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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Recycling and rubbish container guide

Which containers to use for your recycling and rubbish.

  1. Clear bags for mixed recycling
  2. Communal bins
  3. Green boxes for mixed recycling
  4. Food waste recycling containers
  1. Garden waste recycling bags
  2. Wheelie bins
  3. Compost bins

Food waste recycling containers

Houses and converted flats

If you live in a house, we can provide: 

  • a small indoor caddy to collect food waste in your kitchen
  • a secure outdoor food waste container to transfer food waste into every few days

We provide the same service to some but not all converted flats.

Request an indoor caddy and/or outdoor container.

Estates and blocks of flats

If you live on an estate or in a block of flats and have a food waste recycling service, we can provide a small indoor caddy. Request an indoor caddy.

Line your caddy with a compostable bag and put your food waste in. You then tie up the compostable bag and put it in the communal food recycling bin. This is usually near your other rubbish and recycling facilities. If you’re not sure, call 020 7527 2000 or ask your caretaker.

Flats above shops or other commercial premises

If you live in a flat above shops on Holloway Road between Holloway tube station, and Highbury and Islington tube station, you can recycle your food waste.

Collect your food waste in an indoor caddy. Then put your food waste in the communal food waste bin. You can find these at regular intervals along the road.

Request an indoor caddy if you need one.

We can't provide a food waste recycling service if you live in flats above shops elsewhere in the borough at the moment.

Where you can get compostable liners for kitchen caddies

Libraries

Collect free compostable liners for kitchen caddies from your local libraries.

Community centres

Collect them from these community centres:

  • Brickworks Community Centre, 42 Crouch Hill, London N4 4BY: Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm, Saturday 8am to 4pm, Sunday 8am to 6pm. 
  • Elizabeth House Community Centre, 2 Hurlock Street, London N5 1ED: Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm
  • Jean Stokes Community Centre, Coatbridge House, Carnoustie Drive, London N1 0DX: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
  • Mildmay Community Centre, Woodville Road London N16 8NA: Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm 
  • Vibast Centre, 167 Old Street, London EC1V 9NH: Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm

Concierge offices

Collect them from the following concierge offices:

  • Andover Estate Noll House, Corker Walk, N7 7RX 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10am – 2am (Friday and Saturday)
  • Bemerton Orkney House, 195-199 Caledonian Road, N1 0AF 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10am – 2am (Friday and Saturday)
  • Finsbury Estate Michael Cliffe House, Skinner Street, EC1R 0WX 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10.30am – 2.30am (Friday and Saturday)
  • Harvist Estate Talbot House, 78 Hornsey Road, N7 7LT 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10am – 2am (Friday and Saturday)
  • Kings Square Turnpike House, 240 Goswell Road, EC1V 7PE 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10.30am – 2.30am (Friday and Saturday)
  • Kestrel House Pickard Street, EC1V 8EN, 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10:30am – 2.30am (Friday and Saturday)
  • Peregrine House Hall Street, EC1V 7PS 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10:30am – 2.30am (Friday and Saturday)
  • Pleydell Estate Grayson House, 5 Radnor Street, EC1V 3SR 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10:30am – 2.30am (Friday and Saturday)
  • St. Luke’s Estate Godfrey House, 45 Bath Street, EC1V 9ES 8am to Midnight every day
  • Weston Rise 187 Pentonville Road, N1 9NZ 8am to Midnight (Sunday to Thursday) and 10am – 2am (Friday and Saturday)

Supermarkets

You can buy compostable liners for caddies from most supermarkets.

Please do not use plastic bags for your food waste caddy or containers.

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