Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Waste collection calendar
Has anyone had a printed calendar delivered of which days Veolia are taking rubbish and recycling? We got sent a general guide but no specifics, and the 'downloadable calendar' on Haringey website is last year's.
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert
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Good point, sounds like an innovation, or how you would expect
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Permalink Reply by Gordon T
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Not here either. There's a 'find your day' button of course, but here's a list I recently knocked up for Wednesday Week A [Umfreville and others] which I've stuck onto last year's printed bin calendar to save me checking online every week:
Black bin collection days 2026-27
Wednesday Week AThu 7 May
20 May [Thu 28 May (other bins)]
3 Jun
17 Jun
1 Jul
15 Jul
29 Jul
12 Aug
26 Aug [Thu 3 Sep (other bins)]
9 Sep
23 Sep
7 Oct
21 Oct
4 Nov
18 Nov
2 Dec
16 Dec
Xmas - check
New Yr - check (other bins)
13 Jan
27 Jan
3 Feb
17 Feb
3 Mar
17 Mar
[Easter Day Sun 28 Mar]
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Permalink Reply by Maddy
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Thanks Gordon - it seems to me that in not issuing the usual printed timetable (presumably to cut costs), they are just making more work and confusion for everyone, which hardly encourages responsible recycling.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson
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Even if they were saving money by not distributing printed copies a simple tweak on their website that generates a printable PDF of the collection schedule doesn’t seem an unreasonable ask!
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It’s the same every year. It seems to be a complete surprise to them that April comes around again.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh
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I tried to follow this up back a the beginning of the month. Here's my correspondence. The first was to our two active ward councillors Anna Abela and Zena Brabazon, The secods was from Haringey's Head of Waste, Beth Waltzer.
7th April
Dear Anna And Zena,
A happy belated Easter.
As usual the Council has failed to produce its kerbside collection calendar in time for the new cycle.
I called Veolia, thinking that it is maybe their responsibility because they carry it on their website, but they say it’s the Council who produces it and they’ve already called the council to remind them. Apparently they’ve had a lot of calls similar to mine this morning.
Could you please let us know why it’s never ready on time and also when the new one will be ready this year. From what Veolia are saying it sounds like sometime in May. Can that really be the case?
Hugh Flouch
10th April
Dear Hugh
Cllr Brabazon has passed your email to me for my attention.
So, this year we have two communication drops about our waste and recycling services, one should be within your Council tax and the second one (the collection schedules you refer to below) will be delivered shortly. There is a slight delay on this as we now have new spending controls in place limiting paper-based assets being produced for financial reasons, and we needed to secure some external funding to produce them. Unfortunately, this took longer than anticipated.
You should receive it within the next month but please let me know directly if you do not receive one.
Thanks
Beth
Beth.Waltzer@haringey.gov.uk
Of course, the silly thing is that for most of us, it doesn't need to cost any more than putting it on the website.
AND I"M DELIGHTED to report that downloadable PDF versions for 26/27 are now available on the Haringey Veolia website at https://www.haringey.veolia.co.uk/facilities-services/collection-da...
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I contacted the council just over a week ago. They replied immediately to apologise for the delay in distributing the printed waste cakendars: 'they will be on their way shortly'. Wispy
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As I don't have a colour printer, I prefer the ones they send us as I can put it on the fridge as quick visual reference. But at least the latest calendar is now online.
I wonder if the restraint on printed materials is going to affect the distribution of 'Haringey People' magazine, the point of which I've never been able to see (I remember someone on this site used to call it Haringey Pravda, as it only shows the council in a good light!)
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I understand your issue with a printer, Maddy. I'm sure many are in the same boat as you. However, I'd be happy to opt-out of any mail-drop and just go with the printable pdf, particularly if it were to help the council produce the thing on time very year! (I've suggested opt-in/out as an option to Beth Waltzer).
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“Paper-based assets”?! Who thinks up this rubbish? (Excuse the pun.) Must be the equivalent of “bread-based offerings”, aka sandwiches…..
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Permalink Reply by Charlie Owen
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Thanks: very helpful. I contacted Veolia and they said they were wafting for information from the council. They never got back to me once the calendar was available.
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