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Payment system unavailable on Wednesday 13 August, 9.30am to 3.30pm

You will not be able to make any payments online or by phone on Wednesday 13 August, 9.30am to 3.30pm, while we carry out some important work on our payment system.

This means you won't be able to pay for things like parking permits, parking tickets (PCNs), council tax and rent through our website, automated payment line (020 7527 8000) or customer services number (020 7527 2000).

We are very sorry if this affects you. If you must make a payment, please try to do it on another day if you can or after 3.30pm on Wednesday 13 August.

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Composting at home

Composting and wormeries are cheap and easy ways to turn your garden and food waste into nutrients for your garden.

Composting at home

Compost is a rich, dark soil-like material you can produce by mixing together natural produce such as unwanted garden material and organic kitchen waste. It acts as a natural fertiliser and is full of nutrients to use on your garden.

Here's how to start home composting.

Community composting

If you don’t have your own garden, there may be a food growing area on your estate. If you want to set up community composting on your estate, contact recycling@islington.gov.uk.

If you have garden waste, consider subscribing to the garden waste recycling service. 

Wormeries

Wormeries are a great way of composting cooked and uncooked food waste. A wormery is your own worm farm in a bin. The worms live amongst the food waste, converting it into rich dark compost and a liquid plant feed.

Learn how to set up and maintain your own wormery.

The council offers a subsidy for compost bins and wormeries. Visit Get Composting website for more information

Food waste recycling

If you don’t want to compost your food waste or set up a wormery, you can still play a big part in reducing the impact of your leftover food by recycling your food waste.

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