Your recycling

Place your sack for collection at the inside edge of your property, not on the pavement. You need to do this by 6am on your collection day.

If you live on a high street, you might have to put your recycling out during set timebands.

View rubbish and recycling service standards for housing estates and blocks (PDF 1mb)

Put all your waste and recycling inside the bins. Don’t dump anything next to the bins or anywhere else on your estate or street.

Dumped waste is dangerous, against the law, attracts rats and ruins the area for everyone.

Find out about the changes we’re making to recycling on estates.

We can provide reusable recycling bags to help you recycle:

• place the bag inside your kitchen to collect your recyclable materials
• when full, take your bag to your recycling bins to empty
• return your reusable bag to your kitchen to begin collecting again

We won’t collect recycling from your door. If you leave reusable bags outside your front door, they could be removed but not returned.

You can put recycling in plastic carrier bags and put these in the recycling bins.

Break down any large cardboard boxes and put them in the recycling bin.

One-off garden waste collections

You can book a one-off garden waste collection for £23 through our bulky waste collection service. This service is available for all properties, including those on estates. It covers up to 10 bin liners (90-litre capacity) and concessions are available.

For more information and to book a collection, visit Bulky waste collections.

Communal recycling bins are locked to stop bags of non-recyclable waste being put into the recycling bins. It contaminates the recycling.

Use the opening at the front of the bin.

Avoid putting non-recyclable items or food waste in your green sack or communal recycling bin. It could result in us getting rid of all your recycling as waste.

This is because the sack or bin contains items that can’t be recycled or the quality of the recycling has been spoiled, for example by food waste. Therefore, it will not be accepted at the materials recovery facility (MRF).

This is an added cost to the Council and a loss of valuable recycling material.

To report a problem with the communal bins email recycling@hackney.gov.uk or call 02083566688.

Take your clothes and textiles to your nearest public recycling bank.

Take electrical appliances and low energy bulbs to your nearest public recycling bank.

There are battery recycling points at all Hackney Libraries.

Check with the shop where you bought them.

Check the bottle for disposal instructions.

Visit Recycle Now’s website to find a recycling facility