Items accepted at Middlemore Lane HWRC

A wide variety of items for re-use, recycling or disposal are accepted at our Household Waste Recycling Centres. Operatives can advise you on the correct drop off points on site.

Item	Re use	Recycling	Disposal
Aerosols	X	✓	X
Bagged household waste - remove any recyclable items and put them in the correct container	X	X	✓
Batteries - Car	X	✓	X
Batteries - Household - batteries and vapes must be separated	X	✓	X
Bikes and scooters	✓	✓	X
Books	✓	✓	X
Bric-a-brac, collectables and vintage	✓	✓	X
Cans	X	✓	X
Car tyres (4 maximum)	X	✓	X
Cardboard	X	✓	X
Carpet	X	✓	X
Ceramics - Unbroken tiles and similar items for re use	✓	X	✓
Computer games and consoles	✓	X	✓
Cooking oil	X	✓	X
Doors (wooden)	✓	✓	✓
Electrical items - fridges/freezers	X	✓	X
Electrical items - large domestic appliances	X	✓	X
Electrical items - televisions and monitors	✓	✓	X
Electrical items – small electrical items	✓	✓	X
Engine oil	X	✓	X
Fluorescent tubes and light bulbs	X	✓	X
Furniture - Upholstered furniture must have a fire safety tag attached to be re used	✓	✓	✓
Garden waste	X	✓	X
Gardening and DIY tools (no petrol-powered items)	✓	✓	X
Glass (bottles and jars)	X	✓	X
Hard plastics	✓	✓	✓
Household chemicals	X	X	✓
Mattresses	X	✓	X
Musical instruments	✓	X	✓
Newspapers, magazines, catalogues and junk mail	X	✓	X
Paint - new paint re use scheme introduced!	✓	✓	✓
Packaging - bubble wrap or expanded cardboard	✓	✓	✓
Plasterboard	X	✓	X
School uniforms	✓	✓	X
Scrap metal	X	✓	X
Soil, rubble and hard core	X	✓	X
Sports equipment	✓	✓	✓
Textiles, clothes, shoes and accessories	✓	✓	X
Toys, games and puzzles - children’s toys must have a CE or UKCA mark	✓	✓	✓
UPVC windows and doors - complete and working	✓
UPVC windows and doors - no glass	X
Vapes - batteries and vapes must be separated	X	✓	X
Wood - Wood for reuse – whole MDF or ply sheets, lengths of timber and similar items	✓	✓	✓