New Recycling Location Opens in Northolt

Will take hard to recycle items such as Pringles tubes and snack wrappers

Cllr Deirdre Costigan at the new recycling facility

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March 16, 2023

A new facility has been set up close to Northolt Library which allows residents to recycle some products which aren’t accepted in regular collections.

Some household waste such as Pringles® tubes, toothbrushes, biscuit and snack wrappers and other product packaging are not usually accepted in council kerbside recycling collections across the UK because they are comprised of complex materials that make the recycling process more difficult.

But now, a new drop-off location for these hard-to-recycle items has opened at Northolt Library car park on Church Road (UB5 5AS). As well reducing the amount of waste that potentially goes to landfill, residents using the facility will be helping raise funds for Heartlink, the Mayor of Ealing’s chosen charity of the year.

Since last May, a trial scheme has provided facilities at Greenford re-use and recycling centre to recycle several items not currently suitable for your blue bin as part of a partnership with TerraCycle. This has been extended for six months with the new location added from which waste can be taken away to be recycled at a specialist facility..

Councillor Deidre Costigan, deputy leader of the council and cabinet member for climate action, said, “We are one of the top performing boroughs in London when it comes to recycling, but we want to keep getting even better.”

“These products use complex packaging that can’t be broken down as part of normal council kerbside collections, but we aren’t letting that stop us. We are pleased to expand on the partnership with TerraCycle so that Ealing residents can prevent more rubbish going to landfill, and help us tackle the climate crisis. And on top of that, every bag of rubbish dropped off by residents will earn the council TerraCycle points that can be redeemed as monetary donations for Heartlink.”

You can simply turn up at Northolt Library, or book a time slot for your visit to Greenford re-use and recycling centre to recycle these products.

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