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City Recycling

Welcome to the City of London's residential recycling homepage.

If you are a City business looking for information regarding recycling please visit the  commercial recycling web pages.

All City residents are now receiving the Clear Sack Recycling Service. Detailed information on how the recycling service operates can be found on the Clear Sack Recycling Service page.

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Clear sack recycling service


All City residents are provided with a Clear sack recycling service for the collection of paper, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, tins and cans, and plastic bottles.


Detailed information on how to use the Clear sack recycling service can be found on the Clear Sack Recycling Service page.

Food waste trial

Residents on the Middlesex Street Estate and the Guinness Trust Estate on Mansell Street can now send their food waste for composting by using the Food waste collection service. To find out more, please see the  Food Waste Collection page

Real nappy scheme

The City of London is now offering City parents upto £50 cash-back towards the cost of purchasing real nappies or using a nappy laundry service. For more details please see the Real Nappy Scheme page.

Textiles, Clothes and shoe reuse and recycling

Residents of the City's estates can send their unwanted textiles, clothes and shoes for reuse and recycling by using the Salvation Army banks located on their estates. To find out more please see the Textiles, clothes and shoe recycling page.

Other opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle

For other opportunities and tips to reduce, reuse and recycle, such as charity collections of furniture and household goods, newspaper recycling banks and where to take used batteries, please see the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle page.


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