What happens to everything that goes into your recycling bin?

We do get a lot of enquiries about what happens to everything that goes into the recycling bins in Lewisham. Whilst we take great efforts to explain what happens to all the materials that go into the recycling bins, there are some people that aren’t convinced that a mechanised process can deal with sifting and [...]

Supermarkets can now take plastic film for recycling

One question we often get asked is about recycling carrier bags and film, at the moment in Lewisham we can’t currently accept this type of plastic in our kerbside collection. However there is now another option – Supermarket stores which collect plastic bags for recycling will now accept clean plastic film packaging (such as bread [...]

Why can’t I recycle ….

A question we often get asked as recycling officers is “Why can’t I recycle certain items?”   In this posting I’m going to explain why we can’t recycle a couple of items that we most commonly get asked about – and what the alternative uses are for these items.       Mixed Plastics There are a couple [...]

What happens to my recycling?

This is a question that we often get asked, some people even ask if what they place in their green bins gets recycled at all!   Well the answer to this is … yes it does! Lewisham use a method called “co-mingled collection” for our recycling services. This essentially means that as a resident you can [...]

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