Mixed recycling
Recycling bin, normally with a green lid
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City of London bin collection dates
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Bins in City of London
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Food waste
Green communal food waste bin
Container details
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- Mixed recycling: Communal recycling bins in the car parks
- Mixed recycling: Golden Lane Estate
- Food waste: Communal food waste bins in the car parks
- Food waste: Golden Lane Estate
Container descriptions checked 18 September 2026.
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- Household hazardous waste collection guidanceCity of London Corporation
- Garden waste collectionsCity of London Corporation
- Food waste collectionsCity of London Corporation
Links checked 17 September 2026.
Missed bin or a problem
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Complaint routes verified 6 September 2026.
Local bins and recycling news
AI-generated summary, reviewed before publication. Checked 18 September 2026.
In guidance updated on 22 June 2026, the City of London Corporation states that food-waste collections cover all household properties. Residents are provided with a kitchen caddy and compostable liners.
Barbican, Golden Lane, Middlesex Street and Mansell Street estates have doorstep caddy collections; residents can also take food waste to their bin store. Most private blocks with bin stores use communal brown food bins. Street-collection properties have separate food-waste pickups on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 6–8pm. Where a bin store has no food bin, residents should check their arrangements with the council.
- Food waste - City of London — www.cityoflondon.gov.uk