There are many items that can be taken to our recycling centres.
What you can take to our recycling centres
You can use the 'recycling information' search on the North Somerset Council app to find items that are not listed on this page. It can tell you how to properly dispose of a large variety of items.
Household items
You can take the following household items to one of our recycling centres:
- bedding, blankets and textiles
- books
- bric-a-brac
- cardboard
- crockery
- cutlery
- carpets
- clothes (must be bagged)
- cooking oil
- duvets and pillows
- drinking glasses
- hard plastics
- shredded paper
- shoes
- tapes and discs
- vapes
We also accept excess household packaging for recycling- plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays metal, tins, cans, foil, aerosols. Paper and card, tetrapaks, glass bottles and jars.
We do not accept food waste. If you have excess food waste please order a second food waste bin for your kerbside collection.
We do not accept any plastic bags or soft plastic wrapping for recycling. Please use your kerbside collection or a supermarket collection point.
Bulky items
- sofas
- beds
- household furniture
- mattresses
- fridges and freezers
- washing machines and tumble dryers
Electrical items
- household electrical items
- batteries
- TVs and monitors
- fluorescent tubes
- light bulbs
- mobile phones
- computers and laptops
- vacuum cleaners
Garage and garden
- bicycles
- chemicals including weed killer
- garden furniture
- car batteries
- lawn mowers
- paint
- engine oil (maximum of 20 litres per resident per month)
- flammable liquids like stale petrol, white spirit or lighters with fuel still in them
- grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, leaves, plants and weeds
- scrap metal
- sheet glass
- wood and timber
DIY, restricted and chargeable charges
Payment by card only
- hardcore/rubble, ceramics (such as tiles, toilets and sinks) and soil
- first two bags, items or sheets free (limit of four deposits per month)
- £2 per additional bag otherwise
- asbestos
- £10 per bag or sheet
- plasterboard
- first two bags or sheets free (limit of four deposits per month)
- £4 per bag or sheet otherwise
- tyres (maximum of five tyres per resident per month)
- £3 per tyre
- £3.50 per tyre with rim
- gas canisters and fire extinguishers
- £5 per bottle weighing under 10kg
- £10 per bottle weighing 10kg to 34 kg
- £30 per bottle weighing above 35kg
A bag is equal to a standard 50 litre rubble bag from a DIY store. A sheet is approximately 1800mm by 900 mm.
Please remember to double wrap or bag your asbestos with thick polythene and seal with strong tape. Otherwise it will be rejected upon arrival at the centre.