We now collect plastics as part of our kerbside collection.
Plastics for recycling should be placed in your white plastics sack and will be collected on your normal collection day on alternate weeks.
Please refer to you collection calendar to find out when we will be collecting your plastics recycling.
We will only collect and recycle the items listed below:
Plastic bottles (please remove lids)
Plastic tubs
Yoghurt pots
Carrier bags
Plastic trays
We do not collect cellophane, cling film or wrapping.
Please rinse and squash all plastic packaging as this will give additional capacity in your sack. The size of the sack has been based on the average amount of plastic produced by the average household per week and should give enough capacity for two weeks worth of plastics.
Collection of plastics sack
Collection of household plastic recycling is on alternate weeks ie plastic waste will be collected one week and garden waste the next. Please refer to your collection calendar for specific dates that we will be collecting your plastics recycling.
Please place your sack out before 7am on your collection day, at the boundary of your property, clearly visible to the crew from the road (not on the pavement).
Plastic can still be taken to the various sites around the borough, which continue to take mixed household plastic for recycling. There are about 50 different groups of plastics with hundreds of different varieties. These are usually split into 1 of 7 categories and can often be identified by a number on the bottom of the packaging.
The sites in Hounslow take most household plastic packaging. Please wash and squash your plastics.
Three quarters of plastic packaging placed in the banks is recycled into a raw material to be used again for manufacturing. The remaining 25% is used for making RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) pellets.
Reducing plastic packaging waste
When out shopping try to buy items with reduced amounts of plastic packaging or items made from recycled plastic.
Plastic suitable for recycling:
bottles - washing-up liquids, fabric softener and detergents, toiletries such as shampoo and bubble bath, fizzy drinks, mineral water, squash, juice and milk
food containers - yogurt pots, margarine tubs, fruit and vegetable punnets, ready meal and cooked meat trays
Other plastics - lids, utensils, disposable cups, toothpaste tubes, carrier bags and bin liners
Contact us
Email: recycling@hounslow.gov.uk
Tel: 020 8583 5555
Waste Management Team
London Borough of Hounslow
Civic Centre
Lampton Road
Hounslow
TW3 4DN
