Recycling in Barnet - an overview

Recycling collections from home

Barnet collects recycleables from your home on a weekly basis. Residents are provided with a black box and a blue box that you can fill with household materials and place out on the kerbside for collection. You can recycle:

In the black box:

• glass bottles and jars* (please rinse)

• paper*

• car and household batteries

• mobile phones

• shoes (please place these in a bag to protect them)

• textiles (please place these in a bag to protect them)

• engine oil (in a sealed container)

• yellow pages

In the blue box:

• plastic bottles

• cardboard

• food tins and drink cans* (please rinse)

• aerosols

• foil (please rinse)

*In Barnet it is compulsory to recycle these items.

If you live in a flat above a shop a weekly recycling collection service is provided. The materials collected include: aerosols, aluminium foil, cardboard, food and drink cans, glass bottles and jars, household batteries, paper and cardboard, plastic bottles, shoes and textiles, yellow pages. To For further information and to find out when your collection day is:

Phone: 0208 359 7400

Email: first.contact@barnet.gov.uk

Visit: Recycling in Barnet

Green garden and kitchen food waste collections

Barnet offer a free weekly green garden and kitchen waste collection service that is turned into compost. This is an opt-in scheme and you will need to contact the council directly to order your bin. All green garden and kitchen waste is to be placed together loosely into the bin. Please do not put any type of plastic into the bin.

You can put the following into your bin:

• Meat and fish (cooked and uncooked)

• Eggs and egg shells

• Fruit and vegetables

• Pasta, bread, rice, noodles

• Dairy products

• Tea bags and coffee grounds

• Hedge and tree prunings, branches up to 8cm (3”) in diameter

• Grass clippings

• Flowers and weeds

• Garden fruit, vegetables and windfalls

Please DO NOT put these items in your bin:

• Meat bones or carcasses

• Plastic bags or sacks (including compostable, biodegradable or degradable bags)

• Cardboard or packaging

• Paper and newspaper (put in your Black Box)

• Pet waste

• Soil or rubble

Green bins which contain any of the above items will not be emptied. Waste in plastic bags will not be collected.

To order you free green and kitchen waste bin and to find out when your collection day is:

Phone: 020 8359 4600

Email: first.contact@barnet.gov.uk

Visit: Barnet green garden and kitchen waste collections

Local street recycling banks

Barnet also have a number of street recycling banks for cans, glass, paper and textiles To find out where you nearest street recycling bank is and what you can recycle there please visit:

Barnet street recycling banks

Special collections

If you have a piece of furniture, a fridge, cooker or similar item which is still in good condition check out the Reuse page to see if someone else can give it a home. Alternatively the Council can collect it for you. There is a charge for collecting these items. For more information on charges or to book a collection:

Phone: 020 8359 5043

Email: first.contact@barnet.gov.uk

Visit: Barnet special collections

Reuse and Recycling Centre

Summers Lane
North Finchley
N12 0PD

Opening hours:

Monday to Saturday 08.00 - 16.00
Sunday and Bank Holidays: 09.00 - 16.00
Closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year»s Day.

Visit:Barnet Reuse and Recycling Centre

Further information

This page is provided for general guidance. To find out exactly what you can recycle where you live please contact your borough or look at its own website for further information:

Phone: 020 8359 7400

Email: recycling@barnet.gov.uk

Visit: Recycling in Barnet