What is accepted for recycling or disposal at the tip?
- mobile phones - do not forget to clear your data
- garden waste - green waste suitable for composting
- cardboard - boxes (flattened), other cardboard packaging, cereal cartons etc.
- glass - bottles and jars
- batteries - household and car
- paint - household, e.g. emulsion, gloss, eggshell
- mineral oil - engine oil
- cooking oil - vegetable-based cooking and oils
- paper - newspapers, junk mail etc.
- scrap metal - steel cans, aluminium cans, scrap metal items (no car parts)
- small quantities of hardcore and rubble* - including DIY waste*
- ceramics - crockery, flower pots, household ceramics
- textiles and shoes - clean, dry textiles and shoes
- fluorescent tubes - all flurescent tubes
- low energy light bulbs - all low energy light bulbs
- large domestic appliances - ridges and freezers, washing machines
- small electric appliances - microwaves, toasters, irons, kettles
- TVs and Monitors - all TVs and monitors
- wood - mixed wood
- reuse items - furniture, books, CDs, DVDs, bicycles, bric-a-brac, spectacles
- plasterboard - gypsum-based products: items containing asbestos will not be accepted
- printer cartridges - all printer cartridges
- mattresses - all matresses
- residual household waste - waste not suitable for reuse, recycling or composting, furniture potentially containing persistent organic pollutants (POPs)**
- hazardous household waste - including pesticides and herbicides, common household chemicals, antifreeze, screenwash
- vapes - all vapes
* Please be aware there is a restriction of one car boot load (6 builder rubble bags). If you are generating large quantities of these materials you should consider alternative methods of disposal such as hiring a skip.
** Please note furniture potentially containing POPs need to be placed into a separate container. Please follow instructions from on-site staff.
If the item you wish to recycle or dispose of is not shown above please check the A to Z of recycling and waste.
Asbestos, gas cylinders and tyres cannot be accepted at either of our tips.