Recycling in Redbridge

I found my way to Tesco's again this evening and learnt my nearest recycle centre is only 0.5 miles from my house. I took along some empty cans, glass and plastic bottles with me. To my surprise, Tesco's has a really good recycle centre. They don't only recycle the obvious but they go further and even recycle shoes and clothes. Although it's -1°C in Redbridge right now, there were a few families doing their recycling. It was pretty awesome to see that people here, do actually take recycling seriously and to see that they are doing their bit for the planet as consumers too.

Here are some pictures of my local recycling centre.

Almost all household waste can be recycled here. If anything that can't be is probably waste of food. I'd like to see a facility where food wastage could be recycled too.

Other than the recycling centre at Tesco's, Redbridge council collects our recylcing boxes every Fridays.

Overall, there are over 70 recycling sites in Redbridge. Redbridge's recycle centre allows the following wastages to be recycled separately;

How impressive!

• Aluminium foil
• Batteries - NEW!
• Bulky items
• Cans (food and drink) 
• Car batteries
• Cardboard (all types)
• Ceramics (e.g toilets, sinks)
• Cooking oil
• Electrical goods (e.g TVs, computers)
• Flourescent light bulbs
• Fridges and freezers
• Furniture
• Garden waste
• Glass bottles and jars
• Hard plastics (e.g garden furniture, kids toys)
• Hardcore and Rubble
• Paint
• Paper
• Plastic bottles (e.g detergents, drinks bottles)
• Printer Cartridges
• Rubble
• Scrap metal
• Shoes
• Soil and Sand
• Televisions and monitors
• Tetrapak cartons (juice cartons)
• Textiles
• Tins
• Tyres
• Used engine oil
• Washing Machines, dryers and dishwashers
• White goods (e.g fridges, freezers)
• Wood and timber
• Yellow pages (now also accepted in the recycling box)
  http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/parking_rubbish_and_streets/rubbish_and_recycling/recycling_reducing_reusing/reuse_and_recycling_centres.aspx