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- Aerosol - recyclable item
- Aluminium cans and foil - recyclable item
- Appliances - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Asbestos - cement bonded asbestos can be accepted at Hornsey Street HWRC in Islington. Asbestos must be pre-booked before being dropped off at the site.
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- Batteries - battery recycling bins are located at all Waltham Forest libraries or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Beds - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Boiler - can be taken to local waste and recycling centre to dispose of or it can be collected through the 'Premium service' of the large item collection service
- Bones - food and garden waste
- Books - if in good condition take to a charity shop or a local waste and recycling centre
- Bottle Tops – can be placed in the green recycling bin but unscrew from the bottle
- Bricks (domestic DIY only) - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Broken glass - small amounts (such as broken bottles or drinking glasses) can be safely wrapped in newspaper and placed in your black refuse bin, otherwise take to a recycling centre
- Bubble wrap - non-recyclable refuse
- Building materials (domestic only) - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Business waste - see our how to dispose of trade waste page
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- Car batteries or parts - take to local waste and recycling centre.
- Cardboard - recyclable item
- Carpet/ underlay - non-recyclable large item, take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Carrier bags - recyclable item
- Cat litter - goes in the black refuse bin
- Cat poo - goes in the black refuse bin
- CDs/DVDs - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Cassettes and videos- non-recyclable item, please place in black bin, communal refuse bin or refuse sack
- Ceramics - if in good condition please take to a charity shop or a local waste and recycling centre
- Chemicals - hazardous waste, please arrange a hazardous waste collection
- Christmas trees - take to a local waste and recycling centre or if you have a kerbside organic collection, leave next to your brown bin. You can also arrange a large item collection.
- Cling film - non-recyclable item, please place in black bin, communal refuse bin or refuse sack
- Clinical waste - arrange a clinical waste collection
- Clothing - if in good condition please take to a charity shop or a local waste and recycling centre
- Coat hangers - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Computers - small computers take to a public electric recycling bank, larger computers take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Coffee cups - non-recyclable item, please place in black bin, communal refuse bin or refuse sack
- Concrete (domestic DIY only) - please take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Cooking oil - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Creosote - can be collected by the City of London
- Crisp packets and sweet wrappers - non-recyclable item, please place in black bin, communal refuse bin or refuse sack
- Crockery - if in good condition please take to a charity shop or a local waste and recycling centre
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- Dead animals - see our guidance and instructions on removing dead animals
- Diesel - arrange a hazardous waste collection
- Disposable nappies - non-recyclable, please place in your black wheelie bin, communal refuse bin or refuse sack
- DIY waste (domestic only) - please take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Dog poo - goes in the black refuse bin
- Doors - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Drink cartons - recyclable item
- DVDs/CDs/videos - take to a local waste and recycling centre
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- Egg shells - food and garden waste
- Electric cables - take to a grey electrical bring bank or to a local waste and recycling centre
- Electrical items (small) - take to a grey electrical bring bank or to a local waste and recycling centre
- Electrical items (large) - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Energy saving light bulbs - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Engine oil - take to a local waste and recycling centre
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- Fibreglass loft insulation - non-recyclable, please take to a local local waste and recycling centre
- Fish - food and garden waste
- Fish tank - if in good condition please to a charity shop or a local waste and recycling centre
- Flowers - food and garden waste
- Fluorescent light tubes - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Foil - recyclable item
- Food waste - food and garden waste
- Food and drink cartons - recyclable item
- Fridge / freezers - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Fruit net packaging - non recyclable, place in the black bin
- Frying pans - if in good condition take to a charity shop, if not, place in your black bin or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Furniture - arrange a large item collection for this item
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- Garden chemicals - arrange a hazardous waste collection
- Garden waste - food and garden waste
- Gas bottles - take to a local waste and recycling centre
(Contact the manufacturer first to see if they are able to take back the item for refilling or disposal. One gas bottle up to 15kg in size, either propane or butane will be accepted per resident at the site.) - Glass bottles and jars - recyclable items
- Grass - food and garden waste
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- Hardcore and rubble - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Hay - food and garden waste
- Hedge trimmings - food and garden waste
- Household batteries - take to a local waste and recycling centre or there are battery recycling bins located at all Waltham Forest libraries
- Household chemicals - arrange a hazardous waste collection
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- Incontinence pads- non-recyclable refuse, place in your black bin, double bagged, to reduce spillage
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- Japanese Knotweed - You must not place any Japanese knotweed or soil contaminated with Japanese knotweed in any of the black bin, green bin, brown bin or garden waste sack for collection. Please read advice from the Environment Agency on how to dispose of Japanese knotweed safely and legally.
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- Kitchen Towel Roll - non-recyclable, place in the refuse bin
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- Leaves - food and garden waste
- Light bulbs - if they are energy saving take them to the recycling centre or if they are ordinary bulbs please dispose of them in the black refuse bin
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- Mattress - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Metal - please take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Mirrors - if in good condition please take them to a charity shop or a recycling centre
- Mobile phones - can be placed in a local grey electrical recycling bank or taken to a local waste and recycling centre
- Monitors - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
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- Nappies (disposable) - dispose of these in the black general waste bin. To switch to reusable, washable cloth nappies visit Real Nappies for London and claim your free voucher worth £54.15.
- Nappies (eco/biodegradable) - these cannot be composted in your brown bin. Please dispose of these in the black general waste bin. To switch to reusable, washable cloth nappies visit Real Nappies for London and claim your free voucher worth £54.15.
- Needles - clinical waste, arrange a clinical waste collection
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- Oil - take to a local waste and recycling centre
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- Paint - take to a local waste and recycling centre so that it can be reused via the Community Repaint Network
- Paint stripper - arrange a hazardous waste collection
- Paint tins (empty) - recyclable item
- Paper - recyclable item
- Paper Towels - non-recyclable, place in the refuse bin
- Paraffin - arrange a hazardous waste collection
- Paving stones (domestic DIY only) - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Pesticides - arrange a hazardous waste collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Pet food pouches - non-recyclable refuse
- Petrol - arrange a hazardous waste collection
- Phones - can be placed in a local grey electrical recycling bank or taken to a local waste and recycling centre
- Photographs - non-recyclable refuse (photos have plastic coating that contaminate recycling)
- Plants (small) - food and garden waste
- Plant Pots - can be taken to the reuse and recycling centre to be recycled or alternatively placed in the black refuse bin.
- Plasterboard - non-recyclable refuse, take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Plastic food and drinks packaging - recyclable items
- Plastic bags and magazine wrapping - recyclable items
- Plastic bottles - recyclable items
- Plastic cups and straws recyclable items
- Polystyrene and foam - non-recyclable refuse
- Pots and pans - if in good condition please take to a charity shop or a local waste and recycling centre, or put in your black bin
- Printers - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Printer cartridges - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Prunings - food and garden waste
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- Re-use items -e.g. furniture suitable for resale by local charities (please speak to site staff for further information)
- Rubble / hardcore - take to a local waste and recycling centre
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- Sanitary towels- non-recyclable refuse, place in your black bin, double bagged, to reduce spillage
- Scrap metal - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Sharps - arrange a clinical waste collection
- Shelves - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Shredded paper - recyclable item
- Sofa / suite - arrange a large item collection
- Soil - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Suitcase - if in good condition please to a charity shop or a local waste and recycling centre
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- Tetra Pak - recyclable item
- Textiles and shoes - place in local textiles recycling bank or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Tins, cans and foil - recyclable items
- Timber - take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Tins (biscuits/sweets) - recyclable item
- Tissues - non-recyclable, place in the refuse bin
- Trade waste - see our page on how to dispose of trade waste
- Trimmings - food and garden waste
- TVs - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Twigs - food and garden waste
- Tyres - try your local garage (they will sometimes dispose for a small fee) or take to a local waste and recycling centre
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- Underlay / carpet - non-recyclable, take to a local waste and recycling centre
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- Vacuum cleaner - if in good condition please take to a charity shop, arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Videos/DVDs/CDs - take to a local waste and recycling centre
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- Wardrobes - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Weeds - food and garden waste
- White goods - arrange a large item collection or take to a local waste and recycling centre
- Wood (from trees) - goes in brown food and garden waste bin
- Wood (treated wood) - take to a local waste and recycling centre or arrange large item collection
- Wood shavings - food and garden waste
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If we haven't listed an item you want to get rid of, try the Wise up to Waste A to Z.
You may also be able to take reusable items to a charity shop or list them with the Waltham Forest Freecycle group.