Carpet

You can dispose of this at one of north London's reuse and recycling centres (RRC) or make use of your local council's bulky collection service.

You can also take reusable DIY waste to one of our DIY reuse points (opens in a new window) at South Access Road Reuse and Recycling Centre in Waltham Forest or Summers Lane Reuse and Recycling Centre in Barnet.

Update on carpet recycling, October 2026

In 2024, carpet brought to some of our recycling centres was part of a recycling scheme, recycling around 317 tonnes of carpet per year. However, in the autumn of 2026, the company that was taking the carpet for recycling told us they could no longer accept it. We hope that we will find a new carpet recycler that can accept north London carpet. In the meantime, some of the carpet brought to recycling centres may need to be disposed of at an energy-from-waste facility, rather than being recycled.

We will provide further updates on this webpage when we know more.