To find out your collection day please click on 'Find My Nearest', on the right hand side of the screen.
If you wish to order a new recycling container please use the Contact Islington phone number (020 7527 2000) or click on the General Enquiries link on the right hand side of this page.
Islington Council is committed to providing easily accessible recycling facilities for all residents.
What does this mean?
Where practical, we will provide residents with a doorstep collection service for dry recyclables. This includes paper and cardboard, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and food and drink cans. Many of these properties will also be able to receive a collection service for food waste and garden waste.
If you live on an estate, we may be able to offer a doorstep collection service, but this depends on the nature of the estate (width of corridors and so on).
For some residents, ‘easily accessible recycling’ means a communal recycling site either located on your property or estate, or nearby in a public location. In all cases, we will try to make recycling as easy as possible for you, but we do have to consider a range of practical issues such as vehicle access, health and safety for residents and collection crews and retaining access to easy refuse disposal facilities.
If you do not currently have a recycling service please contact us.
Email: contact@islington.gov.uk
Tel:
020 7527 2000
Our full contact details can be found by clicking the General Enquiries link on the right hand side of the page.
We will acknowledge your enquiry and provide an initial response within 10 working days. We will then make an assessment as to what recycling services can be provided and advise you within one calendar month of your initial enquiry.
If you live in a block of flats, it would be useful for us to know the contact details for your managing agency and any resident association.
People who live in street properties can take part in the green box scheme , which collects recyclable material from doorsteps once a week. You can now put paper, glass, cans, cardboard and plastic bottles in your green box.
An estates door-to-door recycling collection is available to most tenants and residents in the borough, including Homes for Islington blocks, registered social landlord properties and private blocks.
The recycling bag collection service for residents living above shops is now operating in Upper Street, Islington High Street, Holloway Road, Caledonian Road, Blackstock Road, Stroud Green Road, Seven Sisters Road, Essex Road, St Paul's Road, Newington Green Road, Hornsey Road and Junction Road.
There is also a green waste collection for all street properties. Green waste can also be taken to the Household Re-use and Recycling Centre.
A kitchen waste collection service is available to all street properties
There are 130 estates in the borough with mini-recycling facilities.
There are currently 66 public recycling points, where the public can take mixed paper, glass and cans. There are also 12 textile recycling points . To see location addresses, click the Recycling Points link on the left side of this page.
Community Groups, charities, places of worship, schools and nurseries can join our free community recycling scheme by calling 020 7527 6133.
Residents can also take their waste and recycling to the Household Re-use and Recycling Centre. Car access is via Hornsey Street, whilst pedestrians should use the drop-off facilities or go to the reception in Cottage Road, off Caledonian Road.
If you have green waste, the council sponsor wormeries and compost bins , which turn garden waste into useful compost. For more information, click the Organic Waste and Nappies link on the left.
We offer a discount on either a nappy laundry service or on the purchase of real nappies.
The SwapXchange website can help you swap, exchange, find or give away goods or services no longer needed by you, but which may be wanted by someone else. This innovative new website is a way for residents to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill. Click the SwapXchange link on the left for more details.
For more information on any of our recycling schemes, click the links under the main navigation list on the left side of this page, or use the contact details on the right. To view Frequently Asked Questions about recycling, click the link on the top right of this page, then click on R for recycling topics.
You can see a map of recycling schemes and facilities in the borough by following the link to Interactive Maps on the right of this page. Select Planning and Environment from the list on the right and tick the box next to the relevant option. You can then use the 'identify' tool to display details of each item.
For enquiries about recycling, please use the Contact Islington phone number and details on the right hand side of this page.
Page Last Updated: 07 August 2008