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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Recycling and rubbish container guide

Which containers to use for your recycling and rubbish.

  1. Clear bags for mixed recycling
  2. Communal bins
  3. Green boxes for mixed recycling
  4. Food waste recycling containers
  1. Garden waste recycling bags
  2. Wheelie bins
  3. Compost bins

Clear bags for mixed household recycling

Residents in flats above a business, and premises with no storage space in front of their properties and no communal recycling container(s) can collect a free roll of recycling bags from libraries and other collection points.

Recycling bags should only contain mixed household recycling.

Collect your free recycling bags

Libraries

Please see your local libraries for opening times and contact details.

Community centres

  • Brickworks Community Centre, 42 Crouch Hill, London N4 4BY: Monday to Friday 8am to -9pm, Saturday 8am to 4pm, Sunday 8am to 6pm
  • Elizabeth House Community Centre, 2 Hurlock Street, London N5 1ED – Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm
  • Jean Stokes Community Centre, Coatbridge House, Carnoustie Drive, London N1 0DX: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
  • Mildmay Community Centre, Woodville Road London N16 8NA – Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm 
  • Vibast Centre, 167 Old Street, London. EC1V 9NH – Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm

Concierge offices

  • Andover Estate Noll House, Corker Walk, N7 7RX 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10am – 2am (Fri and Sat)
  • Bemerton Orkney House, 195-199 Caledonian Road, N1 0AF 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10am – 2am (Fri and Sat)
  • Finsbury Estate Michael Cliffe House, Skinner Street, EC1R 0WX 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10:30am – 2.30am (Fri and Sat)
  • Harvist Estate Talbot House, 78 Hornsey Road, N7 7LT 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10am – 2am (Fri and Sat)
  • Kings Square Turnpike House, 240 Goswell Road, EC1V 7PE 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10:30am – 2.30am (Fri and Sat)
  • Kestrel House Pickard Street, EC1V 8EN, 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10:30am – 2.30am (Fri and Sat)
  • Peregrine House Hall Street, EC1V 7PS 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10:30am – 2.30am (Fri and Sat)
  • Pleydell Estate Grayson House, 5 Radnor Street, EC1V 3SR 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10:30am – 2.30am (Fri and Sat)
  • St. Luke’s Estate Godfrey House, 45 Bath Street, EC1V 9ES 8am to Midnight every day
  • Weston Rise 187 Pentonville Road, N1 9NZ 8am to Midnight (Sun to Thurs) and 10am – 2am (Fri and Sat)

We do not deliver recycling bags.

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