Recycling in Richmond upon Thames - an overview

Recycling collections from home

Richmond collect recycleables from your home on a weekly basis. Residents are provided with a blue box for the collection of paper, magazines, newspaper, flattened cardboard, phone directories, junk mail and envelopes and a black box collection for glass bottles and jars, food and drinks cans, plastic bottles, aerosols and foil.

If you live in a flat (such as those living in a block of 8 or more flats, above a shop or with no cartilage) you may have access to communal recycling bins for paper, glass, cans, cardboard and plastic bottles.

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

Phone: 08456 122 660

Email: recycling@richmond.gov.uk.

Visit: Recycling in Richmond

Kitchen food waste collections

Richmond will collect food wate from you doorstep for composting. Two containers are provided to residents receiving this service, a small kitchen caddie, which can be stored in your kitchen and a larger kerbside container with a self-locking lid to transfer your kichen waste into for collection. It will be collected on the same day as your recycling collection and must be out for collection by 6am.

Cooked and uncooked food can be recycled in your brown kerbside food container including:

• Meat, fish and bones

• Bread, pasta and rice

• Vegetable and fruit waste

• Eggs and cheese

• Tea bags

• All cooked and raw foods

• Coffee grounds and paper filters

You cannot use the food waste bin for:

• Food cans and jars

• Garden waste

• Plastic bags - please don't use them as liners

• Pet faeces

• Human faeces

• Nappies

• Plastic/synthetic coffee filters

For further information:

Phone: 08456 122 660

Email: recycling@richmond.gov.uk. Order new bins using the online booking form.

Visit: Richmond kitchen food waste collections

Green garden waste collections

Richmond offer an opt-in fortnightly collection service of household green garden waste from outside your home. To be eligible for the service, you green garden waste needs to be in either a compostable sack or a green-wheeled bin. They offer a choice of container so you can choose the one that best suits your needs.

You can put the following into your sack or wheeled bin:

• Grass cuttings

• Leaves

• Twigs

• Hedge trimmings

• Garden prunings

• Weeds

• Plants

• Flowers

• Fallen fruit

Please DO NOT put these items in your sack or wheeled bin:

• Stone

• Rubble

• Gravel

• Soil

• Wood

• Meat and fish

• Food

• Dog and Cat waste and litter

• Paper

• Card

• Plastic

• Cans

• BBQ ash

Please ensure you sacks or wheelie bin is ready for by 6am on your collection day and put at the edge of your property where it will be visible For further information about this service, to regsiter your address fro collections or to find out your collection day please:

Phone: 08456 122 660

Email: recycling@richmond.gov.uk.

Visit: Richmond green garden waste collections

Local street recycling banks

Richmond also has a number of street recycling banks for paper, card, glass, cans and plastic bottles. Some also take textiles. To find out where you nearest street recycling bank is and what you can recycle there please visit: Richmond 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. This service is by appointment only and there is a charge for collecting these items. For more information or to book a collection:

Phone: 08456 122 660

Email: recycling@richmond.gov.uk.

Visit: Richmond special collections

Reuse and Recycling Centre

Townmead Road
Richmond (off Mortlake Rd, Kew)
TW9 4EL

Opening hours
April to October - Monday to Saturday 8.00*am – 6.00pm
November to March - Monday to Saturday 8.00*am – 5.00pm
*Except the first Monday of every monthwhen it is open from 9am
Sundays and public holidays throughout the year: 9.00am – 4.00pm
Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

Richmond Reuse and Recycling Centre
Visit: Richmond 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:

Tel: 08456 122 660

Email: recycling@richmond.gov.uk

Website: Recycling in Richmond upon Thames