Recycling Banks

There are recycling banks across the borough where you can recycle the following items: 

• paper
• tin
• textiles
• glass
• plastic

Find your nearest recycling bank

Household battery recycling points

Some household batteries contain chemicals like lead, mercury or cadmium. If batteries are thrown into your normal waste bin they are likely to end up in landfill. Once buried, the batteries start to break down and can leak some of these chemicals into the ground. This can cause soil and water pollution, which may be a health risk.

Recycling stops batteries from going to landfill and helps recover valuable metals. This reduces the need to mine for new materials and saves resources.

Batteries are also a fire risk if they aren’t disposed of correctly and have caused fires in our bin trucks. Please don’t put our staff and the local community at risk.

You can recycle your household batteries at one of our recycling points:

Find your nearest recycling point

Small electricals recycling points

If you can’t donate, sell or repair your old small electricals, please make sure you recycle them. Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be recycled and made into new things.

We’ve teamed up with Material Focus to make recycling electricals easier. You can take them to drop-off points listed below:

• Barking and Dagenham College, Rush Green Campus, Dagenham Road, Dagenham, Romford, RM7 0XU
• Barking Learning Centre, 2 Town Square, Barking Learning Centre, Barking, IG11 7NB.
• Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Rd, Romford RM6 6AS
• Company Drinks Outdoor Bowls Pavilion, Barking Park Lodge, Barking Park, Longbridge Road, Barking, IG11 8TA
• Dagenham Library, 1 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham, RM10 9QS
• Marks Gate Community Centre, Rose Lane Community Centre, Rose Lane, Dagenham, Romford, RM6 5NJ
• Thames View Community Centre, Bastable Avenue, Barking, IG11 0LG
• Valence Library, Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM8 3HT