Thursday, October 28, 2021
One of the ways you can tell you've crossed from one London borough to another is because the bins change. And it's not just a different logo, it's a completely different set of receptacles.
In Hackney, for example, you might find a grey wheelie bin, a brown wheelie bin, a blue food caddy and a stack of plastic sacks. One street away in Islington suddenly it's a squat black dustbin, a green recycling box and a brown food caddy.
This is because there isn't a pan-London waste disposal service - every council organises its refuse and recycling in a different way, and some are very different indeed.
You can see a summary of all the different waste disposal services at the London Recycles website. Simply click on the map to see a summary of what each borough collects, in what and how often. It's better than the summary I posted yesterday because it includes communal recycling and flats above shops, as well as how to dispose of bulky waste, the borough's recycling rate and where the local reuse and recycling centre is.
I'm guessing you'll find it really interesting because, as we discovered yesterday, people really like talking about bins.
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