40 Hornsey Street Islington London N7 8HU United Kingdom
Monday
8am - 8pm
Tuesday
8am - 8pm
Wednesday
8am - 8pm
Thursday
8am - 8pm
Friday
8am - 8pm
Saturday
8am - 8pm
Sunday and bank holidays*
8.30am - 8pm
*Closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The site is also occasionally closed for short periods of time during operational hours to allow containers to be moved or changed.
Please allow enough time to unload your rubbish and recycling before our site closes. If you arrive 15 minutes before closing time with lots of items to unload, or there is a queue of cars ahead of you, you will not be allowed in.
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Barrier in operation at entrance
From Wednesday 20 November, a barrier will be in operation for vehicles entering the reuse and recycling centre. This helps us to manage traffic.
Restrictions on hardcore, rubble, soil and stones
Each north London household can take DIY waste capable of fitting into two 50 litre bags, four times in any four week period. This includes concrete, brick, stones, pebbles, sand and gravel.
What you can bring
You can bring lots of things to our reuse and recycling centres. Use the search function below to check before you visit.
Please note that you cannot bring the following
Restrictions on hardcore, rubble, soil and stones
Each north London household can take DIY waste capable of fitting into two 50 litre bags, four times in any four week period. This includes concrete, brick, stones, pebbles, sand and gravel.
Household and garden chemicals
Household and garden chemicals are not accepted at this site. The City of London provides a free hazardous waste collection service for residents in north London. For advice on hazardous waste such as household and garden chemicals please contact the City of London on 020 7332 3433 or visit their household hazardous waste webpage.
Tyres
Tyres are not accepted at this site.
Solvent-based paint
While leftover water-based paint is accepted for reuse at Hornsey Street RRC (read more on our Paint reuse webpage), solvent-based waste paint is classed as hazardous waste so needs to be handled by a specialist contractor. To dispose of solvent-based paint, please contact the City of London on 020 7332 3433 or visit their hazardous waste webpage to organise a free collection from your home.
Site rules
There is a 1.75m height restriction barrier in use at this site. The height barrier will be opened for cars above this height, along with vans booked in as per the van procedure.
Pedestrian access: Residents bringing waste on foot or by bike to Hornsey Street RRC should take the material to the pedestrian drop-off point at the Hornsey Street depot entrance. This drop-off point is only in operation during the opening hours stated above.
For practical and safety reasons, we cannot accept the following items at the pedestrian drop-off point:
commercial batteries (for example, emergency lighting batteries)
cooking oil
gas bottles and canisters
general household rubbish
hazardous waste including asbestos
household or garden chemicals
large appliances
large items of furniture
light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
mixed household recycling
paint
soil or rubble
tyres
Alternatively, pedestrians may use any public mixed recycling points (which take paper, glass, cans, plastic bottles and cardboard) including those on the corner of Caledonian Road and Cottage Road, opposite Caledonian Road tube station.
Book a visit for van or trailer
If you are coming in a van, trailer or stripped vehicle, you need to book in advance using our van booking system. This includes any vehicle without seats fitted in the back including minibuses with seats removed and crew cab type (pick-up) vehicles.
Trade (commercial) waste is not accepted at any of our RRCs. However, we have created a list of some local facilities that do accept trade waste. Please note that this list has been provided in good faith, but should not be taken as exhaustive or as an endorsement of the companies listed.
Other information and services
Paint for reuse
Leftover water-based paint is accepted for reuse at Hornsey Street RRC. This leftover paint is also available for residents to take away for free from our sites. You can read more about how and why paint can be reused on our Paint reuse webpage. However we cannot accept solvent-based waste paint, which is classed as hazardous (see 'solvent-based paint' under 'materials not accepted' above).
Asbestos
North London residents can dispose of cement-bonded asbestos at the site for disposal in deep landfill. You must pre-book with the site if you are planning to drop off asbestos. Email hornseystrandr@londonenergyltd.com or call 07557 205 292 to make an appointment.
Site staff will need to:
Check that there is enough space in the asbestos container
Know how much asbestos you need to dispose of
Before taking the asbestos waste to the RRC, please ensure that it is double wrapped in thick polythene sheeting and fully sealed with strong tape, or alternatively, that small pieces are sealed in thick plastic sacks. You should take care not to break any material into pieces to fit into a bag. Under no circumstances should you use a saw or disc cutter to reduce the size of the sheets as this will generate asbestos dust.
You can bring hard plastic items (such as garden furniture, children’s toys, UPVC windows etc) to our reuse and recycling centres. However, we have recently had to stop our hard plastics recycling scheme, so these items will be treated as general waste and sent to our energy recovery facility. This is because our recycling processor recently advised us the UK doesn’t currently have the processing capacity to recycle hard plastics, due to high energy prices and an oversupply of cheaper imported plastic products. We will continue to look for a market for these items in case it is possible for us to resume the scheme.
Furniture reuse
Furniture provided at this RRC goes to the Reuse shop, located within the Kings Road RRC, Waltham Forest, where they are inspected and safety checked. Items in the shop are priced affordably offering residents the opportunity to get an item they need or want for a fraction of the cost if purchased new.
Furniture such as upholstered furniture without a fire label, with missing parts, damage that may make the item unsafe or which fail the quality inspection for any other reason will not be accepted at the shop but will be sent for recycling where possible.
