Plans are taking shape for a new recycling service to be rolled out from mid August until the end of November to Hackney Homes’ estates and high rise properties. Existing facilities, many of which have been on estates since 2003, will be removed and replaced with the new receptacles.

Where space allows, estates will have two large bins: one for paper, and the other for mixed recycling. The mixed recycling bank will be for tins, cans and aerosols, plastic bottles, cardboard and mixed glass all in together. Paper will be separated out to keep the quality high, so it can be reprocessed into premium paper products.

On estates where space is limited one recycling bin will be placed for mixed materials: collecting paper, tins, cans and aerosols, plastic bottles, cardboard and mixed glass which can all be put in together.

Cllr Alan Laing, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods said, “We know residents on estates wanted to be able to recycle more materials. We have now been able to provide a new style collection bank that includes plastic bottles and cardboard. The mixed recycling banks mean the many residents are having a significantly improved service with a 20% increase in the number of banks on estates.”

For those estates which contain street level properties within the grounds, a Green Box door to door collection will be implemented, subject to an assessment carried out by the Council’s recycling contractor.