What you can take to a household recycling centre
Use our Waste Wizard to find out where you can recycle, reuse or repair household items.
Household waste
You can take many household items to a recycling centre for free. This includes:
- aerosols
- batteries
- car batteries (up to 2 per year)
- carpet
- clothing and textiles
- cooking oil
- fluorescent tubes - up to 4 fluorescent tubes per year
- furniture - including broken up or dismantled furniture
- garden waste
- gas bottles
- general waste
- large electrical appliances, for example fridges or cookers
- mattresses
- paint - if hardened (paint can be hardened by adding paint hardener, sand, sawdust or soil)
- paper and cardboard
- small electrical appliances for example a toaster or printer
- televisions and monitors
- waste engine oil – up to 10 litres per year
DIY waste (non-household)
If you apply for a DIY waste permit, you can dispose of a certain amount of DIY waste for free.
DIY waste refers to waste that is generated from work on your home or garden such as:
- hardcore and rubble (e.g. tiles, bricks, stones, soil, turf)
- timber (e.g. fence or shed panels, door, skirting board)
- bathroom fittings (e.g. bath tub, tiles, toilet, taps, shower tray, sink)
- kitchen fittings (e.g. units, worktop, tiles, sink)
- plumbing and heating (e.g. boiler, log burner, radiator, fire place, pipes/guttering)
- roofing materials (e.g. insulation, roofing felt)
- windows and doors
- asbestos
- plasterboard
Fees for extra DIY waste
Find out what DIY waste we accept and how much it will cost if you bring more than the free allowance or don't have a permit.
View a print version of the full price list PDF, 174KB.
All prices below are inclusive of VAT.
| Item | Price each (extra waste or without a permit) |
|---|---|
| Bags of cement (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Bricks and rubble (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Concrete bricks (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Roof tiles/slates (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Stones/gravel/sand (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Soil (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Paving slab (1m x 1m) | £3.80 |
| Turf (per roll or per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Item | Price each (extra waste or without a permit) |
|---|---|
| Bath panel | £3.80 |
| Bathroom pedestal | £3.80 |
| Bathroom sink | £3.80 |
| Bathroom tiles (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Bathroom towel rail | £3.80 |
| Bath and panel | £7.50 |
| Bathroom cabinets - fitted | £7.50 |
| Bathroom sink and pedestal | £7.50 |
| Bidet | £7.50 |
| Toilet cistern | £7.50 |
| Toilet pan | £7.50 |
| Shower screen/door | £15 |
| Shower tray | £15 |
| Toilet pan, cistern, and seat | £15 |
| Item | Price each (extra waste or without a permit) |
|---|---|
| Kitchen sink and taps | £3.80 |
| Kitchen tiles (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Kitchen unit | £7.50 |
| Kitchen worktops (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) | £11.30 |
| Item | Price each (extra waste or without a permit) |
|---|---|
| Floorboards or laminate flooring (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) | £3.80 |
| Fence panel | £3.80 |
| Fence post | £3.80 |
| Skirting board and door frames (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) | £3.80 |
| Shed (per panel) | £3.80 |
| Timber offcuts (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Wood chipping (per 25 litre bag) | £3.80 |
| Wooden decking (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) | £3.80 |
| Wooden pallets | £3.80 |
| Wooden trellis | £3.80 |
| Item | Price each (extra waste or without a permit) |
|---|---|
| Door (external) | £15 |
| Door (internal) | £3.80 |
| Greenhouse panel (whole side) | £15 |
| Skirting board and door frames (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) | £15 |
| Item | Price each (extra waste or without a permit) |
|---|---|
| Loft insulation (per roll or 2m x 1m sheet) | £3.80 |
| Roofing felt (per roll or 2m x 1m) | £3.80 |
| Guttering / pipes (up to 10m) | £3.80 |
Before visiting a recycling centre to dispose of asbestos, you will need to apply for an asbestos permit (valid for 1 year and can be used up to 3 times).
The maximum amount accepted is 3 normal sized bin-liner bags (or 4 sheets of approx 2 metres by 1 metre).
| Item | Price (each) |
|---|---|
| Asbestos (1m x 1m) | £5.20 |
All plasterboard brought to site should have tiles, wood and other materials removed before disposal.
| Item | Price each (extra waste or without a permit) |
|---|---|
| Plaster or gypsum (per 25 litre bag) | £8.90 |
| Plasterboard sheet (equivalent size of a door, 2m x 1m) | £10.50 |
We only accept up to 5 car tyres a year.
| Item | Price each |
|---|---|
| Car or motorcycle tyre | £5.90 |
| Item | Price each (over the allowance) |
|---|---|
| Artificial grass (per roll or 2m x 1m sheet) | £3.80 |
| Radiator | £3.80 |
| Chimney pot | £3.80 |
| Sheet glass (per 25 litre bag or 1m x 1m) | £3.80 |
| Lime mortar | £3.80 |
| Loft door / hatch | £3.80 |
| Pond liners (3m x 3m) | £3.80 |
| Oil tanks (empty) | £7.50 |
| Water tanks (empty) | £15 |
| Fireplace | £15 |
| Storage heater | £15 |
| Wood burner / stove | £15 |
| Shed - whole (max. 2m x 2m, equivalent to 7 x shed panels) | £26.60 |
| Boiler | £27.40 |
Fees for any DIY waste items not specifically listed will be decided by staff on site, based on the current price list. The decision of site staff is final.
How to pay
If you wish to dispose of more waste than the free allowance, show the DIY waste items to staff on site. They will work out how much you need to pay.
You can pay by:
- credit card
- debit card
- pre-paid payment card
Cash is not accepted.
What you can't take to a household recycling centre
You can't dispose of the following items at a household recycling centre:
- dead animals, carcasses and faeces
- large quantities of animal bedding (allow 1 to 2 bags per week from small domestic pets, must be double bagged).
- materials presenting a direct contact risk
- tree trunks and branches thicker than 20cm and or longer than 2m
- flammables and explosives, such as fireworks or ammunition
- storage heaters containing asbestos (pre 1980 or models with SR the end of the model number)
If you are a trader or business
Other ways to dispose of DIY waste
There are many ways to donate, reuse or dispose of DIY waste. Use the SCRAP code to make sure your waste is dealt with properly.
You could:
- sell or donate items using online sites like eBay, Facebook Marketplace of Freegle
- hire as skip if you're carrying out a large project
- pay a contractor to dispose of your waste (make sure they follow the SCRAP code to dispose of your waste legally)