What you can bring to this site

Where there is a fee to pay no cash payments will be accepted, card payments only.

Please note:
From the 02 January 2024, this site will accept up to the equivalent of 8 bags of soil or rubble or 4 sheets of plasterboard or asbestos per week without charge. Any additional volume will be charged to cover specialist disposal costs.

From the 01 December 2024 this site will no longer accept upholstered seating.

From 29 November 2024, Cornwall Council is asking people to book in advance before visiting this HWRC.
The booking system was developed to reduce waiting times and help keep road users safe.

How to book a slot

You can book a 30-minute slot on the Cornwall Council website at www.cornwall.gov.uk/tipbooking or by calling 0300 1234 141.

You can book for the same day, if there are spaces available, or up to a week in advance. Once you’ve booked your slot, you’ll receive an email confirming your booking.

Make sure you arrive in the vehicle you booked for and remember you need a vehicle permit to enter the sites for certain vehicles, such as vans or pick-up trucks. You can check what vehicles need a permit on the Cornwall Council website.

Click here to book: Household recycling centre booking trial at Bodmin, Bude, Launceston, Newquay, Saltash, St Austell and St Erth – Cornwall Council

• Asbestos (first, please phone 01726 828230 and hold to speak to one of our team)
• Batteries (car, household and removable vape batteries)
• Books*
• Cans
• Cardboard
• Clothes and textiles
• Cookers
• Cooking oil*
• Energy-saving lightbulbs
• Engine oil
• Fridges and freezers
• Fluorescent tubes
• Garden tools
• Gas bottles
• Glass
• Green/garden waste – Please do not bring Japanese Knotweed. Ragwort should be double-bagged and placed in the general waste.
• Hot ash
• Household chemicals (under 5 litres)
• Household waste including large bulky items
• Items for re-use
• Metal
• Newspaper and magazines
• Paints*
• Paper
• Plasterboard
• Plastic bottles
• Rigid plastics (clean buckets, garden furniture, water butts, plastic bins, collapsible crates, pale brown or beige plant pots)
• Soil and rubble
• Small electrical items (including vapes)
• TVs/monitors
• Tyres
• Wetsuits
• Wood

We also have a cartons bank on site in partnership with ACE UK where you can bring the following items for recycling:

• Food and drink cartons
• Pringles tubes
• Paper-based gravy granule containers with metal ends
• Paper-based hot chocolate containers with metal ends
• Paper-based coffee containers with metal ends
• Other paper-based tubes with metal ends
• NO lids
• NO food
• NO food trays, tubs and pots
• NO paper, card, glass, tins, textiles etc.

*New waste stream trial