Pink bag and purple bin recycling
40% of the waste we produce can be easily recycled through the
pink bags and purple recycling bins. The materials can all be mixed
together as they are sorted out after collection at a materials
recovery facility (read more about this in frequently asked questions).
You can recycle all of the following materials using your pink
bags and purple bins:
We cannot take following materials in the pink bags
or purple bins:
- Food waste
- Nappies
- Plastic packaging (other than plastic bottles)
- Other rubbish
Never put recycling in black bags. The recycling
collection crews will not collect any black sacks due to problems
with sacks of rubbish being accidentally collected in the
past.
Collection days
Tower Hamlets Council has introduced timed collections to a
number of key roads and streets around the borough. Please click on
the link below to find the daily time schedule for waste and
recycling collection. These changes apply to flatted properties
without an area to store waste, on the following streets/roads:
- Osborne
Street, Brick Lane and Hanbury Street (25 Kb, PDF)
- Commercial
Street and Whitechapel High Street (25 Kb, PDF)
- Whitechapel
Road (25 Kb, PDF)
- Bow
Road (25 Kb, PDF)
- Mile End
Road (25 Kb, PDF)
- Bethnal
Green Road and Redchurch Street (25 Kb, PDF)
- Roman
Road (between Grove Rd and Cambridge Heath
Rd) (25 Kb, PDF)
- Roman Road
(between Parnell Road and St. Stephens Rd) (25 Kb,
PDF)
- Roman Road
(between St. Stephens Rd and Grove Rd) (25 Kb,
PDF)
- Cambridge
Heath Road (25 Kb, PDF)
- Hackney
Road (25 Kb, PDF)
From March 12, 2012
All the refuse and recycling will be collected via sacks from
directly outside your door each day at the specific times of day.
Refuse and recycling must be kept inside the property at all other
times.
For all other properties we collect recycling
weekly. To find your collection day and the kind of service
your property is provided with please open the document below, type
in the name of your road or block of flats into the ‘Find’ box and
press return.
If recycling is collected from your doorstep please make sure it is
out by 7am and is clearly visible to the collection
crews.
If you aren’t sure about what service you have access to or would
like to request recycling facilities for your block of flats please
call us on 020 7364 5004 or email generalenquiries@towerhamlets.gov.uk
Recycling sacks
Recycling sacks are delivered to residents doors twice a
year. If you run out of pink sacks you can get some
more: