Orange Bag Recycling Service

If you live at street level your recycling and refuse will be collected from your doorstep or your refuse storage area.

Packs of 26 orange recycling bags are delivered every three months to all residents who put their recycling and refuse on their doorstep for collection. For more information, see Orange bag delivery days [PDF] (file size 69Kb)

Just place your orange bag of recyclables outside, along with your black refuse bag on your scheduled day(s) of collection only.

Recycling and refuse are collected at the same time in Kensington and Chelsea, and recycling is placed in a separate compartment at the back of the lorry.

There is no need to separate recyclable materials – all recycling goes in the same orange bag.  Residents using the orange bag recycling service have their recycling (and refuse) collected twice a week.

What to recycle

  • unshredded paper, newspaper, magazines, junk mail, telephone directories, envelopes
  • cardboard (please flatten)
  • glass bottles and jars (no lids)
  • tins, cans (please rinse) and empty aerosols
  • plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays (please rinse)
  • food and drink cartons (please rinse and flatten)

Additional orange bags

Additional orange bags can be obtained free of charge from the following outlets:

Town Hall reception desk, Hornton Street, W8

Market Office, 72 Tavistock Road, W11

Reception Office, Stable Yard, Holland Park, W8

North Kensington Sports Centre, Walmer Road, W11

Chelsea Old Town Hall reception desk, King’s Road, SW3

Please note: residents must provide two forms of ID with their address as proof of their residency in the Royal Borough in order to collect orange bags from the above outlets. In order to help moderate the service residents may also be required to supply their contact details (this information will only be used in connection with this service and will not be made available to third parties).

Important: Recyclable material placed in a black bag will never be recycled. The collection crews cannot see through the bag to check whether or not it is uncontaminated and have therefore been instructed to treat all black bagged waste as non-recyclable.