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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

Garden waste recycling bags

If you have a garden waste collection permit you can ask for a reusable heavy duty bag for your garden waste. 

Due to very high demand there is a delay in delivery of reusable garden waste bags. We will deliver as soon as possible and your order will stay open until delivered. Garden waste can also be presented in open black bags in the meantime.

Please don’t overfill your bag with garden waste as it will become too heavy to lift safely.

Request a reusable garden waste bag by logging into or signing up for a My Islington account. 

Request bag

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