Resource Recovery

The following list details what items are suitable and not suitable for a hard waste service.

Items suitable for a hard waste service include:

• Furniture including carpets (must be rolled up) and mattresses (maximum of 2 per service).
• Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, dishwashers & small kitchen appliances.
• Domestic household Items: e.g. toys, bikes, empty clean paint tins (with lids removed), car rims (not tyres) and other scrap metal.
• Electronic items (anything with a cord).
• Timber no longer than 2m, free of nails and bundled.
• Cardboard flattened & tied in bundles of 10 or less.

Items NOT suitable for a hard waste service include:

• General household waste or clothing.
• Green waste.
• Hazardous waste (e.g. asbestos, chemicals, batteries).
• Car bodies/car parts.
• Broken glass, mirrors, windows or panels of sheet glass.
• Ammunition, explosives or gas bottles.
• Paint tins containing wet paint.
• Construction/building materials, concrete, rocks or dirt.
• Fibreglass
• Porcelain, ceramic or terracotta
• Car tyres and gas cylinders.
• Polystyrene.

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For more information please download our information brochure.