Christmas is officially here, which means more rubbish than ever with hoards of wrapping paper, boxes, and empty food wrappers taking over houses. 

Plus with bins not being emptied less frequently over the festive period you wouldn't be alone in visiting your local tip. 

But if you do plan on visiting the tip you'll need to check the Christmas opening times, to make sure they're open to use.

We've looked at Watford centers so that you can see when your local tip is open.

Watford Observer: Check to see what you can bring to the tip. (Canva)Check to see what you can bring to the tip. (Canva)

Although you can take a lot of materials to the recycling centres, you will need to keep an eye on whether they have the room to accept the materials. 

To check you can see how full their bins are via the Waste Aware website. 

Waterdale (Garston) recycling centre

  • Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. 
  • Bank Holiday days use regular time
  • Regular times - 10am to 6pm, Monday to Sunday

Rickmansworth recycling centre

  • Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. 
  • Bank Holiday days use regular time
  • Closed Tuesday and Wednesdays
  • Regular times - Monday, Thursday-Sunday, 10am to 6pm