Recycling in Havering - an overview

Recycling collections from home

Havering collects recycleables from your home on a weekly basis. Havering provide residents with orange survival sacks in which to place your recylables. You can recycle paper, thin card, cans and plastic bottles. Every 13 weeks a roll of 16 orange sacks is delivered to every household.

If you live in a high rise flat residents will be delivered 32 smaller orange sacks every 13 weeks, which will be able to fit down rubbish chutes. The orange sacks should be used for recycling materials only.

The orange sacks are collected in the same vehicle as the black refuse sacks, which are then sorted at a Materials Recycling Facility.

For further information and to find out when your collection day is:

Phone: 01708 432563

Email: streetcare@havering.gov.uk

Visit: Brent orange sack recycling.

Kitchen food waste collections

Havering currently do not offer a kitchen food waste collection scheme. Please contact them directly for further information on when this service might be available.

Green garden waste collections

If you cannot compost at home Havering collect organic waste from many homes in the borough.

Green sack collections

Light garden waste can be taken with your weekly household refuse collection as long as it is presented in Havering green bags. These can be purchased at a cost of £5.40 for 5 from Council Buildings and libraries. These are collected on the same day as your refuse collection.

Wheeled bin collections

They also offer an optional green wheeled bin green waste collection service. For an annual charge residents are given the use of a 240-litre green wheeled bin for green garden waste. The bin will be emptied every fortnight all year round.

You can put the following into your bin:

• Flowers and plants

• Garden weeds

• Grass cuttings

• Hedge trimmings

• Leaves

• Small twigs and branches (less than 30 cm/12 inches diameter)

Please DO NOT put these items in bin:

• Plastic bags/bin bags

• Flower pots and trays

• Food waste

• Soil

• Stones or rubble

• General waste

• Branches/logs (larger than 30 cm/12 inches diameter)

For further information and to find out when your collection day is:

Phone: 01708 432563

Email: gardenwaste@havering.gov.uk

Visit: Havering green garden waste collections services.

Local street recycling banks

Havering also have a number of street recycling banks for glass, paper and cans. Some also collect shoes and textiles and cartons. To find out where you nearest street recycling bank is and what you can recycle there please visit: Havering 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: 01708 432563

Email: Use the online booking form

Visit: Havering special collection service.

Reuse and Recycling Centre

Gerpins Lane Reuse and Recycling Centre
Upminster
RM14 2XR

Opening times
Monday to Sunday 7.30am – 5.45pm
Closed Christams Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day

Havering Reuse and Recycling Centre
Visit: Havering 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: 01708 432563

Email: streetcare@havering.gov.uk.

Visit: Recycling in Havering.