Green Box Collections

Many properties in Haringey are able to have a weekly green box recycling collection.

This page includes the following sections:

What can I recycle?
General service information (including collection day)
How the recycling is collected
Can I receive a green box collection?

Most households that have a green box collection can also recycle food waste and garden waste every week. For more information about these services, please visit the food waste collection and garden waste collection pages.

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What can I recycle?

From 1 October 2009 a wider range of materials can be recycled.

Green boxes can be used to recycle:

Paper (including envelopes and telephone directories)
Cardboard
New! - Drink cartons (such as 'Tetra Paks')
Plastic bottles
New! - Plastic pots, tubs and trays (no wrapping or film)
New! - Plastic bags
Tins and cans (rinsed)
Glass bottles and jars (rinsed, with lids removed)

There is a more detailed list of items on the what to recycle in your green box page.

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General service information

How to use your green box

Please leave your green box by the edge of your property (but not on the pavement) so that the collection crews can easily see your recycling.

Many collections are made early in the morning, so please put your green box out the night before your scheduled collection day.

To find out the day of your weekly green box recycling collection please use the recycling collection search facility.

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Ordering new green boxes

If you have lots of recycling you can order additional green boxes free of charge.

Green boxes can be ordered using the Report A Problem page. You can also order boxes through the Haringey Enterprise Call Centre:

Tel 020 8885 7700
Email haringey.enterprise@enterprise.plc.uk.

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Missed collections

Sometimes recycling collections are missed. We do our best to keep this to an absolute minimum, but if your recycling has not been collected then we sincerely apologise.

If you report your collection as missed then we will arrange for your recycling to be collected on the next working day.

To report a missed collection please use the Report A Problem page. You can also report missed collections to the Haringey Enterprise Call Centre:

Tel 020 8885 7700
Email haringey.enterprise@enterprise.plc.uk.

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Need a helping hand?

If you have any difficulty putting your green box by the front gate then we can help.

For more information on assisted collections please contact the Haringey Enterprise Call Centre:

Tel 020 8885 7700
Email haringey.enterprise@enterprise.plc.uk.

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More information

If you have any further questions about recycling please contact the Haringey Enterprise Call Centre:

Tel 020 8885 7700
Email haringey.enterprise@enterprise.plc.uk.

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How the recycling is collected

Your recycling is collected by a special type of vehicle which looks similar to a normal refuse truck but has two compartments. One compartment is used to collect the food and garden waste whilst the other is used for the mixed recycling from your green box.

All the mixed recycling is compacted in this vehicle so that more materials can be collected every day. This helps to reduce the number of vehicles on the road, saving fuel and therefore cutting carbon emissions.

Your recycling is taken to a Materials Recovery Facility, where the latest technology is used to separate the different materials. The sorted items are then sent to reprocessing companies to be recycled into new products.

For more information, please see the mixed material collections section on the what happens to recycling page.

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Can I receive a green box collection?

Green box collections are available to houses, converted houses or small blocks of flats that have a front garden space where the green boxes can be safely left out for collection.

If you live in a medium- or large-sized block of flats then the green box service is not likely to be appropriate. We are introducing dedicated recycling facilities for blocks of flats, so please visit the recycling for flats and estates page for more information.

If you live in a flat above a shop or a house without a front garden then you will probably not be able to receive a green box recycling collection, as you will not have a suitable location for the containers to be put out for collection (as they cannot be left on the pavement). There are a number of recycling banks around the borough that you can use to recycle paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, tins, cans, glass bottles and jars. We are looking into alternative types of recycling collection that we could introduce to serve properties above shops.

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