Rubbish, waste and recycling
Each week we collect around 3,000 tonnes of waste from over 135,000 households. We are continuing to work together with residents to reduce the amount of waste disposed of in the borough and to manage waste collected in an environmentally friendly way. You can do your bit by using the following services regularly:
Rubbish and waste
- Refuse collection service.
- Neighbourhood skip service.
- Special collections service - for a set fee the council will collect large household items.
Recycling
- Recycle from Home service (Black Box)
- Flats recycling service
- Green garden and kitchen waste collection service.*
* now includes the collection of food waste (except bones) - Civic Amenity and Recycling Centre - Barnet's household waste disposal site at Summers Lane. At this centre you can recycle over 40 different materials
- Bring banks - conveniently located recycling collection sites
- Recycling in schools
- Waste prevention - Use real nappies, reduce your junk mail, Compost at Home, reduce your food waste , get smart shopping. and take a recycling pledge
- Business recycling
- Information for developers and architects
With the amount of rubbish we throw away steadily rising and the amount of landfill space, where this rubbish is disposed of, steadily falling, it has never been more important to reduce, reuse and recycle.
The more waste that we dispose of, the more we have to pay. So, by cutting down on waste we will save money as well as help the environment. So please try to reduce, reuse and recycle as much of your waste as you can using the services listed above.
