Croydon is one of London’s largest boroughs by geography and it’s most populous with approximately 390,000 residents. The borough has many contrasts: from the densely populated north and centre to some spaciously appointed areas in the south; significant levels of economic deprivation to some incredibly affluent neighbourhoods; and richly diverse areas featuring residents from all over the world to those of relative homogeneity. The more densely populated areas within the borough also tend to have shorter property tenures, with higher levels of transience, HMOs and flats above shops which can create challenges in terms of sustaining behavioural changes and providing appropriate infrastructure. Croydon is experiencing significant population growth, with 9% population growth between the last two Census, and there are numerous new blocks of flats planned and under construction which will impact on waste growth.
The majority of properties within the borough are provided with a kerbside service of twin stream recycling collections, fortnightly refuse and weekly food waste, residents can also recycle textiles and batteries kerbside. Croydon has an increasing number of flatted properties, these are provided with the estates service which features comingled recycling and food waste collections.
Croydon already collects the Mayor’s minimum recycling collection requirements for all property types apart from flats above shops and is committed to increasing performance to achieve the waste and recycling targets of the London Environment Strategy.
Read the full Reduction and Recycling Plan (RRP) April 2023 to March 2025 (PDF, 280KB)