Did you know?

• Greenwich sorts and separates all its mixed dry recycling material within the borough, at the Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Nathan Way.
  
  
• The MRF in Greenwich is the most up-to-date in the entire country!
  
  
• In 2006/07, Greenwich recycled and composted 24,600 tonnes of household waste. This is over 23.5 per cent of all household waste.
  
  
• Cans, cardboard, paper, plastic and glass make up about 42 per cent of your household waste.
  
  
• About 35 per cent of the household waste you produce is from the kitchen or garden.
  
  
• Over 91 per cent of Greenwich residents are participating in the kerbside mixed dry recycling scheme.
  
  
• The MRF cost £8 million to build. The Council built it in partnership with Veolia Environmental Services.
  
  
• Greenwich Council offices take part in the same mixed dry recycling scheme as residents – we practise what we preach.
  
  
• The garden and food waste collection service was introduced in 2008. The Council is expecting this new service to divert 17,000 tonnes of waste from incineration to composting.

Learn more

• What is your recycling used for? 
  
  
• Mixed dry recycling: the process
  
  
• Composting food and garden waste