What to Bring to HRRC

The Household Reuse Recycling Centre will accept the following materials:

For reuse

• books

• DVDs, CDs and videos

• furniture

• shoes

• textiles

• toner and printer cartridges

£1 is donated to the Mayor's World Cancer Research Fund charity for each printer cartridge recycled. There are another seven on-street cartridge banks in the borough.

For recycling

• batteries (household and car)

• cans (please rinse)

• cardboard
  Includes: flattened brown and white cardboard, flattened cardboard boxes. Excludes: cardboard contaminated with food, polystyrene packing, strapping

• DIY waste
  Includes: hardcore, bricks and concrete. Excludes: ceramic tiles, soil

• fire extinguishers

• fluorescent tubes and energy saving light bulbs

• fridges and freezers

• gardening equipment

• gas cylinders

• glass bottles and jars (clear, green and brown)

• green garden waste
  Includes: grass cuttings, prunings, branches, twigs, leaves. Excludes: soil, flower pots, plastic seed trays, plastic bags, fencing, large logs

• hard plastics

• household electrical items

• paper
  Includes: newspapers, magazines, junk mail, white paper. Excludes: plastic sleeves, Yellow Pages, books, laminated paper, envelopes with plastic windows

• plastic bottles
  Includes: drink bottles. Excludes: yoghurt pots and other plastic packaging

• plasterboard

• scrap metal

• televisions and computer monitors (Cathode Ray Tubes)

• Tetra Paks (drinks cartons)

• timber (untreated)
  Includes: untreated wood, wooden pallets. Excludes: painted or treated wood, window frames, chipboard, plywood

• tin foil

• waste motor oil

• white goods (washing machine, cookers and dryers)

Asbestos Disposal

We also accept Asbestos (cement-bonded) for disposal in deep landfill. Please note: Asbestos can be dropped off by appointment only. Call 020 8884 5645 to make an appointment. The supervisor will need to:

• check that there is enough space in the asbestos container
• know how much asbestos you need to dispose of

Before taking the asbestos waste to the recycling centre, ensure that it is double wrapped in thick polythene sheeting and fully sealed with strong tape, or alternatively in thick plastic sacks if the pieces are small. Take care not to break any material to fit into a bag. Under no circumstances should you use a saw or disc cutter to reduce the size of the sheets as this will cause asbestos dust to be generated.