Opening times

During spring/summer (April-September)

  • Weekdays: 10am-4pm
  • Weekends and bank holidays: 8am-6pm

During autumn/winter (October-March)

  • Weekdays: 10am-4pm
  • Weekends and bank holidays: 8am-4pm

Closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Find us

Stockton Heath Community Recycling Centre, Sandy Lane, WA4 2AY

Items we accept
  • Aluminium foil
  • Batteries – car, leisure and household
  • Bicycles
  • Bric-a-brac
  • Books
  • Cans – aluminium and steel
  • Cardboard
  • CDs, DVDs and videotapes
  • Cooking oil
  • Ferrous metal
  • Fluorescent tubes
  • Glass – amber, clear, green
  • Grass / garden waste
  • Ink cartridges
  • Mattresses
  • Mobile phones
  • Non-ferrous metal
  • Other white goods
  • Paint
  • Paper - normal and shredded
  • PC and associated hardware
  • Plastic bags
  • Plastic bottles - mixed
  • Polystyrene
  • Rigid plastic
  • Sofas
  • Shoes
  • Small electrical items - such as radios, DVD and video players, toasters, vacuum cleaners, etc
  • Spectacles
  • Textiles
  • TVs and PC monitors
  • Wood / timber
Items we don’t accept
  • Car tyres / wheels and other vehicle parts
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Fridges and freezers
  • Gas bottles including butane, propane, camping gas and oxygen cylinders
  • Hardcore / rubble
  • Mineral oil
  • Plasterboard
  • Hazardous or inflammable liquids and chemicals
  • Pallets

Items you may need a permit for

  • Rubble, bricks, paving stones, wall and floor tiles, roof tiles
  • Fencing, sheds, decking, concrete posts and panels
  • Plaster / plasterboard
  • Cement
  • Asbestos
  • Kitchen units
  • Bathroom suites
  • Doors and window frames
  • Fireplaces , radiators and central heating boilers
  • Gutters, downpipes, fascias
  • Loft installation

We don’t consider these items as ‘household waste’ so there are limits on how much you can bring to the recycling centre.

Vans, trailers and large vehicles

Cars pulling small trailers can be used at Stockton Heath, but there is not enough space on site for larger vehicles, vans or trailers.  Try Gatewarth community recycling centre or Woolston community recycling centre if you’d like to visit in a larger vehicle, but you may need to apply for a permit before you visit.

Trade waste

None of our community recycling centres accept trade or commercial waste.  This includes rubbish or recycling from business premises (including home businesses), shops, offices, factories, garages, car washes, schools, charities, landlords of rented properties, builders and other tradespeople.  Take a look at our reliable and competitive trade waste service.

Recycling site rules

  • Always follow the one-way system
  • Don’t go more than 5mph
  • You can’t access the site on foot
  • Follow all instructions given by the staff
  • Keep dogs in your vehicle

The wellbeing of our staff is really important, we take it very seriously and we don’t tolerate any verbal or physical abuse, or intimidating behaviour. 

Sometimes we have to close for a short time when there are lorries on site to collect the containers, we’re sorry if this causes you any inconvenience.