Recycling bags and purple trash recycling at home

How to recycle and when is it collected?

Check your collection day

How to recycle and when is it collected?
I live in a	your department	Your recycling is collected
Building	Most blocks have large purple common bins	Weekly
House or apartment in a converted house	Purple wheeled bins or transparent bags	Weekly Leave at the edge of your property before 7 a.m.
Apartment above a store	Transparent bags	Leave at curb before 7 a.m.
Apartment above a store on these streets: Bethnal Green Road and Redchurch Street arc road Cambridge Moor Road trade route Commercial Street and Whitechapel High Street East India Docks Route Grove Road (Mile End Road to Haverfield Road) Hackney Way Leman and Hooper Street Midlothian Road and Burdett Road Mile-End Road Osborne Street, Brick Lane and Hanbury Street Roman road (from Parnell Rd to St. Stephens Rd) Roman Road (from St. Stephens Rd to Cambridge Heath Rd) Whitechapel Road	Transparent bags	Daily collection Leave at curb before 7 a.m.

Never put recycling in black bags.

I live in a building: You don’t need bags to recycle. Empty your recycling into communal bulk bins or use any clear bag.
I live in a house or house converted into apartments with a purple wheelie bin: You don’t need bags to recycle. Empty your recycling into bulk bins or use any clear bag.
I live in a house or house converted into apartments without a purple bin: Transparent bags are delivered twice a year. Get extra bags from your local idea store or library.
I live in an apartment above a store: Transparent bags are delivered twice a year. Get extra bags from your local idea store or library.

You can recycle the following mixed materials in your purple bin or transparent bag.

What can I recycle?
Material	Yes, recycle me please
Paper and card	Birthday and Christmas cards Cardboard boxes (flattened) Cardboard food packaging (e.g. clean cereal and pizza boxes) Envelopes (including window envelopes) Newspapers and magazines Paper – all sizes and colors Shredded paper (place in a paper bag or old envelope) Wrapping paper (no foil)
boxes	Cartons of juice, soup, sauce and milk Empty and rinse containers
Glass bottles and jars	All glass beverage bottles and all glass food jars, including beer and wine bottles, sauce jars, dressing (salad) bottles and jam jars Empty and rinse containers
Boxes and cans	Drink cans food boxes Empty aerosol cans Aluminum trays Sweet boxes Metal bottle caps Jar lids Empty and rinse containers
Plastic bottles, jars and trays	Bottles and caps, including drinks, shampoo and dishwashing bottles Food trays Fruit and vegetable trays Tubs of margarine, tubs of ice cream and tubs of yogurt Empty and rinse containers
Other items	Clean foil (screw it into a ball)

exclude: food waste, clothing, diapers, electrical appliances, batteries, polystyrene and plastic film

These must not be deposited in the purple bins and transparent bags
Material	No thank you, these should not be deposited in the purple bins and clear bags
Paper and card	Any paper/card containing foil or metal Plastic coated cardboard, polystyrene Soiled pizza boxes (and other soiled food boxes) Fabrics
Glass	Drinking glasses Mirrors• Glass sheet (window) Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
Plastic	Crispy packets Clingfilm Plastic bags – please reuse or return to supermarket Plastic food bags Bubble wrap
Other items	Any metal object other than food and drink cans Hard plastics, e.g. toys, Tupperware Drink Garden waste Clothing, bedding, pillows, duvets Shoes Sanitary waste dirty aluminum foil

Check the Recycling A to Z for a detailed list of items that can be recycled and how.