Waste and recycling

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.

Towards a genuinely low-waste strategy for north London

15 January 2025

Two environmental groups have published their responses to a consultation on a draft version of a new waste strategy for north London. Enfield Climate Action Forum and Stop the Edmonton Incinerator Now both argue that the draft in its current form will not do enough to improve the amount of reusable materials that are recovered from household waste and relies too heavily on incineration, which by emitting greenhouse gases is exacerbating the climate emergency.

Incinerator campaigners condemn waste authority survey as 'disingenuous box-ticking'

23 August 2023

Environmental campaigners say that a survey of north London residents, designed to find out their views about managing waste in seven boroughs, is a 'box-ticking exercise' that fails to mention and ignores the negative economic and environmental consequences of building a large new incinerator in Edmonton. They accuse the waste authority of using flawed data to justify the project and instead call for advanced pre-sorting of waste to greatly reduce the need for incineration.

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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.

Which candidates have signed up to the Let's Talk Rubbish manifesto?

04 May 2022

Just under half of candidates standing for election to councils in north London have signed up to the commitments listed in a manifesto issued by a community group that campaigns for zero-waste policies across the seven boroughs that are represented on the North London Waste Authority.

Would-be councillors asked to commit to measures to reduce waste

19 April 2022

Candidates standing for election to seven north London councils next month have been signing up to a manifesto published by a community group concerned about poor recycling and reuse rates across the area.

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Talking trash: What do residents think about more and better recycling?

10 March 2022

A new survey of north London residents, launched this week, is asking us about how waste is collected from our homes, how well we think the current system works, our ideas for improvements, and what changes we would find acceptable if they meant that more of the items we no longer need could be recycled instead of being burnt.

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