Recycling

Recycling service update

There are times, when for operational reasons, it is necessary to collect recycling in a standard refuse truck or mixed recycling vehicle. This means your recycling is not sorted at the kerbside. When this is done, care is taken to ensure that the vehicle is clean. The material collected is then taken to a Material Recycling Facility (MRF) to seprate and sort out. These are then sent on for reprocessing.

Kings Road Reuse Recycling Centre

The reuse centre at Kings Road, Chingford opened in April 2009 and has proved very successful. Local residents have made it part of their weekly routine and have enjoyed finding a bargain. In the months to September 2009 it has prevented just under 40 tonnes of perfectly good items from going to landfill, added to that the profits go to local charities.

Opening times are Friday-Saturday 10am-2pm.

Compulsory recycling

From 10 September 2007, residents in Waltham Forest were asked to recycle as part of a Compulsory Recycling scheme.

» More on compulsory recycling

Mixed recycling

Residents have told us they want recycling to be made easier, so Waltham Forest Council is trialling mixed recycling in parts of the borough from Monday 6 April.

» More on mixed recycling