Orange Recycling Scheme
Introduction
Why recycle? Recycling gives things a future! Making new products from rubbish means we don't have to bury or burn it. This saves energy and resources, which is good for the economy and the environment.
Recycling is getting easier in Wandsworth. The orange sack and recycling banks for blocks of flats make recycling from home more convenient than before.
Collecting your recycling
If you have your rubbish collected from outside your property in a normal dustbin or black sack you can also have your recycling collected in an orange sack.
Orange sacks are collected every week on your normal rubbish collection day. Please tie the sacks and leave them just inside your front garden, where they can be clearly seen by the collection crew. Collection starts at 6am so please make sure that the sacks are put out the night before collection, or early enough on collection day.
If you do not have a front garden then you must leave your sacks on the pavement. Only put them on the pavement after 6.30pm on the evening before your collection. Orange sacks cannot be collected from dustbins, alleyways, back gardens or cupboards - please leave them where they can be clearly seen.
Orange sacks used for general rubbish will not be collected. Deliberate misuse of the sacks may result in a fine of up to £1000.
Getting more sacks
A roll of thirty orange sacks will be delivered automatically every three months. This allows use of about three sacks a week. If you need more sacks, they can be collected from waste services at the town hall or from your local library.
If you are unable to collect sacks then please phone 020 8871 7497 or email recycling@wandsworth.gov.uk to request delivery.
If you have too many sacks, please return them by:
- Taking them to your nearest library, or
- Leaving them out for collection at the front of your property on the rubbish and recycling collection day after each delivery.
Recycling at blocks of flats
If your rubbish is collected in large, wheeled bins we cannot provide the orange sack recycling service. Instead, wherever possible, we will provide wheeled recycling banks at blocks for the private use of residents.
