Wimborne Household Recycling Centre (Tip)

What can I take to the Wimborne Household Recycling Centre (Tip)

Yes please

• Aerosols
• Aluminium
• Batteries
• Books
• Cans
• Car Batteries
• Cardboard
• Carpet
• Christmas Trees (fake)
• Christmas Trees (real)
• Cooking Oil
• Electrical Equipment
• Engine Oil (limited to 5 litres per visit)
• Fire Extinguishers (charges apply)
• Foil
• Food waste
• Fridges and Freezers
• Furniture
• Garden Waste
• Gas Bottles (charges apply)
• Hardcore (charges apply)
• Household and Garden Chemicals Labelled (maximum 5 litres of each chemical)
• Large domestic appliances
• Lightbulbs - all types e.g. LED, fluorescent
• Mattresses
• Mobile Phones
• Paint
• Paper
• Pillows and duvets
• Plasterboard (charges apply)
• Printer and toner cartridges
• Rubble (charges apply)
• Scrap Metal
• Small electrical items
• Soil (charges apply)
• Textiles
• Tyres (charges apply)
• Wallpaper
• Wood

No thank you

• Asbestos (charges apply)
• Cartons
• Glass (charges may apply for sheets/panels)
• Paper containers with metal ends
• Plastic Bottles

Please note there is no facility for recycling of glass bottles and jars or plastic bottles at Wimborne recycling centre due to lack of space on site.

Charges for certain items

There are charges for bringing certain materials to Dorset Council household recycling centres.

Commercial waste

Commercial waste is not accepted at this recycling centre at any time. Commercial waste can only be taken to our recycling centres in Swanage, Sherborne, Bridport and Blandford, with restrictions.

Asbestos

Asbestos cannot be taken to this recycling centre. Three Dorset recycling centres are licensed to accept cement-bonded asbestos: Blandford, Wareham and Weymouth.

Maximum one-off deposit of up to three cement-bonded sheets of 1.8m x 1.2m (approx. 6ft x 4ft). 

Asbestos must be pre-booked before being delivered onto site.