If you live in a house or a flat within a house, your service may include...
If you live on an estate or in a flat with communal bins, your service may include...
Recycling
Black communal bin with blue lid | Collected weekly
Rubbish
Blue communal bin with black lid | Collected weekly
Sorry, no food waste recycling
If you live in a flat above a shop, your service may include...
Recycling
Council-provided clear sacks | Collected once a week
Rubbish
Black sacks | Collected once a week
Sorry, no food waste recycling
If you live in a flat above a shop on Walworth Road or Rye Lane you’re in a timed collection zone and sacks will be collected twice a day.
You can recycle...
Glass bottles and jars
Tins and cans
Plastic bottles
Plastic pots, tubs and trays
You can't recycle...
Crisp packets
Plastic film
Polystyrene
Plastic bags
Wipes and wet wipes
Garden waste
If you have a garden, you can sign up for a paid garden waste collection. Brown wheelie bin, collected every week.
Bulky waste
You can book a paid bulky waste collection if you have large items you no longer want.
Useful information
Your local reuse and recycling centre
Veolia Southwark IWMF, 43 Devon St, London SE15 1AL
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, HWRCs are currently by appointment only:
Book a time in advance
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.
