Recycling in Croydon - an overview

Recycling collections from home

Croydon provide a twin box recycling collection from home every two weeks, in blue and green recycling boxes. You can recycle paper card, textiles, shoes in your blue box and glass, cans and plastic bottles in your green box. Both boxes are collected on the same day.

If you live on an estate you may still have access to recycling services. Recycling bins are provided either in the bin storage area or close by. The estates recycling sites normally have three different bins, which are clearly labelled, for mixed paper, glass bottles and jars, cans and plastic bottles.

For further information and to find out when your collection day is:

Phone: 020 8726 6200

Email: streetscene@croydon.gov.uk

Visit: Croydon recycling collections

Kitchen food waste collections

Croydon have recently completed a trial kitchen food waste collection service for 2,500 households in the borough. With a positive response they are now looking to roll out this service across the borough. For more information and to find out if you are in the trial:

Phone: 020 8726 6200

Email: contact.thecouncil@croydon.gov.uk

Visit: Croydon kitchen food waste collections

Green garden waste collections

If you cannot compost at home* Croydon offer a green garden waste collection service to all its residents. Residents are provided with 2 clear sacks and Croydon will collect these every fortnight from mid April to mid November. Collection will be on the same day your recycling is collected. You must put the open sacks at the edge of your property by 7am on the collection day.

* Croydon offer reduced price compost bins for those wanting to compost at home.

You can put the following into your sack:

• grass cuttings

• dead plants and weeds

• hedge trimmings

• leaves

• branches up to 0.3m (1 foot) in diameter

• branches less than 2 metres (6ft 6 inches) in length.

Please DO NOT put these items in your sack:

• branches thicker than 0.3m (1 foot)

• branches longer than 2 metres (6ft 6 inches)

• tree trunks, stumps, or logs

• plastic plant pots, trays or bags

• vegetable peelings or other food waste

• soil, hardcore and stones

• turf

For further information and to find out when your collection day is:

Phone: 020 8726 6200

Email: contact.thecouncil@croydon.gov.uk

Visit: Croydon green garden waste collections

Local street recycling banks

Croydon also have a number of street recycling banks for, glass, cans paper and card and plastic bottles. To find out where you nearest street recycling bank is and what you can recycle there please visit: Croydon street recycling banks.

Special collections

If you have a piece of furniture, a fridge, cooker or similar item which is still in good condition check out the Reuse page to see if someone else can give it a home. Alternatively the Council can collect it for you. Each household is eligible for one visit a year and can put up to seven items out for collection free of charge. For further collections a charge will be made. For more information or to book a collection:

For further information and to find out when your collection day is:

Phone: 020 8726 6200

Email: contact.thecouncil@croydon.gov.uk

Visit: Croydon special collections

Reuse and Recycling Centres

Brighton Road (recycling only)
Purley
CR8 1DG

Monday to Sunday: 8am - 3.30pm

Factory Lane (waste and recycling)
West Croydon
CR0 3RL

Monday to Saturday: 7.30am - 4.30pm
Sunday: 8.30am - 4pm

Fishers Farm (waste and recycling)
North Downs Road
New Addington
CR0 0LB

Monday to Friday: 8am - 4pm
Saturday: 9am - 2pm
Sunday: 9am - 1pm

Croydon Reuse and Recycling Centre
Visit: Croydon Reuse and Recycling Centre

Further information

This page is provided for general guidance. To find out exactly what you can recycle where you live please contact your borough or look at its own website for further information:

Phone: 020 8726 6200

Email: contact.thecouncil@croydon.gov.uk

Visit: Recycling in Croydon