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Islington recycles
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What happens to your recycling?
We're often asked 'what happens to my recycling?'
The North London Waste Authority manages the recycling that we collect. All of your mixed recycling goes to a sorting facility in Edmonton where it is sorted and sent for recycling, and there's lots of information on their website about where your recycling goes.
For example, did you know that all plastic bottles are sent to facilities in the UK to be turned into new plastic products?
And food waste is sent to anaerobic composting facilities in Hertfordshire and Surrey to produce biogas for electricity production and fertiliser for local farms.
Check out the NLWA website for more information on what happens to your recycling.
Garden waste collections made easy
 Don't forget to subscribe to garden waste collections this year
Subscriptions for your garden waste collections 2025/6 are now open. With prices frozen this year and now on a 12-month rolling subscription - that’s 26 collections at just £2.88 per collection!
Plus, we are offering a reduced rate for even more of our residents who need it and reduced cost one-off collections.
Repair Week 3 to 9 March
Repair Week is a celebration of repair throughout London where we invite you to gain repair skills, fall back in love with your stuff and help save some money and the planet while you’re at it! With numerous workshops happening around the city, including Islington, spotlights on our #LocalRepairHeroes and a bunch of tips and tricks to help you repair your stuff, Repair Week is designed to give you the confidence to get repairing!
Check below for three of Islington's Repair Week events.
 Textile upcycling and repair workshop
FC Designer Collective, 113-115, Fonthill Road, N4 3HH
Tuesday 4 March 10am–4pm
Drop into the FC Designer Collective shop on Fonthill Road with your garment (or textile) for free upcycling and repair support and tuition. Delivered to you by Islington Council and Fashion-Enter Ltd.
Check the link below for more information.
Furniture and wooden items upcycling and repair café
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Join us for a welcoming and supportive furniture and wooden items up-cycling and repair event organised especially for Islington community. Beginners friendly. You will get a chance to work on your own items using our professional, fully equipped workshop as well as a personalised 1-2-1 tutorial and advice. Refreshments provided. Please send us the pictures of your items in advance so we can prepare.
Check the link below for more information.
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Bush Industrial Estate, Station Road N19 5UN
Thursday 6 March, 8.30am-3.30pm
Electrical and Electronic Items repair café
Whittington Park Community Association, Yerbury Road N19 4RS
Saturday 8 March 12-4pm
Join us for this friendly and welcoming community event. If you have any electric or electrical item to repair, come along to get help from Islington Fixers, a group of volunteer fixers that will work with you to get the item repaired all free of charge. Refreshments provided.
Check the link below for more information.
Recycling in Islington Life
Have you seen our recycling work in IslingtonLife? Some of the improvements we've carried out as part of the Thriving Neighbourhoods programme were featured in IslingtonLife in January.
Watch out for the next edition where we'll be 'talking rubbish', all about how we're trying to improve recycling in Islington.
Watch out for the food waste muncher!
Have you seen our brand new Food Waste Muncher? Our new 100% electric food waste recycling vehicle is out on the streets now collecting from estates and schools.
Local primary school children named Islington’s newest food waste vehicle as part of a campaign to boost food waste recycling rates in the borough.
Pupils at The Gower School entered Islington Council’s competition that aimed to encourage children to get involved in creating a greener, healthier borough. Our Recycling Champions voted on their favourite from a shortlist, and the Food Waste Muncher won!
The children and the new vehicle will also be gracing the cover of the IslingtonLife spring magazine, which will be landing on doorsteps across Islington from March.
Need a recycling container?
If you need a new free green recycling box, or a kitchen caddy for your food waste, please visit our website.
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