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Recycling 10%
Islington residents can give
themselves a pat on the back as
they are now recycling 10% of all
domestic waste.
This is a dramatic improvement from the
figures 5 years ago, when the borough’s
recycling rate was only 3.59% (I998 –
1999).
✔ the green box scheme is open to
street-side properties in Islington and
is a weekly collection service
accepting glass bottles and jars,
paper, cans and tins and textiles. You
can join the green box scheme by
simply calling Contact Islington on
020 7527 2000.
✔ 60% of the average dustbin can easily
be recycled in a green box, that’s your
paper, glass, tins, cans and textiles.
Recycling service branches out
Islington’s recycling service is expanding,
with a green waste collection service
being tried out in some parts of the
borough. An initial eight thousand homes
have been selected for the weekly pilot
that will run for the next two years.
Residents in the pilot areas will by now have
received a supply of biodegradable ‘ecosacks’
which are made from parts of the tree which
would otherwise go to waste during timber
processing, and have the approval of the
Forestry Stewardship Council. The bags will take
grass clippings, small branches from trees and
shrubs, weeds, leaves, prunings and hedge
trimmings.
For more information on green waste collection or other
aspects of recycling, call 020 7527 2000, or email
✆ contact@islington.gov.uk
Before...
...after
We want what
you throw away
Islington’s new waste and recycling
centre is up and running and is
bigger and better than before.
The huge, £60m state-of-the-art centre on
Hornsey Street N7, paid for by Arsenal,
accepts a whole range of waste or
unwanted items that could not be taken to
the previous site.
Goodbye to grime
Islington is getting tough on grime, and
tough on the causes of grime, with a
six-week blitz on the borough’s worst
affected areas to prove it.
The crackdown is part of the A1 Borough
project, which aims to dramatically improve
the environment and quality of services
throughout Islington.
To show that the council really does mean
business when it comes to making our streets
cleaner and greener, fifteen areas, identified by
residents and local groups, were completely
blitzed of grime.
And we mean blitzed! From Old Street to
Archway and 13 other areas in between, litter,
graffiti, fly posting, chewing gum and weeds
were cleared away.
And it doesn’t just end there. The newly
cleansed areas have set a higher standard
that the council is determined to maintain.
Residents are urged to let us know if
standards slip by ringing Contact Islington
on 020 7527 2000 to report it to us.
✆For more information on the
A1 Borough project,
contact Karen Sullivan on
020 7527 2730 or e-mail
karen.sullivan@islington.gov.uk
As well as the glass, cans, paper and
textiles that are recycled already, the new
centre takes green garden waste, untreated
timber, rubble, cardboard, scrap metal,
fridges and freezers, plastic bottles, kitchen
electrical items, gas bottles, car batteries,
waste motor oil and reusable items such as
furniture and bric-a-brac.
Although designed to take bulky items that
are taken by car, there are drop-off
facilities for pedestrians in Cottage Road,
off Caledonian Road N7.
Situated just off the Holloway Road, the
facility is an excellent example of
successful working with partners, and a
great start to the A1 Borough project.
The centre is open from Mon – Sat
8.00am – 8.00pm and on Sundays
and public holidays 8.30am –
8.00pm throughout the year, apart
from Christmas Day and New Year’s
Day.
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