Recycling Centre / Council

Knowle Hill Recycling Centre

Salterton Rd, Exmouth EX8 2NS

Opening hours

Visit information

Monday
09:00 - 16:30
Tuesday
09:00 - 16:30
Wednesday
09:00 - 16:30
Thursday
09:00 - 16:30
Friday
09:00 - 16:30
Saturday
10:00 - 16:30
Sunday
10:00 - 16:30

Contact details

Address & Contact

Address
Salterton Rd, Exmouth EX8 2NS
Location
Exeter
Telephone
0345 155 1010
GPS
50.6353378, -3.3578808
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What can I take to Knowle Hill Recycling Centre?

  • Cans
  • Household and car batteries
  • Cardboard and non-glitter cards
  • Carpets
  • Coffee pods (plastic and metal separated)
  • Flat glass
  • Fluorescent tubes (maximum five in six months)
  • Clean aluminium foil
  • Domestic fridges and freezers
  • Garden waste (branches up to 250mm diameter)
  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Household electrical appliances
  • Light bulbs
  • Mattresses
  • Scrap metal and empty aerosols
  • Paper, newspapers and magazines
  • Printer cartridges
  • Textiles
  • Wood
  • TVs and monitors
  • Vapes
  • Vegetable oil
  • Soil and rubble (DIY limits)
  • Clean plasterboard (DIY limits)
  • Upholstered domestic seating
  • Clean mixed plastic packaging (no black trays or cling film)
  • Bulky and rigid plastics

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

Separate materials before arrival. The free household DIY allowance is four visits in four weeks, each with two safely liftable rubble bags or one item up to 2m long; extra quantities are charged. Waste produced by a paid tradesperson is excluded. Carpets and mattresses are accepted for disposal, not recycling. Keep glitter and wrapping paper out of the paper bank.

Keep plasterboard separate, with other materials removed.

Upholstered seating is accepted for disposal, not recycling.

Not accepted

  • Business and trade waste
  • Electric-vehicle and solar-storage batteries
  • Commercial cooling appliances
  • Cooling units from caravans, motorhomes or boats
  • Explosives and fireworks
  • Clinical waste and sharps
  • Vehicles and vehicle parts
  • Asbestos

Trailers

Trailers accepted
Yes, with an internal/body length up to 3m. Vans and pickups cannot tow a trailer into the centre; fully fitted campervans, minibuses and small Fiesta/Corsa-type vans are exceptions to that towing restriction.

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