The service information presented for the London Borough of Sutton was last updated in March 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

Sutton operates a fortnightly kerbside collection service to 64,000 households. Residents can recycle:

• aerosols
• cardboard
• mixed cans
• paper
• plastic bottles
• yellow pages

The Council provides 140 or 240 litre green wheeled bins. From June 2008 a borough wide kerbside glass bottle and jar recycling service will be provided using a plastic box for storage of the glass items before collection.  

Organic

Each year the borough provides a fortnightly collection for green garden waste between April and December to 61,000 households. Residents are given two reusable sacks and can purchase additional sacks for a charge of £1 each from council offices. From June 2008 the Council will be offering a year round service for garden waste using reusable jute sacks. This will be a chargeable service at £35 per year Residents must leave open sacks at the edge of their property by 7am on collection days. The sack is emptied and returned to its point of collection, with no restriction on the number of sacks that residents can put out. Residents may place grass cuttings, small twigs/woody waste, hedge trimmings, dead plants/weeds, garden prunings, branches no larger than 20cms and leaves in their sacks.

Food waste is collected weekly from 3,000 households in the borough.  Residents collect their food waste including meat in a small caddy, which is collected by a specialist vehicle.

Dry Recycling

Sutton provides mini recycling sites to 99% of its residents living in flats and aims to increase this to 99.4% during 2008/9.  Residents can recycle the following materials:

• aerosols
• cardboard
• paper
• plastic bottles
• yellow pages

Household Reuse and Recycling Centres

There is one Reuse and Recycling Centre (RRC) in Sutton:  

Reuse and Recycling Centre 
Kimpton Park Way
(off Oldfields Road A217)
Sutton
SM3 9QH

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

Bring Banks

Bring banks are provided at 260 sites across the borough where residents can recycle:

• aerosols
• books
• cardboard
• drinks cartons
• glass bottles and jars
• mixed cans
• media
• paper
• plastic bottles
• shoes
• textiles

Not all materials are accepted at all sites. Materials are collected separately.

For information on how to participate, click here!

Home Composting

From April 2008 to March 2009 Sutton will be a working with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to offer all households in the borough a free home composter. Residents will be able to purchase a further composter at a subsidised price of £17 (220L compost converter), £20 (330 litre compost converter), £40 (KOMP 250L) and £4 (kitchen caddy). 

Nappy Waste

Sutton promotes the use of real nappies to residents as an alternative to disposables.  They offer a cash back incentive scheme of up to £35 for parents who spend £150 or over.

Scrap Store

The Squirrels Scrap Store is a resource centre for educational and community groups. It collects and then displays donated waste and surplus materials from businesses, which are then offered as craft materials for activities run by local schools and community groups following the payment of a subscription. Subscription fees range from as little as £35 to £100 for 500 children for one year’s use of the centre. For more information please call 020 8641 1881.

Bulky Waste

White goods can be taken to the Kimpton Park Way Reuse and Recycling Centre or a special collection can be arranged. For a list of charges for individual items please call Sutton’s Call Centre on 020 8770 5070.

Sutton works with a local charity, The Arc, Croydon to facilitate the reuse of furniture that is in good condition and meets fire regulations. The furniture is passed on to families and others on low incomes. There is a charge for collection. Please contact Sutton’s Call Centre on 020 8770 5070 for details.

Residual Waste

Residual household waste is collected from the kerbside on a weekly basis.  Residents are provided with a brown wheeled bin for collection.

Commercial Waste

The Council collects commercial waste from approximately 1,000 businesses. Paper and cardboard for recycling is also collected from 100 businesses in one district and the Council anticipates extending this to it’s busy Sutton Town Centre as soon as funding becomes available.

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Contact Sutton Address: 24 Denmark Rd Carshalton Surrey SM5 2JG   Tel: 020 8770 6248 Email: penny.spirling@sutton.gov.uk   Recycling Team: Penny Spirling (Recycling Manager)