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Christmas and new year opening times and services

Find out our opening times and service changes over Christmas and New Year holidays. This includes changes to bin collection days, parking and customer contact centre opening hours.

Islington Town Hall will be closed from Thursday 2 to Monday 6 January 2025 for planned maintenance. Registrar services will be reopen on Monday 6 January 2025.

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Paper and cardboard

See below for lists of paper and cardboard items you can or can't recycle

What you can recycle

You can put this paper and cardboard in your recycling container:

  • newspapers, magazines and catalogues
  • milk, juice and soup cardboard cartons (including foil-lined cartons)
  • telephone directories / business directories 
  • envelopes (including envelopes with windows) 
  • junk mail 
  • office paper (including coloured paper) 
  • wrapping paper 
  • books (hardback and paperback) 
  • shredded paper 
  • cardboard (including flattened boxes). Large, flattened cardboard boxes that do not fit inside should be stacked beside your recycling container
  • corrugated card 
  • egg boxes 
  • greeting cards.
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