Recycling Banks

These are street based recycling bins available for use by all Hackney residents. There are over 70 sites located across the borough. They are emptied weekly.

- Recycling banks
- Cow bins
- Clothing, shoes and textile banks
- Food and drink carton banks
- Household battery recycling bins

Recycling banks

You can recycle these materials at all recycling banks:

• Brown glass, bottles and jars
• Clear glass, bottles and jars
• Green glass, bottles and jars
• Paper, newspaper and magazines
• Tins and cans
• Plastic bottles

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Cow bins

You may have seen these fantastic cow bins at locations across Hackney. You can recycle all the same items in these, as you would in the regular recycling banks.

To feed the cows your recycling visit these sites:

• E2 8NA, Hackney Road outside Mecca Bingo Hall, Scawfell Street
• E8 1LL, Amhurst Road, Hackney Central station clock
• E8 3PE, Martello Street, near Pub on the Park, London Fields
• EC2A, 4SD, Paul Street, junction Great Eastern Street
• N1 7TA, Sturt Street opposite Taplow Street
• N16 0BN, Stoke Newington Church Street between Yoakley Road and Lordship Road

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Clothing, shoes and textile banks

Most recycling bank sites also have a textile bank, where clothes and shoes can be deposited for reuse. Please tie shoes together, and put all items in a plastic bag with the handles tied together. This will protect the materials you recycle, and keep them in good condition.

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Food and drink carton banks

As well as being able to recycle food and drink cartons (Tetra Pak) through both the green box and estates recycling collection service, there are also 19 sites across the borough where these can be taken for recycling. These are listed below:

• E2 8LR, Thurtle Road, outside Haggerston School
• E5 0LS, Chatsworth Road, opposite Lockhurst Street
• E5 8BY, Kenninghall Road, near Nightingale Road
• E5 9UA, Clapton Common, opposite Forburg Road, outside Yetev Lev Court, Fawcett Estate
• E8 2NG, Kingsland Shopping Centre Car Park, outside entrance
• E8 4DL, Downham Road & Kingsland Road opp Fire Station
• E8 4RG, Mare Street, opposite Northiam Street (Mare St corner with Bush Rd)
• E9 5AZ, Wick Road, opposite Vanner Point, New Gascoyne Estate
• E9 5PP, Kingsmead Way, Kingsmead Estate, near Kingsmead Primary School
• E9 6ND, Morning Lane, Tesco Car Park
• E9 7PA, Well Street opp primary school
• EC1V 9EY, Old Street next to Fire Station
• N1 7TA, Sturt Street opp Taplow Street
• N16 0PT, Lordship Road, Lordship South Estate, between Lordship Terrace and Lordship Grove
• N16 5AR, Amhurst Park jct Seven Sisters Road
• N16 5SA, Stamford Hill, Morrisons Car Park
• N16 8SB, Allen Road adjacent to Butterfield Green
• N16 9DU, Green Lanes, near Aden Terrace, outside nursery
• N4 2HD, Green Lanes near John Scott Health Centre

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Household battery recycling bins

Eight colourful battery recycling bins have been placed in libraries across the borough enable all residents to conveniently deposit their household batteries for recycling. Every year an estimated 660 million batteries that are disposed of in the UK. This is the equivalent weight 110 jumbo jet aeroplanes. At present only 2% of household batteries in of these are recycled. New laws mean that 25% of all household batteries must be recycled by 2012 rising to 45% by 2016.

The law will force the producers of batteries to establish battery recycling schemes as opposed to local authorities. Hackney Council is supporting this drive to increase recycling and has led on establishing the first collection points for batteries within the borough. Collections will be undertaken by Battery Back www.batteryback.org. Once collected the battery components will be recovered and used for a number of applications including making more batteries and in the steel manufacturing process.

The new bins can only accept household batteries. Any vehicle or automotive batteries should be either exchanged with the retailer when purchasing a new battery or taken to a Household Waste Recycling Centre in the neighbouring borough of Islington.

• Stamford Hill Library, Portland Avenue, N16 6SB
• Stoke Newington Library, Stoke Newington Church Street, N16 0JS
• CLR James Library, 24-30 Dalston Lane, E8 3AZ
• Homerton Library, Homerton High Street, E9 6AS
• Hackney Archives, Rose Lipman Library, 43 De Beauvoir Road, N1 5SQ
• Hackney Central Library, 1 Reading Lane, E8 1GQ
• Shoreditch Library, 80 Hoxton Street, N1 6LP
• Clapton Neighbourhood Office/Hackney Homes, 136-142 Lower Clapton Road, E5 0QD

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Page updated: 22 Oct 2009