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). Only one car boot load (6 builder rubble bags) is allowed. If you are generating large quantities of these materials you should consider alternative methods of disposal such as hiring a skip. This restriction applies to trailers and all types of vehicles
- 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 - fridges 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 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.