Recycling in Redbridge - an overview

Recycling collections from home

Redbridge collect recyclables from your home on a weekly basis. They provide residents with a recycling box in which you can put mixed glass, food and drinks cans, plastic bottles, and paper. This is collected on the same day as your normal refuse collection.

Over 8500 residents in 275 flats and estates in Redbridge now have communal recycling sites for mixed glass, food and drinks cans, plastic bottles, and paper. If your estate has communal recycling bins you should have received a reusable recycling bag to help you take your recyclables down to your recycling bins.

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

Phone: 0208 554 5000

Email: customer.cc@redbridge.gov.uk or use the online enquiry form.

Visit: Recycling in Redbridge

Kitchen food waste collections

Redbridge do not currently offer a kitchen waste collection service to all its residents. Please contact them directly for further information on when this service might become available.

Green garden waste collections

Redbridge residents have access to a free green garden waste collection service. Just put your green garden waste into open sacks and leave by the edge of your property by 7am on your collection day. There is no need to book a collection. Your green garden waste will be collected the next working day after your normal refuse and recycling collection day. The service will run from April to the end of October. During the winter months you can book a collection. All green waste collected is composted.

You can put the following into your sack:

• Grass

• Hedge cuttings

• Flowers

• Plants

• Branches

• Christmas trees

Please DO NOT put these items in your sack:

• Timber or logs in excess of 10cm diameter or 122cm in length

• Treated wood

• Soil

• Food items

• Animal waste

• Textiles

Additional green garden waste collections

Three local collection points will operate on Sundays ONLY between May and October. Residents can take their green garden waste, free of charge, between 9 am and 3 pm at the following locations:

• Fullwell Cross Car Park, Craven Gardens, Barkingside

• Wanstead Leisure Centre, Redbridge Lane West, Wanstead

• Cricklefield Sports Ground Car Park, High Road, Ilford

For further information about this service:

Phone: 0208 554 5000

Email: customer.cc@redbridge.gov.uk.

Visit: Redbidge green garden waste collections

Local street recycling banks

Redbridge also has a number of street recycling banks for paper, card, glass, cans and plastic bottles. Some also take textiles. To find out where you nearest street recycling bank is and what you can recycle there please visit: Redbridge 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. This service is by appointment only and there is a charge for collecting these items. For more information or to book a collection:

Phone: 0208 554 5000

Email: customer.cc@redbridge.gov.uk.

Visit: Redbridge special collections

Reuse and Recycling Centre

Chigwell Road
Woodford Bridge
IG8 8PQ

Opening hours
Monday to Friday 7.30 am to 4.30 pm
Weekends and Bank Holidays 8.00 am to 4.00pm
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.

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 8554 5000

Email: customer.cc@redbridge.gov.uk

Visit: Recycling in Redbridge