Accepted waste and applicable charges
There is a charge for all waste brought in by commercial customers and the domestic allowances do not apply.
Domestic customers can dispose of most waste free of charge. There is a specialist disposal charge for certain types of waste, after a weekly allowance has been exceeded (*£*).
- 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
- Cartons*
- Clothes and textiles
- Cookers
- Cooking oil**
- Crockery
- Energy-saving lightbulbs
- Engine oil (under 5 litres)
- Fridges and freezers
- Fluorescent tubes
- Garden tools
- Gas bottles
- Glass
- Green/garden waste – Please do not bring Japanese Knotweed. Ragwort must 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
- Mattresses
- Metal
- Newspaper and magazines
- Paints**
- Paper
- Plasterboard*£*
- Plastic bottles
- Soil and rubble*£*
- Small electrical items (including vapes)
- TVs/monitors
- Tyres
- Wetsuits
- Wood
*Cartons and paper containers with metal ends
- Juice cartons including caps and straws
- Pringle tubes but no lids
- Milk cartons including caps and straws
- Dough paper containers with metal ends
- Soup, tomatoes and other food cartons
- Other paper containers with metal ends (no lids)
**New waste stream trial
*£* Charges for this type of waste apply
There is a weekly allowance of up to the equivalent of eight DIY rubble bags, four sheets of plasterboard or four sheets of asbestos before charges apply. All payments are card only.
