Recycling in schools

Recycling collections

We provide recycling bins, which come in 2 sizes (500 litre or 1280 litre), as well as posters to encourage pupils to recycle.

Contact us to arrange a recycling collection for your school, or order extra bins.

Food waste recycling and composting

We offer free weekly food waste collections to all schools in Hackney. We also advise schools on setting up composting schemes.

We can provide a variety of sizes of food caddies and compostable liners to contain your food waste depending on the set up of the school kitchen/canteen.

If you would like to recycle food waste in your school/order compostable liners please contact us.

What happens to your food waste

Food waste from households and schools in Hackney is sent to an anaerobic digestion facility in south east England. In this facility, it’s turned into renewable energy to power homes and biofertiliser to be spread on local farmland to grow crops.

Clothes and textiles

Charities like TRAID and Islamic Relief provide collection banks for clothing and textiles to schools.