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Recycling and rubbish

Household recycling and rubbish collection service and collection times, what you can recycle, how to report a problem, and street cleaning.

 

We’re working hard to keep recycling and rubbish services going, but we need your help to stay safe: if you are self-isolating with Covid-19 symptoms store personal waste (e.g. used tissues) and disposable cleaning cloths in a disposable rubbish bag, place this into another bag, keep it separate from other waste, and wait 72 hours before putting it in your external bin.

Changes to bin collection days for bank holidays

Bin collections in Islington for residents and businesses, with a day-time waste contract with the council, will be one day later than usual over the Easter break due to the Good Friday and Easter Monday bank holidays. Bins will also be collected one day later for every bank holiday from Easter 2021.

Residents and businesses on main roads with daily sack collections will not be affected.

The North London Waste Authority website contains more information about disposing of waste safely.

  • Report a missed collection

    The quickest and easiest way to report a missed collection is by logging into or signing up for a My eAccount

  • Collection days and times

    Find out when your recycling and rubbish collections take place

  • Request recycling containers

    The quickest and easiest way to request recycling containers is by logging into or signing up for a My eAccount. Recycling bags for mixed household recycling can be obtained from local libraries.

  • Take our recycling survey

    We'd love to know what you think of your recycling service in Islington. We want to deliver the best recycling service we can to all of our residents to help us make Islington a cleaner, greener and fairer place for everyone. It’ll only take a few minutes

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