Last updated: 11 October 2023
Next review: 5 September 2024
There are two sites at Gateway Road:
- the household reuse and recycling centre - for residents to dispose of waste and recycling
- the trade waste site - there is a charge to dispose of waste here
The household site has a vehicle height restriction of 1.6 metres.
The household site does not accept any vans, or trailers over 1.2 meters (4 feet) long.
This site is run by Bywaters Waste Management on behalf of the North London Waste Authority.
You no longer need to book in advance with a car if you want to visit Gateway Road reuse and recycling centre. You can simply arrive at the site during opening hours. Read more about this decision on the North London Waste Authority website
Find us
Opening times
Gateway Road
Leyton
E10 5BY
Bank holiday opening times are 8:30am to 3:30pm.
We are closed on 25 December and 1 January.
We are closed on Mondays, except for Bank Holiday weekends, when the site is open on Bank Holiday Monday and then closed on the Tuesday instead.
Accepted items:
The site accepts the following items:
- batteries
- bicycles
- books
- car batteries
- cooking oil
- electrical appliances (small and large)
- engine oil
- fluorescent light tubes
- furniture
- garden waste
- gas bottles
- glass bottles and glass jars
- hardcore and rubble
- household rubbish
- lightbulbs
- mobile phones
- paint
- paper, card and cardboard
- plastic bottles, trays and tubs
- plastics (hard)
- printer ink cartridges
- rubble
- scrap metal
- 'Tetra' style cartons
- textiles and shoes
- tins, cans, aerosols and foil
- tools (for reuse)
- wood and timber
We don't accept:
The site does not accept the following:
- asbestos
- household chemicals
- plasterboard - you can take this to the South Access Road site
- soil - you can take this to our other two sites Kings Road or South Access Road
- tarmac
- tiles - you can take this to the South Access Road site
- trade waste
- tyres
Disposing of tarmac
Tarmac can not be taken to any of our public reuse and recycling sites. It can be disposed of at Bywaters Trade Site, Gateway Road, Leyton. There is a charge to use this site.
Rubble
You can bring up to six standard rubble sacks of rubble each month.
A standard rubble sack is 20 inches by 30 inches.
Bags of rubble can contain brick, concrete and paving stones, but not plasterboard, tarmac or tiles.
Trade waste
For trade waste disposal, please use Bywaters Trade Waste site at Gateway Road (turn left for the trade waste site). There will be a charge to dispose of trade waste.
Reuse schemes
Bicycles
There is a bicycle reuse scheme in operation with Recycle your Cycle. Recycle your Cycle works with the UK prison service to provide training in the refurbishment of bicycles. Bicycles are then sold through charity shops across the country as well as in the ReUse Shop at Kings Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, Chingford.
Bicycles that are disposed of at site that are not suitable for reuse are recycled.
Furniture
Any furniture that is suitable to be used again will be inspected, safety checked and sold at the ReUse Shop at Kings Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, Chingford.
Furniture that is not suitable to be used again, such as upholstered furniture without a fire label, or with missing parts, will be sent for recycling where possible.
Paint
Paint bought to this site is reused as part of the Community Re-Paint scheme. Residents and community groups can purchase the paint at a reduced price by visiting the Forest Recycling Project (FRP).