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At the Ruislip Residents’ Association General Meeting on September 30, 2025, the poor quality of the new compostable food waste bags was a popular topic of discussion. Residents expressed strong dissatisfaction with the new caddy liners, describing them as “dreadful” and “not fit for purpose”. The main complaints centred on the bags’ lack of durability. […]

Ruislip Woods Trust (RWT) has for many years had serious concerns over London Borough of Hillingdon’s (LBH) management of the Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve (NNR) and especially following the retirement of The Woodland Officer in December 2023 which has left just one Woodland Ranger  to deliver both the Long Term and 5 year Plans […]

In the first week of London Borough of Hillingdon’s new paid-for subscription garden waste collection service  we are running a survey to ask for residents’ experiences on how things went.  With Ruislip and Ruislip Manor’s first collections being on Monday and Tuesday, starting the survey on Tuesday afternoon meant that we could capture the early […]

This week sees the last free garden waste recycling collection from Ruislip and Ruislip Manor.  For collections from next week, you’ll need to have subscribed to the £70 service. Is it three tags?  Or Six? When you subscribe to the service, you’ll be sent three tags.  Unless you ask for more bags while you’re subscribing, you […]

After announcing their plans to charge £70 for garden waste collections in final draft of the 2025/26 budget, London Borough of Hillingdon ran a “consultation” where they asked for residents’ views on the charge.  The consultation results have been published, considered by Councillor Eddie Lavery, and the £70 charge has been confirmed as going ahead. […]