Recycling and rubbish

Reuse and Recycling Centre

You can dispose of your household recycling and rubbish at the Reuse and Recycling Centre (RRC).

Contact details

40 Hornsey Street
Islington
N7 8HU

Tel: 020 8884 5645 

Opening hours 

Monday to Saturday - 8am to 8pm

Sunday and Public Holidays - 8.30am to 8pm

The centre is closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Please note that if you’re bringing a van you must give 24 hours notice.

There is a pedestrian drop off point at the security gate at the Hornsey Street entrance, available during opening hours only.

Items we cannot accept at the drop off point

Trade waste, gas bottles, commercial batteries (eg emergency lighting batteries), paint, hazardous waste, tyres, household/garden chemicals, soil, builder’s rubble, large appliances, garden waste, general household rubbish.

Visit the RRC website


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