​Barwell Recycling Centre: Rules, Booking Guide & Tip Opening Times

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Accepted Items

• Batteries - car and household batteries
• Bric-a-brac - Reuse/ReHome Zone
• Cardboard - clean
• Cartons
• Chipboard
• Clothes - must be clean and dry and not shredded, stained, defaced or altered
• Computers and peripherals including ink cartridges, tablets, gaming consoles
• Garden waste
• Gas bottles/cylinders - sealed, punctured or de-valved
• Glass - bottles and jars
• Hardcore and soil
• Ink cartridges
• Low energy bulbs
• Mobile phones
• Non-recyclable household waste - black bags, carpet, mattresses etc.
• Paint - solidified or empty paint containers
• Paper - clean and not laminated or plastic coated
• Plastic - bottles, pots, tubs and trays
• Scrap metal - including food tins and drink cans. No vehicle parts
• Shoes including Wellington boots. Must be clean and dry
• Small appliances
• Textiles - clean and dry, no cut-offs
• TVs and monitors
• Upholstered domestic seating including bean bags, futons, pouffes and stools
• Vapes - accepted with small appliances

Rejected Items

• Ammunition including explosive caps
• Clinical waste including needles/sharps
• Clothes for work such as uniforms and protective clothing, high visibility vests / jackets
• Coffee pods
• Community equipment - wheelchairs, Zimmer frames, walking sticks, toilet frames etc.
• Business waste
• Chemicals
• Paint in liquid form
• Tyres
• Vehicles or trailers or any parts, including interiors
• Plasterboard mixed with other materials such as tiles and bricks