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Recycling

Orange Bag Doorstep Recycling Scheme

Recycling in Newham is now easy and convenient thanks to the Orange Recycling Bags delivered directly to your door.

Type of bags

There are two sizes of bags available.

  • Small bags for flats with chutes - Residents living in medium to high-rise blocks (four stories and over) with chutes will be given small "shopping-bag sized" orange bags. These orange bags can be placed down the chutes along with your refuse. Please take care not to overfill the bags and block the chutes.


  • Regular sized bags - Residents with access to communal bin rooms will be given large orange bags. Orange bags can be placed directly into the communal refuse bins and are separated at a later stage, there are no separate recycling bins.
Do not use the orange bag for your usual household waste. If you do, it could increase the cost of dealing with recyclable waste. More about the Co-Collection process

How to use the new orange bag


What can be recycled in orange bags?

You can recycle the following items in orange bags:

  • food and drinks cans
  • newspapers
  • magazines
  • junk mail
  • directories (but not Yellow Pages)
  • light card, such as cereal boxes
  • plastic bottles

Download a list of what can be recycled

How do I get more orange bags if I run out before the next delivery?

A roll of 13 orange bags is delivered to your doorstep every three months in March, June, September and December.

Residents needing additional bags can get them from Newham Libraries and Local Service Centres (LSC). Disabled people or people with a physical impairment who cannot get to a library or Local Service Centre can ask for supplies to be sent to their homes by post - ring 020 8430 2000 for details.

Further information

Call 020 8430 2000 or email recycling@newham.gov.uk if you need to know anything else.

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