Recyling on estates and high rise properties
All estates and high rise properties have access to general recycling facilities. There are a number of trials taking place on certain estates to determine the best method for collecting recycling from these properties.
Estates programmes
Trial A
Trial B
Trial C
Estates - all
Private apartments
ELCRP door to door food waste collection
Estates food waste take down to the bank trial
RSL trial with food waste and dry recyclables
Trial A
Residents are supplied with a roll of 26 orange sacks, which are collected from their door. The orange sack is 80 litres in capacity and is collected on a weekly basis.
Materials accepted in the orange sack:
- Paper CardboardTins & cans
- Brown glass
- Plastic bottles
- Clear glass
- Green glass
The recycling facilities on site are either one or two large bins that can have all the recyclable materials put in together.
Estates participating in Trial A
- Colville
- Cranston
- Hobbs
- Morris Blitz
- Morris House
- New Kingshold
- Northwold
- Regents
- Summit
- Trelawney
- Trowbridge
- William Sutton
- Windsor Terrace
- Woodberry Downs
If you are a resident participating in this trial, and require more orange sacks, please phone the recycling hotline.
Trial B
Residents on this trial have a door to door collection. A green heavy duty bag is the receptacle for this scheme and it holds 47 litres of recycling. This bag is collected weekly by the recycling collection crew.
Materials accepted in the green bag:
- Paper
- Tins & cans
- Glass bottles & jars
- Plastic bottles
- Cardboard
The on site recycling facilities have not been changed; they are still five wheeled bins for separate materials.
Estates participating in Trial B
- Aspland
- Banister House
- Beckers
- Beecholme
- Bethune, Fairholt
- Downs
- Gascoyne Estate
- Gooch House
- Holmleigh
- Hunsden
- Landfield
- Lincoln Court
- Marcon
- Morningside
- New Era
- Newcomb House
- Nightingale
- Nisbet House
- Rhodes
- Tower Gardens
- Webb Estate
and Sandford
If you are a resident participating in Trial B and would like another green bag, please phone the recycling hotline to request one.
Trial C
Residents on this trial do not have a door to door collection, but have onsite recycling banks that can have all the recyclable materials put in together.
Residents may like to continue using their green bag to carry their recyclables down to the on site recycling facilities.
Materials accepted in the on site containers:
- Paper
- Tins & cans
- Glass bottles & jars
- Plastic bottles
- Cardboard
Estates participating in Trial C
- Clapton Park
- Frampton Park
- Jack Dunning
- Kingsmead
- Marian Court
- Nye Bevan
- Pembury
- St Johns
- Stamford Hill
- Stanway
- The Mount
- Valette
Estates - General (for those estates not participating in any trials)
Residents living on estates and high rise properties that are not participating in the trials are entitled to recycling facilities. Five wheelie bins are fixed in a lockable frame, clearly labelled to accept the following materials:
- Tins & cans
- Paper, newspaper and magazines
- Glass bottles & jars
Each bin holds 240 litres of recycling, and is emptied weekly by the recycling crew.
Recycling frames can be added to new build properties subject to there being space for the bins, and access for the vehicle. On private estates, frames may be added, subject to assessment and approval from the recycling team.
Private apartments
Residents living in private apartments have access to the same facilities as general estates, recycling three colours of glass, paper and magazines, tins and cans.If you are in a private apartment and don't currently have any facilities, please contact us and a member of the team will assess the property and arrange appropriate facilities.
Estates - food waste collections on selected estates
ELCRP collects kitchen scraps door to door on selected estates. The kitchen scraps are composted on site at ELCRP, all compost produced is used back on the estates.
Residents participating in this scheme are given 10 litre green kitchen caddies to collect kitchen scraps in. Residents should place the green caddy outside their front door on their weekly collection day.
Materials accepted in the green caddy:
- Fruit
- Tea bags
- Bread and pasta
- Egg shells
- Raw vegetables
- Cooked vegetables
- Cooked meat
- Cooked fish
- All cooked food
No thanks
- Plastic bags
- Raw meat and fish
- Bones
- Tins & cans
- Glass
- Paper
Estates participating in the food waste collections:
- Aspland
- Banister
- Beckers
- Beecholme
- Downs
- Gascoyne 1&2 Ferron
- Gooch
- Holmleigh Rd
- Hunsden Estate
- Landfield
- Lincoln Co
- Lordship North
- Marcon
- Newcombe and
- Nightingale
- Rhodes
- Webb
Food waste recycling bank trial on 5000 estates and high rise properties
This project will collect kitchen waste from 5000 households on estates and private apartments in Hackney.
Residents are issued with a 10 litre kitchen caddy and compostable liners. Residents then take their kitchen waste to the kitchen waste recycling bin located on site, near existing recycling facilities. The on site food containers will be emptied up to three times a week by the recycling crew. Residents can recycle:
Yes
- Fruit
- Bread and pasta
- Raw vegetables
- Cooked meat
- All cooked food
- Tea bags
- Egg shells
- Cooked vegetables
- Cooked fish
No
- Plastic bags
- Raw meat and fish
- Bones
- Tins & cans
- Glass
- Paper
Estates and high rise properties participating in this trial include:
- All Nations House
- Amber Wharf
- Amwell Court Estate
- Arden Estate
- Avenue House
- Avon House
- Belgrade House
- Boscobel House
- Burma Court Estate
- Charles Burton Court
- Clissold Court
- Crawshay House
- De Beauvoir Estate
- Eagle Mansions
- Hawksley Court Estate
- Herbert Butler Estate
- Ickburgh Estate
- Lea View Estate
- Medway House
- Norfolk House
- Old Kingshold Estate
- Pitfield Estate 1
- Portland Rise Estate
- Queen Elizabeths Close
- Scholars Yard
- Shacklewell House
- Shellgrove Estate
- Shore Estate
- Somerford Grove Estate
- St Phillips Estate
- The Colonades
- Whitmore Estate
- Wilton Estate
Estates - RSL collections trial
The recycling team and six registered social landlords are carrying out door to door recycling collections on selected estates for a 12 month period, which started 2 July 2007.
Food waste is collected in a 10 litre green kitchen caddy, whilst other recyclables are collected in a 47 litre heavy duty green bag. Residents should place the green bag and the green caddy outside their front door on their weekly collection day.
Materials accepted
Green bag
- Aerosols
- Brown glass
- (bottles & jars)
- Clear glass
- (bottles & jars)
- Green glass
- (bottles & jars)
- Plastic bottles
- Tins & cans
- Paper
- Cardboard
Green caddy
Yes
- Fruit
- Bread and pasta
- Raw vegetables
- Cooked meat
- All cooked food
- Tea bags
- Egg shells
- Cooked vegetables
- Cooked fish
No
- Plastic bags
- Raw meat and fish
- Bones
- Tins & cans
- Glass
- Paper
This is a trial and is only available for a 12 month period to the following estates:
- 58 Mapledene
- All Saints Court
- Amhurst Park Estate
- Aspen Court House
- Chow Square
- Clissold Estate
- Dalston Lane Estate
- Geneva Court
- George Downing
- Hindle House Estate
- Keates Estate Estate
- Kennaway Estate
- Kingsland Green
- Lyme Grove House
- Mabel Thornton
- Samuel Lewis Estate
- Shakespeare House
- St. Andrew's House
- Stoke Newington
- St. Peter's House
- Upcott House
- Whiston House
Page updated: 14 Mar 2008