The Council now operates a mixed recycling service, which enables you to recycle more materials and makes recycling easier for you.
What is mixed recycling?
Your recycling will be collected by a mixed recycling vehicle. This means your recycling will not be separated and sorted at the kerbside, but put into one vehicle compartment and then later sorted mechanically and by hand at a material recovery facility. Your recycling will not be sent to landfill, it will be recycled.
» What happens to my recycling?
Mixed recycling pilot
During 2009/10 the Council ran a successful mixed recycling pilot in different areas of the borough. 12,000 households took part and residents were given either a bag or a wheelie bin for their recycling. People involved in the pilot recycled an extra 50 per cent of their waste, which is fantastic!
Benefits to mixed recycling
The Council needs to save an estimated £65million and we need to ensure that every penny is spent wisely and on the services that matter to you most.
Changing the vehicles to mixed recycling vehicles will save money on vehicle tax, maintenance charges and fuel costs, as we need less of them.
Mixed recycling vehicles are able to move along more quickly than they do when recycling at the kerbside, reducing congestion and fuel emissions.
More information
Contact Waltham Forest Direct on 020 8496 3000.
