DIY waste
Residents can visit our recycling centres to dispose of a limited amount of DIY waste for free.
2 x 50 Litre sacks
If you choose to use your weekly allowance as 2x50 Litre sacks you can dispose of the following.
Glass
Includes:
- Tiles
- Furniture shelving
- Table tops
Concrete
Includes:
- Mortar and rendering
- Cement board
- Mixed or powder
- Breeze blocks
- Paving slabs
- Lintels
Gravel
Includes:
- Construction or landscaping gravel or pebbles
Pottery, ceramics and porcelain
Includes:
- Floor and wall tiles
- Drainage and sewer pipes
Rubble
Includes:
- Bricks
- Hardcore
- Dry and solid Tarmac
- Turf
Sand
Includes:
- Sharp
- Play pit
- Sandbags (used flood defence by householders)
Slate
Includes:
- Roof/slate
- Flagstones
Soil
Includes:
- Soil
- Clay
Stone
Includes:
- Floor
- Wall
- Roof
Tiles
Includes:
- Glass tiles
- Ceramic tiles
Plaster and Plasterboard
Includes:
- Other gypsum based DIY items
Asbestos
Bonded type only. Asbestos must be double wrapped in tough plastic and completely sealed.
- A sheet
1 large item
If you choose to use your weekly allowance as 1 large item up to 200cm x 75cm in size you can dispose of the following.
Glass
Includes a:
- Shower screen
- Plate/sheet glass
- Greenhouse Glass
Pottery, ceramic and porcelain
Includes a:
- Bath
- Bidet
- Shower tray
- Sink or basins with pedestal
- Toilet with cistern
Asbestos
Bonded type only. Asbestos must be double wrapped in tough plastic and completely sealed.
- A sheet
Non chargeable DIY items
We accept the following DIY items without limit.
Plastic or fibreglass includes:
- Shower trays
- Baths – plastic
- Shower screens
- Guttering
- Drainage and sewer pipes
Other items:
- Insulation material
- Roofing felt
- Carpet & linoleum
Additional charges
The following items and materials brought to the recycling centre are chargeable.
Soil
Once over your free allowance - £2.50 per bag or item.
Hardcore and rubble
Once over your free allowance - £2.50 per bag or item.
Asbestos
Once over your free allowance - £9.50 per bag, £19 per sheet.
Plasterboard
Once over your free allowance - £4 per bag, £16 per sheet.
Tyres including rims
£13 per tyre.
Commercial and agricultural tyres are not accepted. There is no charge for bicycle tyres.
Gas canisters and fire extinguishers
We charge:
- £9.50 per item, up to 10kg
- £19 per item, up to 20kg
- £57 per item, over 20kg or specialist containers such as diving tanks
Sizes:
- a "bag" is a rubble bag no greater than 535mm x 820mm (21 inches x 32 inches)
- one ceramic basin or one toilet cistern will be charged as one item/bag
- a sheet of plasterboard is 2.4m x 1.2m
- a sheet of asbestos is 2.4m x 0.6m
Payments
You can pay using debit or credit card (excluding American Express), contactless payment, Apple Pay or Android Pay.
The site manager's decision on materials and payment will be final.
DIY waste
Any waste that is disposed of in the soil and rubble skip such as ceramic basins and toilet pans and cisterns is DIY waste. No charge will be made for ceramic plates and plant pots which are classified as household waste. If you have these items, you will be asked to put them in a different container.
Other disposal options
At our recycling centres in Bournemouth and Poole, waste can be taken to the Commercial Weighbridge where a charge will be made at the weighbridge. Depending on the quantity of waste to be disposed we, as well as other private companies, operate a skip and grab bag service (similar to Hippo bags).
It is worth checking websites such as Freecycle as there maybe someone who is after the material you wish to get rid of.