Waste and Recycling Centres
What charges apply?
Where charges are payable, as listed below, the following schedule of charges will apply:
1 April 2025 - 31st March 2026:
Waste and Recycling Centre Non-Domestic Waste Fees & Charges 2025/26
* Please note charges may alter due to market values.
** DIY Household Waste Criteria as set out in the Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Amendment (England) Regulations 2023.
(i) the waste is produced at a domestic property by occupiers of that domestic property carrying out their own construction or demolition works, including preparatory works;
(ii) the waste is not from construction or demolition works, including preparatory works, for which payment has been or is to be made;
(iii) the amount of waste delivered to any waste disposal site in a single visit is either:
(a) less than 100 litres and capable of being fitted into two 50 litre bags, or
(b) a single article of waste no larger than 2000mm x 750mm x 700mm in size;
(iv) the waste delivered to waste deposit sites does not exceed four single visits per household in any four week period.
Any DIY waste over and above these limits is liable for a disposal charge as per the schedule.
Some examples of DIY-type waste are:
- Bath / Shower
- Kitchen unit
- Rubble
- Cistern
- Fence Panels / sheds
- Kitchen worktop
- Fitted wardrobes
- Water tank
- Window frame
- Kitchen sink
- Plasterboard
- Door / Frame
- Wash basin
- Ceramic tiles
- Roofing materials
Small Load = pickup, small van i.e. Peugeot Partner / Citroen Berlingo or single axle trailer
Medium Load = Transit sized van or double axle trailer
Large Load = Luton sized van
Description |
Household limits |
Specific fee |
Bag (60L) |
Ton bag (750 litres) |
Small load |
Medium load |
Large load |
| General Waste/ Animal Bedding/ Ragwort | Animal bedding/ Ragwort - Up to 2 refuse size sacks free of charge per month | not applicable | £2.60 | not applicable | £105.00 | £210.00 | £315.00 |
| Wood * | Subject to Household DIY Criteria ** | not applicable | £1.60 | not applicable | £68.30 | £136.50 | £204.75 |
| Rubble / Hard-core * | Subject to Household DIY Criteria ** | not applicable | £1.10 | not applicable | £29.40 | £58.80 | £88.20 |
| Plasterboard* (min charge)) | Subject to Household DIY Criteria ** Up to 2 refuse size sacks free of charge per month | £46.70 | £2.60 | not applicable | £93.50 | £186.90 | £280.40 |
| Garden Waste * | not applicable | not applicable | £1.10 | £13.10 | £47.30 | £94.50 | £141.80 |
| Carpets and underlay * | not applicable | not applicable | £2.60 | not applicable | £105.00 | £210.00 | £315.00 |
| Tyre - bike/car/van per unit | Up to 4 car tyres free of charge per year | £3.70 | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Tyre - Lorry per unit | not applicable | £18.90 | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Tyre - Tractor per unit | not applicable | £39.40 | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Gas Cylinders - per unit | not applicable | TBC | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Mattresses per unit * | not applicable | £12.60 | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Paints, varnishes and thinners, pesticides and weed killers - per container price per litre | not applicable | £1.60 | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Food (23L) | not applicable | £1.30 | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
| Fixtures and Fittings (or one bulky or fitted item no larger than 2,000mm by 750mm by 700mm, the approximate size of a bathtub or shower screen) | Subject to Household DIY Criteria ** | Cost based on material as above | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |