Council Services

What goes in your blue top recycling bin (and what mustn't)

12 March 2025

A recent Enfield Council video has information and warnings about how to use your blue top recycling bin.

Independence and peace of mind for 83p a day

09 October 2024

Enfield Safe and Connected telecare 24/7 emergency monitoring and response service can provide independence and peace of mind if you feel vulnerable, have a long-term health condition or have a disability.

Survey: Your thoughts on single-use plastics and switching to reusable alternatives

17 April 2024

Enfield Council and the North London Waste Authority are conducting a survey to find out what residents think about single-use plastics and switching to reusable alternatives.

Need a computer buddy? PG library has just the right person!

03 October 2023

Do you need help with something on the computer? Or does someone you know? Well, that help is at hand. Palmers Green Library now has a new Computer Buddy, who's available to help between 2pm and 4pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Changes to waste collections and other council services next week

13 September 2022

Monday 19th September will be a bank holiday to mark the Queen's state funeral. Waste collections during the week will be put back by one day.

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Palmers Green ward facts and figures

07 August 2022

Enfield Council has published interim statistical profiles for the new wards that came into effect in May this year, plus an updated version of the borough profile. The profiles contain demographic, environmental and socioeconomic factors, and comparisons with borough-wide, London-wide and national averages

Exhibiting the new-look Dugdale Centre

08 June 2022

A three-month open-air exhibition at town centre locations around the borough will reveal how the Dugdale Centre will look when it reopens in the winter.

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Survey finds strong support for more recycling and opposition to incinerators

04 May 2022

An overwhelming majority of north London residents who responded to a recent survey are in favour of a waste strategy that does not include incineration and favour a significant increase in recycling and reuse.

Christmas and New Year waste, recycling and Christmas tree collections

09 December 2020

Details of revised collection dates for rubbish and recycling are available on the council website. There are several ways you can dispose of real Christmas trees - you can put them in your green garden waste bin, take them to a park, book an appointment at Barrowell Green or book a kerbside collection in advance - booking is already open.

Council responds to alternative proposals for the Dugdale Centre

01 November 2020

Enfield Council has rejected the Enfield Society's alternative proposals for the future of the Dugdale Centre, claiming that the £20,000 that the Society was offering to donate will not offset the hundreds of thousands of pounds a year savings that the council's plans will provide.

Dugdale changes: A better (and cheaper) alternative?

13 October 2020

In March, despite protests, Enfield's cabinet agreed to go ahead with a plan to set up a centralised children and families hub on the first and second floors, despite, it seems, not having identified a suitable new home for the borough's well regarded archives and local history library. Ever since local the Enfield Society and other civic sector organisations have been seeking in vain to enter into satisfactory dialogue with the council about this. They have now published an alternative plan which, they say, would not only allow the museum and archives to remain at the Dugdale, along with conference facilities and rooms for hire by community organisations, but would actually save more money than the council's proposal.

Changes to waste and recycling collection services

08 September 2020

Enfield Council is making changes to arrangements for collection of waste and recyclables. Aluminium foil and carrier bags can now be recycled, but from 5th October households will no longer be able to put out extra bags of general waste.

Cuts to London youth services continuing

02 August 2020

Sian Berry, one of two Green members of the London Assembly, has issued her fifth report on cuts to youth services in the capital. Her data shows that, after nearly a decade of austerity, councils in London are still feeling forced to take money out of vital youth services with a further £2.2m removed. Enfield's youth services budget for 2019-20 amounted to a mere 14 per cent of the amount budgeted for 2011-12.

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Update on Barrowell Green recycling centre

14 July 2020

As of 6th July Barrowell Green recycling centre has been accepting a wider range of items for recycling or disposal. It remains obligatory to have an appointment and there is still no pedestrian access.