These items are already a real issue in Camden’s recycling (and can cause 'recycling loads' to be rejected by our recycling facility):
Other examples of what shouldn’t go into your recycling bin, bag or box are:
- dirty/used tissues and paper towels
- cotton wool or makeup pads
- glass cookware, Pyrex, ovenware
- window glass
- cutlery, crockery, pots, and pans
- ceramics
- mirrors
- light bulbs
- household batteries
- paper or card stained or dirty with paint, foodstuffs or grease
- glitter covered cards/wrapping paper
- sticky papers (e.g. post-it-notes, sticky labels and paper tape)
- wallpaper
- laminated plastic/foil pouches (e.g. baby food/cat food/coffee pouches)
- crisp packets
- sweet wrappers
- plastic toys
- medicine packs (e.g. headache pills etc.)
- toothpaste tubes
- paint pots
- wood
- coat hangers
Many items that we can’t accept in our recycling collections can still be recycled separately or taken to
Regis Road reuse and recycling centre (NW5 3EW).
Find out what else you can recycle