Recycling - collection sites

Recycling - collection sites

There are more than 45 public recycling sites across the borough with smart banks and some with textile recycling banks.

Where's my nearest recycling collection point?

To find out where your nearest Smart Bank recycling collection point and what you can recyle where, visit the Recycle Now website or consult our look up table Smart Bank recycling sites (pdf) 

Smart Banks

Smart Banks collect all of your recycling with no need to sort. These banks have been positioned on the public highway and also on housing estates so that residents who are not provided with Smart Sacks can recycle all their paper, card, cans, glass, aerosols, plastic bottles and food and drink cartons (e.g. Tetra Pak).  

What can I put in the Smart Bank?

You can put all the materials you put in Smart Sacks into the Smart Banks, including:

Paper and card  - newspapers, magazines, catalogues, directories - including Yellow Pages, leaflets, loose paper, card and cardboard (please flatten) 

Glass- mixed glass is now collected so just place all glass bottles and jars in the Smart bank. (no lids please)

Cans, tin, aerosols and plastic bottles only  - all types of food and drink cans are wanted including aerosol cans, which can be safely deposited in the Smart bank. Please remove lids from plastic bottles.  No other types of plastic please. 

Food and drink cartons (e.g. Tetra Pak)- all paper-based milk, drink and food cartons.

What can and can't I recycle? (pdf)

Please put recyclable materials loose into the Smart Bank and do not put them in refuse sacks or plastic carrier bags. 

We appreciate the effort you put into recycling; however when a Smart Bank contains materials that cannot be recycled, it may be considered as rubbish and the content of the entire Smart Bank may end up in landfill. It costs more to landfill our rubbish than to recycle it. So making sure that you are putting the correct material in the Smart Bank, helps us keep your council tax bills as low as possible. Click here for more detailed information about what can't be recycled in the Smart Banks and why.

To help keep the banks looking smart, please take your left over bags and boxes homes.  If the banks are full please don't leave recyclables around them - Let us know on 020 8753 1100.  Crashing bottles are noisy, please only use banks between 9am and 8pm.

Recycling on estates

Find out about Smart Banks on estates, flats and mansion blocks

Other types of recycling banks

Some recycling sites have textile banks operated by Oxfam or Scope.  To find out where your nearest textile recycling collection point is and what type of textiles are collected, visit the Recycle Now website or consult our look up table Smart Bank recycling sites (pdf) 

You can recycle your used batteries at some public buildings. See Battery recycling for a list of locations.

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