Recycling

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• Recycling Text Service

  A text service, launched by the Mayor of London in September 2005, has been set up to make recycling easier for Londoners.

• Find Your Nearest Recycling Bank

  The borough's recycling banks help you to recycle a number of items that cannot be recycled in your orange bag.

• Orange Bag Doorstep Recycling Scheme

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

• Recycling Information for Schools

  Shanks East London, which provides recycling services in Newham, is a joint venture between Shanks Waste Services Limited and the East London Waste Authority (ELWA). Shanks East London has a 25 year contract with ELWA, and aims to recycle 33 per cent of household rubbish by 2016, pushing landfill use down from more than 90 per cent of rubbish right now to just 35 per cent in future.

• Community and Charity Recycling Projects

  There are several charities or public interest organisations that support special recycling projects. You can donate your unwanted goods for reuse by these projects including spectacles, bicycles, tools, shoes, textiles, office furniture and many more.

• Freecycle Network - Giving away usable items in Newham

  Freecycle is a non-profit grassroots movement about giving (and getting) stuff for free in your own town. The worldwide Freecycle Network is made up of many individual groups across the globe and was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction and reuse.

• Yellow Pages Yellow Woods Challenge for Schools

  New City Primary School takes first place in the Newham 2007 Yellow Woods Challenge!

• Liquid Food Carton (Tetra-Pak) Recycling Banks

  You can now recycle your paper-based drinks and liquid food cartons, such as those made by Tetra Pak, at five recycling banks within Newham.

• The Wombles - Newham Community Recycling

  Newham Community Recycling Ltd, or The Wombles as they are more commonly known, are a not-for-profit charitable organisation with a difference. The Wombles, much like their namesakes, have the ambitious aim of reusing and recycling "junk" and unwanted household goods in the community to reduce waste going to landfill.

• Textile Banks - Recycle your old clothes and shoes for a good cause

  Ever wondered what to do with that pair of shoes that's gone out of fashion but is too good to throw away? Or an old pair of jeans that's a bit tight around the waist? Or maybe a coat that you received as a present that's just not your style? Well the answer's simple, because there are now several textile recycling banks in Newham.

• Recycling

  We know that your environment is what matters most to you and that is why we have launched a major environmental campaign.

• Co-Collection

  Newham Council now collects your household waste and orange bag (materials to be recycled) together.

• FAQs

  Here the answers to some simple recycling questions...