Recycling in Islington - an overview

Recycling collections from home

Islington collects recycleables from your home on a weekly basis. Residents in street properties are provided with a green box. Residents on estates are provided with a reusable bag and if you live above a shop you will be provided with a clear sack. You can recycle paper, card, cans, glass bottles and jars and plastic bottles.

If you live in a flat on an estate you may still be able to recycle. Islington have introduced mini recycling sites on estates thoughout the borough on some estates and on others they have a collection from home using a reusable plastic sack or box – also collecting paper, card, cans, glass bottles and jars and plastic bottles. Some also take shoes, textiles ans aluminium foil. For further information and to find out when your collection day is:

Phone: 020 7527 2000

Email: Use the online enquiry form

Visit: Recycling in Islington

Kitchen food waste collections

If you live in a street property, food waste is collected from your doorstep. This scheme turns your food waste into compost. Two containers are provided to residents receiving this service, a small kitchen caddie, which can be stored in your kitchen and a brown kerbside container with a self-locking lid.

Cooked and uncooked food can be recycled in your brown kerbside food container including:

• Meat and fish scraps

• Fruit and vegetable peelings

• Eggs and egg shells

• Diary products

• Cut flowers

• Tea bags and coffee grinds

You cannot use the food waste bin for:

• Cooking oil

• Large bones or carcasses e.g. whole chickens

• Packaging

• Plastic bags

• Large bones or carcasses e.g. whole chickens

• Garden waste

This is collected weekly on the same day as your recycling collection. When ready for collection, please leave your brown kerbside container with the handle upright as this locks the bin. To fnd out more:

Phone: 020 7527 2000

Email: Use the online enquiry form

Visit: Islington kitchen food waste collections

Green garden waste collections

If you live in a street level property you also have access to a green garden waste collection service. The council provide residents with sturdy brown re-usable garden waste sacks to recycle your garden waste. Place it out with the rest of your recycling and rubbish on your collection day.

You can put the following into your sack:

• Grass clippings

• Small tree branches

• Garden weeds

• Leaves

• Plants and prunings

• Hedge trimmings

Please DO NOT put these items in your sack:

• Food waste

• Large tree branches or timber

• Soil

• Bricks or rubble

• Plastic plant pots or bags

• All other waste

To find out more about this service please:

Phone: 020 7527 2000

Email: Use the online enquiry form

Visit: Islington green garden waste collections

Local street recycling banks

Islington also have a number of street recycling banks for cans, glass and paper. Some also take shoes and textiles, plastic bags, cartons and batteries. To find out where you nearest street recycling bank is and what you can recycle there please visit: Islington 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. Residents can have up to five items of bulky waste collected free of charge three times a year by appointment only. This annual allowance includes the collection of one 'white good' item, such as a refrigerator. For more information or to book a collection:

Phone: 020 7527 2000

Email: Use the online enquiry form

Visit: Islington special collections

Reuse and Recycling Centre

Hornsey Street
Islington
London
N7 8TP

Opening hours:
Monday to Saturday - 8.00am – 8.00pm
Sundays and Public Holidays – 8.30am – 8.00pm
Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Islington Reuse and Recycling Centre
Visit: Islington 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 7527 2000

Email: Use the online enquiry form

Visit: Recycling in Islington