Recycling Centre / Council
Smallmead Recycling Centre
Smallmead Road, Island Road, Reading RG2 0RP
Opening hours
Visit information
- Monday
- 08:00 - 19:00
- Tuesday
- 08:00 - 19:00
- Wednesday
- 08:00 - 19:00
- Thursday
- 08:00 - 19:00
- Friday
- 08:00 - 19:00
- Saturday
- 08:00 - 19:00
- Sunday
- 08:00 - 19:00
Contact details
Address & Contact
- Address
- Smallmead Road, Island Road, Reading RG2 0RP
- Location
- Reading
- Telephone
- 0800 988 3023
- GPS
- 51.4307975, -0.9862579
- Website
- Visit official website
Plan your visit
Location
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What can I take to Smallmead Recycling Centre?
- Aerosols
- Household batteries
- Car batteries
- Bicycles for reuse
- Books
- Cans and tins
- Cardboard
- Carpets
- Clothes and shoes
- Coffee pods
- Household computers and electricals
- Cookers and microwaves
- Cooking oil
- Engine oil
- Fluorescent tubes
- Domestic fridges and freezers
- Furniture
- Garden waste
- General household waste
- Glass bottles and jars
- Light bulbs
- Mattresses
- Scrap metal
- Mobile phones
- Paper
- Rigid plastics
- Food and drink cartons
- Tyres (maximum four car tyres)
- Vapes
- Wood and timber (DIY conditions)
- Rubble (DIY conditions)
- Soil (DIY conditions)
- Plasterboard (DIY conditions)
This is a summary, not a complete list. If an item isn’t shown, check with the council before you travel.
Book before visiting. DIY waste has a limited free household allowance; additional quantities are chargeable. Bonded asbestos is a separate booked service: contact re3 before visiting and follow its packaging rules.
Not accepted
- Ammunition
- Clinical and medical waste, including needles
- Explosives
- Fireworks and flares
- Petrol, diesel and paraffin
- Oil tanks
- Powdered cement
- Gas canisters over 15kg, air cylinders and SCUBA bottles
- Livestock and stable waste
ID and proof of address
- Bring proof that you live in Reading, Bracknell Forest or Wokingham, such as a driving licence, current Council Tax bill or recent utility bill. For DIY waste the document must show your full address.
Trailers
- Trailers accepted
- Yes behind a car, up to 3.05m load-bed length. Vans and pick-ups towing trailers are not admitted.
- Permit required
- Required for car trailers with load beds from 1.83m to 3.05m. A shorter trailer behind an unmarked car does not need a commercial-vehicle permit; a sign-written car does.
About this listing
Listing information
Smallmead Recycling Centre is located at Smallmead Road, Island Road, Reading RG2 0RP. Smallmead Tip is for use with residents from the local area only to dispose of their recyclable items or waste. Smallmead Dump is controlled by Re3 waste management disposal services.
Want to see other recycling centres in Reading? Browse the full list of Reading Borough Council Recycling Centres.
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