Cookie Policy

Last updated: 5 August 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Havering Waste Management uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information.

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Havering Waste Management.

• Telephone: 07988 166 065
• Email: info@haveringwastemanagement.co.uk
• Address: Unit 3, Concorde Way, Romford, Essex, RM3 0TJ

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device when you visit them.

Cookies can help a website:

• Operate correctly and securely
• Remember your preferences
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Improve website performance
• Provide features requested by visitors

Cookies may collect technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, approximate location and how you interact with the website.

3. Your Consent and Cookie Choices

Strictly necessary cookies may be used without your consent where they are required for the website to operate or to provide a service you have requested.

Where our website uses non-essential cookies, we will request your consent before placing or activating them.

Non-essential cookies may include:

• Analytics cookies
• Preference or functionality cookies
• Advertising cookies
• Tracking technologies

When you first visit our website, our cookie banner may allow you to:

• Accept optional cookies
• Reject optional cookies
• Choose which categories of cookies you wish to allow

Continuing to browse the website does not by itself mean that you consent to optional cookies.

You can withdraw or change your consent at any time by using the cookie-settings control available on our website or by changing your browser settings.

4. Types of Cookies We May Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are required for the basic operation, security and functionality of the website.

They may be used for:

• Website security
• Page navigation
• Contact-form operation
• Spam protection
• Remembering cookie-consent choices
• Maintaining basic website functionality

Because these cookies are necessary for the website to work, they cannot normally be disabled through our cookie-preference system.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

Analytics and performance cookies may help us understand how visitors use our website and whether our pages are working correctly.

Where used, these cookies may collect information such as:

• The number of website visitors
• The pages visitors view
• How visitors arrived at the website
• How long visitors spend on a page
• How visitors move between pages
• Whether visitors experience errors

We will request consent before activating non-essential analytics cookies where consent is required.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies may allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced or personalised features.

They may remember:

• Your cookie preferences
• Your language or regional preferences
• Display or accessibility settings
• Information entered during the current browsing session

If these cookies are disabled, some optional website features may not work as intended.

Advertising and Targeting Cookies

If advertising or targeting services are used in the future, related cookies may help measure advertising performance or display advertising based on browsing interests.

Advertising and targeting cookies will not be activated unless the required consent has been provided.

If Havering Waste Management does not use advertising or remarketing services, this category may not appear in the website’s cookie settings.

Third-Party Cookies

Some website functions may be provided by external organisations. These organisations may place cookies when their content or services are loaded.

Third-party services may include:

• Mapping tools
• Embedded videos
• Spam-prevention services
• Security services
• Social-media content
• Website analytics tools
• Online chat or communication tools

Third-party cookies are controlled by the organisations that provide them and are subject to their own privacy and cookie policies.

5. Session and Persistent Cookies

Cookies may be described as session cookies or persistent cookies.

Session Cookies

Session cookies normally remain active only while your browser is open. They are generally deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device after the browser is closed. They remain until they expire or you delete them.

Persistent cookies may be used to remember settings or preferences when you return to the website.

6. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

First-party cookies are placed directly by the website you are visiting.

Third-party cookies are placed by another organisation whose services or content are used on the website.

For example, an embedded map, video, security tool or analytics service may place a third-party cookie when it is activated.

7. Cookies Used on This Website

The cookies used on this website may change depending on the plugins, security tools, forms, embedded content and other website features that are active.

Our cookie-consent banner provides information about the categories of cookies currently in use and allows you to accept, reject or manage optional cookies.

You can review or change your choices at any time by opening the cookie-settings control available on the website.

8. IP Addresses and Website Logs

Our website, hosting provider and website-security services may process IP addresses and technical server logs.

This information may be used to:

• Operate and maintain the website
• Protect the website against misuse
• Detect security incidents
• Prevent spam or fraudulent activity
• Investigate technical errors
• Understand general website traffic
• Improve website performance

An IP address may identify a network connection or approximate location, but it does not normally identify a visitor by name on its own.

Further information about how we process personal information is available in our Privacy Policy.

9. How to Change Your Cookie Settings

You can change your optional cookie preferences through the cookie-settings control available on our website.

You can also control or delete cookies using your browser settings.

Most browsers allow you to:

• View cookies stored on your device
• Delete individual cookies
• Delete all cookies
• Block third-party cookies
• Block cookies from selected websites
• Block all cookies
• Receive a notification before a cookie is stored

The process differs between browsers. Refer to the privacy, security or help section of your browser for the correct instructions.

Blocking all cookies may prevent some parts of the website from working correctly. This may include contact forms, security features and saved preferences.

10. Withdrawing Your Consent

You can withdraw your consent to optional cookies at any time.

Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of cookie use that occurred before your consent was withdrawn.

After changing your preferences, you may also need to delete previously stored cookies through your browser settings.

11. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device

The amount of time a cookie remains on your device depends on its purpose and configuration.

Some cookies are removed when you close your browser. Others may remain until:

• Their expiry date is reached
• You delete them
• You clear your browser data
• The relevant website service removes or replaces them

We aim to avoid retaining cookies for longer than reasonably necessary for their stated purpose.

12. External Websites

Our website may contain links to websites operated by other organisations.

We do not control the cookies, privacy practices or content of external websites. When you follow an external link, you should review that website’s own privacy and cookie information.

13. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy when:

• Website features or plugins change
• New service providers are introduced
• Analytics or advertising tools are added or removed
• Our cookie-consent system changes
• Legal or regulatory requirements change
• The policy requires clarification

The latest version will be published on this page and the “Last updated” date will be revised.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or the cookies used by Havering Waste Management, contact us: