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Hillingdon People

In our September/October edition, read about our Baby Box scheme, plans to drive growth and investment, efforts to protect Hillingdon's green belt, improvements to council housing, food waste recycling, and how we're tackling crime and anti-social behaviour.

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Be a winner, recycle your dinner

Help reduce waste, protect the environment and keep Hillingdon cleaner and greener by recycling your food waste and leftovers with our free food waste collection service.

Hillingdon Heritage Membership

Access some of the borough's most historic locations with a Hillingdon Heritage Membership.

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Pop-up Waste Drop visits

Drop off unwanted and bulky items for free with our new mobile waste collection service around the borough.

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Hillingdon People

The magazine for Hillingdon residents, which provides community news from the council, is delivered to homes across the borough 4 times a year.

17 September 2026

Hillingdon challenges Heathrow expansion policy that offers ‘no obvious route to refusal’

Hillingdon Council has raised major concerns that the government's draft Heathrow Expansion Policy Strategy (HENPS) appears more focused on enabling a third runway than determining whether it should proceed.

14 September 2026

Council says ‘Be a winner, recycle your dinner’

Hillingdon Council is encouraging residents to sign up for food waste collections and recycle leftovers to further improve the borough’s recycling rate, protect the environment and mark National Recycle Week (14 to 20 September).