Recycling will help save natural resources, protect the
environment and the income earned by the City of London from the
sale of materials for recycling helps to maintain other
services.
Household recycling
We provide a commingled recycling service, which means you can
put all qualifying materials into one household clear sack.
Acceptable materials are:
- Paper - all types of paper (not contaminated with food)
including office paper, envelopes, newspaper, magazines, phone
directories and books.
- Card - cardboard packaging and boxes.
- Glass - glass bottle and jars of all colours.
- Cans - clean food and drinks cans. Empty aerosol
cans.
- Plastic Bottles - including those for water, milk or cleaning
products.
- Mixed Plastics - this includes plastic containers (eg yoghurt
pots, ice cream tubs, food trays and salad bags).
Household Recycling Sacks
These are provided free to residents through the appropriate
estate office or for other residences on request to the Contact
Centre, please telephone 020 7606 3110 or email
waste.collection@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Household Food Waste Recycling
The City of London also provides a food waste collection service
to all residential properties. For more information see the
food waste collection page.
Commercial recycling
If required the City of London will arrange waste
collections for businesses operating within its boundaries.
For enquiries please contact
waste.collection@cityoflondon.gov.uk or call
020 7606 3110.
Please note, however, that the services previously provided
directly have been transferred to Enterprise Managed Services Ltd,
who can be contacted on:-
Email comwaste.cityoflondon@enterprise.plc.uk
Telephone 0845 226 5105
Website www.cityoflondon.enterprise.plc.uk