London is one of the most eco-conscious cities in the UK. Our sprawling capital, with its 32 boroughs, has a wide range of recycling schemes, intended to keep refuse disposal as environmentally friendly as possible. However, rubbish clearance in London can be a rather complicated affair. So to make things easier we’ve provided a guide to all 32 with information about the kinds of things which can be recycled and collected. Visit the links for a more comprehensive list.
Barking and Dagenham
What can be recycled: bulky waste, cardboard, food waste, composting, hazardous waste
https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/residents/bins-recycling
Barnet
What can be recycled: bulky waste, business waste, food waste, green garden waste, hazardous waste,
https://www.barnet.gov.uk/citizen-home/rubbish-waste-and-recycling
Bexley
What can be recycled: business waste, bulky waste, cardboard, clinical waste, food waste, plastics
http://www.bexley.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=638
Brent
What can be recycled: business waste, clinical waste, composting waste, hazardous waste
http://brent.gov.uk/services-for-residents/recycling-and-waste
Bromley
What can be recycled: bottles, cans bulky waste, compost waste, electrical products, paper
http://www.bromley.gov.uk/info/200084/recycling_rubbish_and_waste
Camden
What can be recycled: compost waste, food waste, hazardous waste, white goods, large items
https://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/content/environment/waste-and-recycling
Croydon
What can be recycled: business waste, bottles, cardboard, clinical waste, plastics, white goods
https://www.croydon.gov.uk/environment/rrandw
Ealing
What can be recycled: business waste, bulky items, garden waste
http://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/200489/recycling_rubbish_and_waste
Enfield
What can be recycled: bulky items, hazardous waste, electrical products
http://www.enfield.gov.uk/info/1000000798/household_waste_and_recycling
Greenwich
What can be recycled: business waste, bulky waste, electrical products, clinical waste
http://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/200084/recycling_rubbish_and_waste
Hackney
What can be recycled: bulky waste, business waste, food waste, furniture, garden waste
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/recycling.htm
Hammersmith and Fulham
What can be recycled: business waste, compost waste, electrical products, garden waste
http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/Directory/Environment_and_Planning/Recycling_reuse_and_rubbish/Recycling/
Haringey
What can be recycled: bottles, cardboard, food waste, plastics, garden waste
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/environment-and-transport/refuse-and-recycling/recycling
Harrow
What can be recycled: bulky waste, business waste, garden waste, compost waste
http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/200084/recycling_rubbish_and_waste
Havering
What can be recycled: business waste, electrical products, garden waste
http://www.havering.gov.uk/Pages/Category/Recycling-rubbish-and-waste.aspx
Hillingdon
What can be recycled: bottles, cardboard, hazardous waste, plastics, shredded paper
http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/24178/Recycling
Hounslow
What can be recycled: cardboard, food waste, garden waste, plastics
http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/recycling
Islington
What can be recycled: business waste, clothes, electrical goods, food waste, furniture
http://www.islington.gov.uk/services/rubbish-recycling/recycle/Pages/default.aspx
Kensington and Chelsea
What can be recycled: cardboard, cartons, glass bottles, paper (non-shredded), plastics
https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/bins-and-recycling/rubbish-and-recycling/recycling-0
Kingston upon Thames
What can be recycled: bulky waste, clinical waste, garden waste, hazardous waste
http://www.kingston.gov.uk/info/200273/waste_and_recycling
Lambeth
What can be recycled: bulky waste, business waste, food waste, garden waste, hazardous waste
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/rubbish-and-recycling
Lewisham
What can be recycled: electrical products, garden waste, textiles, white goods
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/wasterecycle/Pages/default.aspx
Merton
What can be recycled: bulky waste, food waste, furniture, textiles
http://www.merton.gov.uk/environment/waste/recycling.htm
Newham
What can be recycled: bottles, cans, cardboard, paper, tins
http://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Services/Recycling-household-collections.aspx
Redbridge
What can be recycled: bulky waste, business waste, garden waste
http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/report/domestic-clinical-waste
Richmond upon Thames
What can be recycled: cans, bottles, plastics
https://www.richmond.gov.uk/waste_and_recycling
Southwark
What can be recycled: glass, metals, paper, plastics
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/10070/recycling
Sutton
What can be recycled: business waste, bulky waste, garden waste
http://www.sutton.gov.uk/info/200449/waste_and_recycling
Tower Hamlets
What can be recycled: business waste, bulk waste
http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/environment_and_planning/recycling_and_waste.aspx
Waltham Forest
What can be recycled: bulk waste, compost waste, garden waste,
http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/pages/category/recycling-rubbish-and-waste.aspx
Wandsworth
What can be recycled: batteries, electrical products, garden waste, food waste
http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/recycling
Westminster
What can be recycled: batteries, books, garden waste
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/recycling-and-rubbish
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