What you can take to our recycling centres
What our Newtown Road and Padworth centres can and cannot accept.
Before you visit one of our recycling centres, you will need to book an appointment and hold a valid permit.
If there is an issue with disposal or recycling of certain materials, we may have to temporarily stop accepting those materials without notice.
What we accept at each recycling centre
We have two recycling centres in West Berkshire:
The table below shows a list of things we can/cannot accept.
| Items | Newtown Road | Padworth |
|---|---|---|
| Aerosols | Yes | Yes |
| Asbestos | Yes | No |
| Batteries | Yes | Yes |
| Bicycles | Yes | Yes |
| Black bag rubbish (rubbish that you'd normally put into your black bin) | Yes | Yes |
| Books (service availability of these items is subject to change at short notice due to market challenges) | Yes | Yes |
| Bric-a-brac | Yes | No |
| Bulky waste (including mattresses and broken furniture) | Yes | Yes |
| Cans | Yes | Yes |
| Car batteries | Yes | Yes |
| Card (including thick cardboard) | Yes | Yes |
| Ceramics* (chargeable, see below) | Yes | Yes |
| Coffee pods (keep plastic and aluminium pods separate) | Yes | Yes |
| Cooking oil | Yes | Yes |
| Engine oil | Yes | Yes |
| Food and drink cartons | Yes | Yes |
| Furniture for reuse (including painted furniture) | Yes | No |
| Garden waste | Yes | Yes |
| Gas bottles (including nitrous oxide canisters) | Yes | No |
| Glass (bottles and jars, mixed colours) | Yes | Yes |
| Hardcore and rubble* (chargeable, see below) | Yes | Yes |
| Household and garden chemicals | Yes | Yes |
| Large and small appliances/electrical items | Yes | Yes |
| Lawn-mowers (petrol tank must be empty) | Yes | Yes |
| Light bulbs | Yes | Yes |
| Mixed textiles and clothing (service availability of these items is subject to change at short notice due to market challenges) | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile phones | Yes | Yes |
| Paint (including Community RePaint) | Yes | Yes |
| Paper | Yes | Yes |
| Plasterboard* (chargeable, see below) | Yes | Yes |
| Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays | Yes | Yes |
| Printer cartridges | Yes | Yes |
| Scrap metal | Yes | Yes |
| Shoes | Yes | Yes |
| Soil* (chargeable, see below) | Yes | Yes |
| Toys | Yes | Yes |
| TVs and monitors | Yes | Yes |
| Tyres* (chargeable, see below) | Yes | Yes |
| Vapes | Yes | Yes |
| Wood and timber (including painted wood and chipboard) | Yes | Yes |
Charges for DIY waste
There is a charge to dispose of certain quantities of:
- ceramics
- hardcore and rubble
- plasterboard
- soil
- all tyres
Please see our non-household waste charges for information.
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