​Mountsorrel Recycling and Household Waste Site (Rubbish Tip) Guide: Opening Hours, Booking & Rules

Contact Information

Accepted Items

• Asbestos - charges apply and requires a valid permit
• 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. Uniforms and work clothing not accepted
• Coffee pods
• Computers and peripherals including ink cartridges, tablets, gaming consoles
• Cooking oil
• COVID-19 contaminated material when double bagged and kept for at least 72 hours
• Engine oil
• Fluorescent tubes
• Foil
• Food tins and drink cans
• Fridges and freezers
• Garden waste
• Gas bottles/cylinders - punctured or de-valved
• Glass - bottles and jars. For flat glass charges apply.
• Hardcore and soil charges apply
• 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
• Plasterboard charges apply
• Plastic - bottles, pots, tubs and trays. Hard plastics like garden furniture, children's toys, crates etc.
• Scrap metal - 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
• White goods - large domestic appliances
• Wood - untreated, non industrial/construction

Rejected Items

• Ammunition including explosive caps
• Business waste - accepted at Whetstone Waste Transfer Station subject to charges
• Chemicals
• Clinical waste including needles/sharps
• Clothes for work such as uniforms and protective clothing, high visibility vests / jackets
• Community equipment - wheelchairs, Zimmer frames, walking sticks, toilet frames etc.
• Construction wood - railway sleepers, telegraph poles, any wood such as fence posts and panels that have been treated with creosote or a lead chromate paint
• Firearms - please see correct firearms disposal information
• Gas bottles/cylinders - sealed
• Paint in liquid form - accepted at Whetstone waste site with a valid paint permit
• Tyres
• Vehicles or trailers or any parts, including interiors