Efford Recycling Centre

What can I take to Efford Recycling Centre?

• Household batteries
• Car batteries
• Bedding, quilts, pillows and sleeping bags
• Cardboard
• Carpets
• Real Christmas trees
• Household electrical appliances
• Domestic fridges and freezers (bring whole)
• Garden waste
• Knives and scissors (wrap blades; hand to staff)
• Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
• Mattresses
• Mobile phones
• Printer cartridges
• Vapes and e-cigarettes
• Wood (not treated railway sleepers)
• Non-upholstered furniture
• Paint (up to 5 litres per household per month)
• Used engine oil (up to 10 litres per household per six months, sealed container)
• Propane/butane bottles (up to 15kg; no Calor bottles)
• Non-halon fire extinguishers (only if the manufacturer cannot take them back)
• Rubble (DIY allowance and charges)
• Soil (DIY allowance and charges)
• Ceramic sinks, toilets and shower trays (DIY allowance and charges)
• Plasterboard (DIY allowance and sheet-size limits)
• Upholstered household seating (keep whole; contain damaged parts)
• Cement-bonded asbestos (phone ahead; packaging and size limits)

This is a summary, not a complete list. If an item isn’t shown, check with the council before you travel.

Book before visiting, using the registration of the vehicle you will drive.

Eligible household DIY allowance: eight 50-litre sacks or four single items in any four-week period; the allowance can be used in one visit. Item-size limits apply and excess quantities are charged. Declare the waste-origin address when booking. Site-specific exclusions still apply.

Plasterboard sheets above 3m × 1.2m are not accepted; the free allowance has smaller item-size limits.

Phone the centre before taking cement-bonded asbestos. Maximum item size is 1.2m × 0.6m, with no more than 15 sheets. Follow the council’s wrapping rules; other asbestos types are not accepted. DIY allowance and excess charges apply.