Recycling Centre / Council
Portland Recycling Centre
Easton Lane, Portland, Dorset DT5 1BW
Opening hours
Visit information
- Monday
- 10:00 - 16:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 - 16:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 - 16:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 - 16:00
- Friday
- 10:00 - 16:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 - 16:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 - 16:00
Contact details
Address & Contact
- Address
- Easton Lane, Portland, Dorset DT5 1BW
- Location
- Dorchester
- Telephone
- 01305 221040
- GPS
- 50.5519869, -2.4375906
- Website
- Visit official website
Plan your visit
Location
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What can I take to Portland Recycling Centre?
- Aerosols and cans
- Household and car batteries
- Books
- Cardboard
- Carpets
- Cartons
- Coffee pods (separate collection)
- Cooking oil
- Household electrical appliances
- Engine oil (up to 5 litres per visit)
- Foil
- Food waste
- Domestic fridges and freezers
- Furniture
- Garden waste
- Hard plastics
- Household and garden chemicals (labelled containers, up to 5 litres per visit)
- Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
- Mattresses
- Mobile phones
- Paint
- Paper
- Pillows and duvets
- Plastic bottles
- Printer cartridges
- Scrap metal
- Textiles
- Vapes
- Wood
- Soil, rubble, hardcore, plasterboard and sheet glass (DIY booking)
- Glass bottles and jars
This is a summary, not a complete list. If an item isn’t shown, check with the council before you travel.
Book DIY waste before travelling. Dorset residents can claim up to sixteen 25-litre bags, or four items each up to 2m × 0.75m × 0.7m, over no more than four bookings in four weeks. Only small household DIY work qualifies. Non-residents and amounts outside the allowance are charged. These details describe the household service, not a separate commercial-waste facility.
Not accepted
- Agricultural waste
- Ammunition, explosives and unspent fireworks
- Barbed wire
- Petrol and diesel
- Marine flares
- Nitrous-oxide canisters
- Heating oil and oil tanks
- Solar panels
- Vehicle parts
- Unlabelled or non-household chemicals
- Commercial fridges and freezers
- Gas boilers
- Medicines
- Asbestos
- Business and commercial waste
Trailers
- Trailers accepted
- Yes, behind a vehicle that does not require a permit. Maximum trailer-bed size: 1.8m long × 1.2m wide. Vehicles requiring a permit cannot tow a trailer onto the site.
- Permit required
- No separate permit for a compliant trailer towed by a vehicle that does not require a permit.
About this listing
Listing information
Portland Recycling Centre is located at Easton Lane, Portland, Dorset DT5 1BW. Portland Tip is for use with residents from the local area only to dispose of their recyclable items or waste. Portland Dump is controlled by Dorset Council Waste Management Services.
Want to see other recycling centres in Dorset? Browse the full list of Dorset Council Recycling Centres.
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