What's in your bin?
The majority of what’s in the average rubbish bin could have been recycled.
How does yours compare?
What's in your bin?
How can you help?
Don’t think you can make a difference? Think again!
With one million residents across the SLWP region, it doesn’t take much at an individual level to make a big collective difference. Find out what you can do to help tackle the waste challenge.
How can you help?
Can you recycle it?
Keen to do your bit and recycle, but not sure which bin something should go in?
Search our ‘BinSmart’ directory of common household items to find out.
Can you recycle it?
Destination recycling
Separating and sorting your recycling into different bins is just the start of amazing journey.
What happens to your recycling after it’s been collected? Where does it go? What’s it turned into? Find out here.
Destination recycling
Waste into energy
Waste that cannot be recycled is treated at a state-of-the art facility in Beddington, Sutton.
Here the waste is burned at extremely high temperatures in strictly controlled conditions and used to generate electricity, feeding the National Grid with low carbon energy.
Waste into energy
Visit our facilities
It’s very important to us that residents have faith in their local recycling and waste management systems.
We work with our commercial partners to offer tours of local recycling and waste treatment facilities.
Visit our facilities
