Services directory

• Recycling

  What, where and how to recycle in the borough ​

• Referendum

  Information and latest results ​

• Refugees and asylum seekers

  Advice and support for asylum seekers​

• Refuse collection

  Weekly collections of household waste​

• Regeneration

  Creating a better place to live: we're improving the borough’s high streets, leisure facilities and schools to create a better place.​

• Register office

  Register births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths.​

• Registration of births

  Register a birth ​

• Registration of deaths

  Register a death ​

• Registration of marriages

  Register a marriage or civil partnership ​

• Religious education

  Information on the syllabus for religious education ​

• Rent payment

  Pay rent for your Council house​

• Repatriation of remains

  How to repatriate a body to England, or abroad​

• Residential homes

  Residential or nursing homes for elderly people and people with disabilities ​

• Residents First Charter

  What you can expect from the Council when you contact us ​

• Residents First Strategy

  ​Our focus and direction for delivering excellent services, built around the needs and preferences of our residents.

• Residents parking

  Parking permits for residents and local service users ​

• Right to buy your home

  Scheme offering qualifying Council tenants a discount to buy their Council property ​

• Road and pathway maintenance

  Report a defect, current road works, public rights of way ​

• Road cleaning

  Make a request for street cleaning​

• Road safety

  Road safety training and education ​

• Roads and highways

  Information about road markings, road safety and maintenance work​

• Rubbish

  Waltham Forest Council provides a weekly collection of household rubbish from all residential properties​