Recycling Centre / Council

Kendal Recycling Centre

Canal Head N, Kendal LA9 7DB

Opening hours

Visit information

Monday
08:00 - 16:00
Tuesday
08:00 - 16:00
Wednesday
08:00 - 16:00
Thursday
08:00 - 16:00
Friday
08:00 - 16:00
Saturday
08:00 - 16:00
Sunday
08:00 - 16:00

Contact details

Address & Contact

Address
Canal Head N, Kendal LA9 7DB
Location
Lancaster
Telephone
01539 728084
GPS
54.326631, -2.7394594
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What can I take to Kendal Recycling Centre?

  • Car batteries
  • Household batteries
  • Cardboard
  • Household and garden chemicals (ask staff)
  • Clothing and textiles
  • Fluorescent tubes
  • Fridges and freezers
  • Non-upholstered household furniture
  • Mattresses
  • Carpets and rugs
  • Garden waste
  • Gas bottles
  • General household waste
  • Hardcore and rubble
  • Large domestic appliances
  • Paper
  • Emulsion paint and dry empty metal paint tins
  • Scrap metal
  • Small electrical appliances
  • TVs and monitors
  • Engine oil
  • Wood and timber
  • Household asbestos (contact the centre before visiting)
  • Plasterboard and gypsum (telephone first to confirm space)
  • Upholstered household seating
  • Domestic tyres (maximum four per visit)
  • Household glass bottles and jars
  • Household plastic bottles, tubs and trays
  • Food and drink cans
  • Computer equipment

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

Household service for local residents. Keep oil-based paints with household chemicals and speak to staff before unloading them.

Confirm the centre’s asbestos packaging and quantity requirements before travelling.

Cover or tape exposed foam on damaged or dismantled upholstered seating before bringing it.

Not accepted

  • Trade or business waste
  • Clinical waste
  • Acetylene cylinders
  • Boat flares
  • Car airbags
  • Fireworks
  • Agricultural or commercial tyres

Trailers

Trailers accepted
Cars may tow non-tipping trailers up to 3m long. Vans and utility vehicles towing trailers, horse trailers, agricultural trailers and trailers over 3m are not admitted.
Permit required
Not required for a car towing an eligible single-axle trailer. A double-axle trailer needs an HWRC permit.

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