Pink bag and purple bin recycling
40% of the waste we produce can be easily recycled through the
pink bags and purple recycling bins.
You can recycle all of the following materials using your pink
bags and purple bins.
- Mixed glass bottles and jars
- Food and drink cans
- Plastic bottles (no other types of plastic please, only
bottles)
- Mixed card
- Mixed paper
- Cartons
- Aerosols
- Telephone directories
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).
Your collection service
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 every few
months. If you run out of pink sacks you can order some
more:
Never put recycling in black sacks. The recycling
collection crews will not collect any black sacks due to problems
with sacks of rubbish being accidentally collected in the
past.