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Access Islington – council tax enquiries

Due to technical issues, Access Islington is currently unable to help with council tax queries over the phone or at our hubs.

You can still manage your council tax online through My Islington, including viewing your bill and making payments.

We’re working to resolve this as quickly as possible and are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you need to speak to someone about council tax, please try again later.

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Mixed dry recycling

You can recycle most plastic, paper and cardboard, glass, and metal tins and cans at home.

Put these in your recycling bin

  • plastic bottles, tubs, trays and containers
  • glass jars and bottles
  • tins, cans, tin foil and empty aerosol cans
  • Tetra Pak and cartons
  • paper and cardboard that is clean and dry

Empty and rinse all containers before putting them in the recycling bin.

Put these in your rubbish bin

Do not put them in your recycling bin.

  • black plastic bags
  • nappies
  • tissues

How to recycle other items

Check the A to Z to find out how to recycle items such as:

  • batteries: hidden batteries inside electricals can spark dangerous fires when crushed in bin lorries and recycling centres. Battery fires also endanger lives and cause serious environmental and health risks. Recycling batteries - Can it be recycled?
  • plastic film
  • electrical items
  • textiles and clothing
  • food waste
  • hazardous waste

Recycling in small spaces 

Struggling with recycling space at home? Read our tips on making it work.

Collections

Check when and how to put recycling out for collection.

Request a recycling container.

Check items by material

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