Newham: which bins go out tonight?
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What Newham collects
Mixed recycling or cans
Recycling (green bins with orange lids and orange sacks)
What goes in:
- Card sleeves
- Cardboard boxes (polystyrene removed)
- Cereal boxes
- Egg boxes
- Greetings cards (without glitter)
- Cartons (NEW)
- Brochures and leaflets
- Junk mail and envelopes
- Newspapers and magazines
- Telephone directories
- Other white household paper
- Fizzy drink and water bottles
- Plastic detergent and shampoo bottles
- Cleaning bottles
- Plastic milk bottles
- Yoghurt pots
- Plastic punnets and trays
- Aluminium and steel cans
- Drink cans and tins
- Food tins and cans
- Metal lids
- Empty aerosol cans (i.e. deodorant sprays)
- Aluminium tubes (NEW)
- Milk bottles
- Wine and beer bottles
- Perfume bottles
- Glass jars i.e. sauces
- Scrunched up tin foil
- Tin foil food trays
What doesn't go in:
- Large items of waste
- Garden waste
- Materials which may be harmful to health, such as chemicals, some paints, poisons
- Clinical waste such as syringes and dressings
- Greasy pizza boxes (ripped off clean lids are fine)
- Books, tissues, wet wipes
- Textiles and shoes
- Poisons
Source: www.newham.gov.uk · www.newham.gov.uk
Garden waste
green and garden waste bags
What goes in:
- Grass cuttings
- Leaves
- Prunings
- Trimmings
- Small branches
- Flowers
- Bark
- Twigs
- Weeds
- Wood shavings
- Straw
- Real Christmas trees (without pots or decorations)
- Or just any type of ‘green’ garden waste
What doesn't go in:
- Japanese knotweed
- Soil or sand
- Flower pots
- Large branches
- Piles of green waste not in bags / secure bundles.
Newham says: Available to Newham residents only. Available to residential properties only. Runs annually from 1 March to 31 October. For Landlords and Managing Agents: Green Garden Waste must be booked as Landlord Bulky Waste. Waste must be contained in black plastic bags. Up to six bags per collection. Each collection must be booked in advance. Put your green and garden waste contained in black plastic bags in your front garden as soon as you’ve booked your collection. Please make sure you tie the black bags securely before you put them out for collection. Please don’t put your green and garden waste bags out before you have booked a collection. Please do not leave the green and garden waste bags on pavements. If you do not have a front garden, leave your green and garden waste bags next to your rubbish bin, ensuring it does not block paths or pavements. Make sure your green and garden waste bags are clearly visible and can be safely removed. If your green and garden waste is not placed out in time for collection, it will not be collected. You will need to book a new collection to ensure proper disposal.
Source: www.newham.gov.uk · www.newham.gov.uk · www.newham.gov.uk
What Newham says about bin day
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Newham says greasy pizza boxes can't go in the recycling, but a clean ripped-off lid is fine.
From Newham's website (checked 2026-10-18)
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Newham says no shredded paper with the mixed paper in your recycling.
From Newham's website (checked 2026-10-18)
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Newham says glass for recycling should be clean and dry, with no broken glass.
From Newham's website (checked 2026-10-18)
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