If you live in a house or a flat within a house, your service may include...
Recycling
Orange sacks | Collected weekly
Rubbish
Black bin bags | Collected weekly
Sorry, no food waste recycling
If you live on an estate or in a flat with communal bins, your service may include...
Recycling
Orange wheelie bin
Recycling
Orange communal bin
Recycling
Silver metal bin with blue lid
Rubbish
Black sacks | Put them in your communal rubbish bin – silver metal bin with blue lid
Sorry, no food waste recycling
If you live in a flat above a shop, your service may include...
Recycling
Orange sacks | Collected weekly (check with your managing agent as some provide bins)
Rubbish
Black sacks | Collected weekly (check with your managing agent as some provide bins)
Sorry, no food waste recycling
You can recycle...
Tins and cans
Plastic bottles
You can't recycle...
Plastic pots, tubs and trays
Glass bottles and jars
Juice cartons
Crisp packets
Plastic film
Garden waste
You can sign up for a paid garden waste service. Green wheelie bin or compostable sacks. Collected once every two weeks.
Bulky waste
You can book a paid bulky waste collection if you have large items you no longer want. Call 01708 432563 between 9-5 Monday to Friday.
Useful information
Get more recycling sacks at your local library or Romford Town Hall.
Your local reuse and recycling centre
A-Z of recycling
You can use our A-Z search to find out if something can be recycled and how to recycle it properly.
