The service information presented for the London Borough of Ealing was last updated in May 2008. Information was verified by borough contacts. The authors of this website are not responsible for any errors or omissions. Data relating to targets and performance is taken from Defra's Environment statistics.

Dry Recycling

Since June 1999, the London Borough of Ealing has supplied 95,000 properties with a weekly kerbside recycling collection service. Residents are provided with a green box for the collection of: 

• aerosols
• aluminium foil
• batteries (household and car)
• cardboard
• glass bottles and jars
• mixed cans
• motor oil
• paper
• plastic (all plastics except large items ie. garden furniture, toys and electrical items)
• plastic bags
• textiles and shoes
• yellow pages  

Residents are asked to place plastics separately from other recyclables as a different vehicle will be used to collect them.

Organics

Ealing council operates an all year round collection of both green garden waste and food waste to 95,000 households across the borough.  

Garden waste is collected in pink reusable waste sacks (due to completely replace the existing biodegradable pink sack scheme by spring 2008) and is collected on a weekly basis on the same day as recycling collections.

Ealing also provides a kitchen waste collection.  Residents are provided with a sealable 21 litre kitchen caddy which can be used for all biodegradable kitchen waste including:

• cooked and raw food
• dairy products
• egg shells
• meat and fish (including bones)
• tea bags and coffee grounds
• vegetable and fruit peelings

Newspaper is also acceptable in the food waste collection as residents are encouraged to use it to wrap food waste in or to line their caddy.  A split bodied compactor vehicle is used to collect garden waste (mixed plastics are collected in the other side) and food waste is collected in a specially adapted stillage vehicle.

Ealings estates recycling scheme provides bring recycling services for 17,000 households on estates excluded from the green box collection scheme. There are now 245 frame sets at 143 estates across the borough with separate wheelie bins for glass bottles and jars, paper and cans.

From November 19 2007, residents in a further 1,000 flats above shops and properties on red routes will take part in a six-month trial offering a mixed collection of dry recycling from home collection as the green box collection does not suite these properties. 

Household Reuse and Recycling Centre

There are three Reuse and Recycling Centres (RRC) in Ealing:

Acton Reuse and Recycling Centre
Stirling Road
Off Bollo Lane
Acton
W3 8DJ

Greenford Road Reuse and Recycling Centre
Greenford Road
Middlesex
UB6 9AP

Southall Reuse and Recycling Centre
Gordon Road
Southall
UB2 5QE

Click here for a list of materials accepted at the RRC.

Bring Banks

There are 53 neighbourhood recycling sites for the recycling of

• aerosols
• aluminium foil
• drinks cartons (at 5 sites)
• glass bottles and jars
• mixed cans
• paper
• plastic bottles
• textiles and shoes

Please note, not all materials collected at all sites. There are also five sites collecting tetrapak drinks cartons. All materials are collected in separate bins.

Home Composting

Ealing Council has been operating a home composting scheme since 1996, with the current partnership with WRAP having begun in early 2007.  220 and 330 litre compost bins are available to Ealing residents from £17 each. Telephone 0845 077 0757 for details on these offers or visit www.recyclenow.com/compost

14,000 compost bins have been supplied to date.

Real Nappies

Ealing Council has run a real nappy campaign for the last three years during Real Nappy Week.  Residents can visit www.ealing.gov.uk to find out more information on the benefits of using cotton nappies and nappy laundering services.

Junk Mail

Ealing supports the Mailing Preference Service (MPS), a service that householders can register with to reduce the amount of junk mail they receive. For more information or to register with the Mailing Preference Service please call 0845 070 0707 or visit www.mpsonline.org.uk.

Ealing also provides no junk mail stickers for residents' use.

Shopping

Ealing distributes cloth shopping bags to residents.

Bulky Waste

Householders can take their unwanted fridges to Greenford Road or Southall Reuse and Recycling Centre for free. For those without transport, a collection can be arranged at a cost of £15 per fridge or freezer (from June 2008 these will be collected free of charge). Please see the contact details at the bottom of this page to arrange a collection.

Other white goods such as cookers, and washing machines can be taken to any of the Reuse and Recycling Centres and will be sent for scrap metal recycling.  A special collection for bulky items can be arranged at a cost of £20 for up to eight items (fridges are not included in this service).

Acton Recycling Community is a small local group that will collect unwanted furniture as well as brick-a-brac and clothing for reuse. To arrange a collection please call 020 8896 1248.

Furnish Community Furniture Store also collect unwanted furniture in good reusable condition. To arrange a collection please call 020 8969 3332 or email furnish@sbha.co.uk.

Residents can also take furniture to Greenford Road Reuse and Recycling Centre. Shaftesbury Resources collects the unwanted second hand furniture and distributes it to those on low income within the M25 area.

Ealing operates a bulky waste collection service.  For details please go to: http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/environment/refuse_collection/collection_of_bulky_items/

Public Place Recycling

Commuter recycling bins for newspapers and magazines were installed in October 2005 outside most tube and train stations in the borough. The bins have been funded by the London Recycling Fund and London Remade.

Schools Recycling

240 litre wheelie bins or a large 1100 litre container are provided for paper recycling. Drinks cans are also collected from some schools. Compost bins are available free of charge to schools on request.

Residual Waste

Residual household waste is collected weekly from the kerbside using black sacks, wheeled bins or communal bins.

Commercial waste and recycling

A commercial waste collection is provided although as yet no commercial waste recycling collection service exists.  However businesses can bring green waste for recycling to Greenford Reuse and Recycling centre at a discount on the normal rate.  This applies to loads comprising 100% garden waste only (no trees, soil, fallen fruit or plastic bags). The garden waste discount rate will be £45 per tonne (inc VAT). Please note a minimum charge of £9.90 (inc VAT) applies.

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Contact Ealing Address: Ealing Council Recycling Team Perceval House 14 – 16 Uxbridge Road Ealing W5 2HL  Tel: 020 8825 6000 Email:  stuart.pohler@ealing.gov.uk Recycling Team: Stuart Pohler (Section manger – waste minimisation and recycling) Catherina Holmes (Waste minimisation and recycling officer)