Recycling and waste at home
40% of the waste we produce can be recycled through the pink bags and purple recycling bins and we
provide a range of other services, including food waste collections, garden waste collections and bulky waste collections, to help make
recycling easy.
You really can make a difference by
recycling. Recycling
- Creates jobs: nationally up to 563,000 new
jobs could be created if we all recycle more
- Reduces landfill disposal costs: taxpayers in
Tower Hamlets pay over £1,000,000 per year landfilling waste that
could have been recycled
- Helps tackle climate change: paper and other
biodegradable items create greenhouse gases when they rot in
landfill sites contributing to climate change
- Saves energy: less energy is used than making
items from new e.g. every plastic bottle recycled saves enough
energy to power a light bulb for six hours
- Saves raw materials: by recycling materials we
reduce the need for mining materials which create substantial air
and water pollution.
For further information and queries please contact
us:
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Waste Management
Mulberry Place (AH)
PO Box 55739
5 Clove Crescent
London
E14 1BY
Tel: 020 7364 5004
Fax: 020 7364 6885
Email: generalenquiries@towerhamlets.gov.uk