Orange bag doorstep recycling scheme

Most residents will have received a new 180 litre wheeled recycling bin, which has a larger capacity and replaces the orange bags. If you haven't received a new wheeled recycling bin, you should continue to use the orange bags until further notice.

Type of bags
There are two sizes of bags available to you:

• 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 - For residents who have their own wheelie bin or access to a communal bin room.
• • If you have a wheelie bin, please place your orange bag securely alongside it on the boundary of your property by 6am on the morning of your collections.
  • If you use a communal bin room, your orange bag can be placed directly into the communal refuse bins and are separated at a later stage, there are no separate recycling bins.

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 e.g. Yellow Pages
• card, such as cereal boxes
• plastic bottles
  

Download the full list of items you can recycle in the orange bags (pdf)
Download How to Recycle your Green Waste leaflet (pdf)

Do not use the orange bag for your usual household waste. If you do, it could increase the cost of dealing with recyclable waste.

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