La Collette household reuse and recycling centre

About the facility

You can only bring us household waste and recycling. We do not accept commercial waste.

The facility includes the Acorn Reuse Centre where you can drop off anything and everything that could be reused by someone else.

Open on August Bank Holiday Monday

For the first time the Green Waste site is open on a bank holiday, Monday 26 August 2019, 9am to 5pm.

Opening times

Directions

Drive to La Collette and turn left before the Driver and Vehicle Standards (DVS) office. Continue along this road to reach the household reuse and recycling centre.

Materials we accept

We accept the following household waste and recyclables:

• batteries
• Brita water filters
  
• bulky waste
  
• car batteries
  
• cardboard
  
• cooking oil
  
• cooling appliances
  
• electricals
  
• engine oil
  
• fire extinguishers
  
• flammable pressurised canisters
  
• flat glass
  
• hard-core and rubble
  
• household and garden chemicals
  
• kitchen waste
  
• laptops, tablets and PDAs
  
• large appliances
  
• metal packaging
  
• metals
  
• mixed glass (bottles and jars)
  
• mixed light bulbs and tubes
  
• mixed textiles and clothes
  
• mobile phones
  
• non-flammable pressurised canisters
  
• non-recyclable hard-core and rubble
  
• paint
  
• paper
  
• plasterboard
  
• plastic bottles
  
• printer cartridges
  
• smoke alarms
  
• soil
  
• spectacles
  
• telephone directories
  
• tvs and monitors
  

Materials we do not accept

We do not accept the following:

• asbestos
  
• commercial waste
  
• garden waste (household garden waste should be taken to the household green waste reception at La Collette)
  

The household reuse and recycling centre leaflet