken on a first come, first served basis while stocks last.
Order your compost bins here.
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Can you be a Havering Green Points Champion?
More than 25,000 Havering households have joined the London
Green Points – Havering rewards scheme but we want to see even more.
That is why we are looking for volunteers to become London
Green Points – Havering champions to spread the reduce, reuse, recycle message
in their communities.
Each champion will receiving training and support as well as
gaining extra green points for attending meetings and events.
For more information about becoming a champion email Bethany Fruen.
Any Havering household can join the London Green Points –
Havering scheme here.
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Battery collections
If you live in a house in the Borough, you
can now easily recycle your used household batteries by placing them in a small carrier
or sandwich bag and putting them out with your orange and black sacks.
The collection vehicles have a special
compartment (pictured) for the batteries to be collected in. Once the
collection vehicle gets to the tipping site the batteries get emptied into a
larger storage box which, once full, is taken to a battery re-processor so the
batteries can be recycled.
More information on which batteries can be recycled is
available here.
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Help keep Havering clean
Reporting online is an easy way to help keep Havering clean as your report goes direct to the people responsible for taking action on the issue you raise.
You can report the following online:
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