Recycling centres

Chelson Meadow and Weston Mill are open seven days a week for Plymouth residents to dispose of household waste. As well as disposing of household waste you can take along your garden waste which will be turned into compost.

The following household materials are currently accepted at each site and are being sent for re-use or recycling at processing plants around the country:

Recycling and re-use

• Aerosols
• Bric-a-brac
• Cans
• Car batteries
• Cardboard
• Clothes
• Computers
• Electrical appliances
• Fluorescent tubes and low energy lamps
• Fridges and freezers
• Furniture
• Garden waste
• Gas bottles
• Glass bottles and jars
• Household batteries
• Low energy lamps and fluorescent tubes
• Metal
• Oil (cooking - Chelson Meadow only)
• Oil (engine)
• Paper
• Plasterboard (Chelson Meadow only)
• Plastic bottles
• Soil and hardcore
• Televisions
• Wood

Disposal

• Asbestos (Chelson Meadow only)
• Chemicals
• Paint

Disposing of asbestos

The Environment Agency classifies all asbestos containing materials as special waste, however you are permitted to take small amounts of asbestos waste (from your own house) to Chelson Meadow recycling centre for free disposal.

If you are disposing of bonded asbestos at Chelson Meadow from your home, you should bear in mind the following points:

• please wrap it before bringing it to the site
• you should not cut, chop, drill or break it
• when you arrive at the site, please tell a member of staff what you are carrying, they will then direct you to the disposal point and ask you to complete a simple form to identify where the asbestos came from

Recycling centres

Chelson Meadow

Open 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas day*, between 8.30am and 7.30pm from March to October and between 8.30am and 6.30pm from November to February. More information on Chelson Meadow...

Weston Mill

Open 364 days a year, closing only on Christmas day*, between 9am and 6pm throughout the year. More information on Weston Mill...

*This site is open 364 days a year for Plymouth residents to visit and dispose of waste, however the offices are not and will be closed at lunchtimes and outside of normal office hours.

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