Waste and Recycling

Acceptable materials

Please ensure that your waste is separated before arriving at the site.

• Aluminium and steel cans (including empty steel paint cans)
• Cardboard
• Card/Yellow Pages (cards, wrapping paper or any paper containing glitter must not go in the paper bank)
• Car batteries (Alternatively, can be taken to a scrap metal merchant who may pay you for your battery)
• Carpets
• Clean mixed plastic packaging, e.g. food trays and yoghurt pots (must be washed) -Cling film type packaging is not acceptable
• DIY engine oil
• Domestic batteries
• Drinks cartons/Tetra-paks
• Energy saving light bulbs (recycled with fluorescent tubes)
• Flat glass (e.g. window glass)
• Fluorescent tubes: up to 5 in any 6 month period
• Foil: clean aluminium foil only (recycled with metal)
• Fridges/freezers
• Furniture
• Garden/green waste (branches up to 250mm or 10 inches in diameter are accepted)
• Glass bottles and jars
• Large domestic appliances, e.g. cookers, microwaves, washing machines
• Mattresses
• Metal (including empty aerosol cans)
• Newspapers and magazines
• Petrol powered lawn mowers and strimmers (must be emptied of fuel)
• Plastic bottles
• Small domestic appliances, e.g. toasters, lawn mowers, hairdryers etc
• Textiles
• Timber
• TVs / computer monitors
• Vegetable oil

Chargeable household DIY waste including soil and rubble, plasterboard, plastic window and doors, show trays, shower screens, insulation materials, roofing felt, guttering and asbestos etc. Please note these items are chargeable and some are not accepted at all sites. See our chargeable waste page for further information.

Gas bottles: standard household gas bottles are acceptable, although restrictions apply. See restricted and non-acceptable materials for more information.

Hazardous/toxic waste: including weed killers, solvents, petrol and diesel. These types of waste must be handed over to a site operator in a suitable secure, clearly marked container. There is a 5 litre limit on this type of waste.

Non chargeable household DIY waste including wooden doors and window frames, kitchen units, construction timber and radiators. Please note these items are restricted to 0.5 tonne in a 6 month period. See our restricted and non-acceptable items for more information.

Old paint: please double wrap each tin in plastic bags (to avoid spillage) and hand to the site operator.

Restricted and non-acceptable materials

Restricted

• DIY waste: 0.5 tonnes in 6 month period (limit Excludes Chargeable Waste)
• Household chemicals (e.g. pesticides, white spirit, bleach, oil-based paint): 5 litres in 12 months
• Gas bottles
• Fluorescent tubes: 5 in 6 month period
• Ash (must be cooled and well damped down)
• Food/putrescible/excess non-recyclable waste: acceptable at this site by arrangement only, please contact your local district/city council in the first instance.
• Noxious weeds
• NHS Equipment
• Certain Hazardous Waste, including items such as DIY engine oils, solvents, bleaches/chemicals and asbestos are accepted in restricted quantities.
• Night Storage Heaters – Full appliances will only be accepted and must be double wrapped in tough plastic and sealed.  Please see asbestos for more information.

Non acceptable

• Commercial/trade waste.  Trade green waste and cardboard is acceptable for a charge at this site by arrangement only, see Trade Recycling for further details
• Sharps/clinical items: please contact your local district/city council
• Fireworks (spent/unspent), flares, explosives and ammunition – please contact your local police for advice
• Oil Tanks/Heating Oil Tanks – please see list of alternative service providers
• Sewage/contents of drains
• Vehicles, vehicle parts, boats, caravans, trailers.
• Flytipping – Please contact your district council to report any flytipping on public land. Flytipping on private land is the responsibility of the landowner.
• Dead pets, pet faeces and soiled litter/bedding material. See household clinical waste for further information. Your local vet will be able to help you with the cremation of dead pets. You may wish to consider a home composting facility for pet faeces or soiled bedding.
• Sanitary wastes (e.g. nappies, sanitary, towels) – not accepted at Recycling centres. These wastes should be wrapped and placed in your dustbin for normal collection by your district council.
• Dead animals/pets: your local vet will be able to help you with regard to the cremation of dead pets.
• Animal Faeces/bedding.
• Railway Sleepers/Utility Poles.

Chargeable waste

Further information about Chargeable waste.

Site health and safety

Further information about Site Health and Safety.

Site user and vehicle restrictions

Further information about Site User and Vehicle Restrictions.