Recycling Centre / Council
Townmead Recycling Centre
Kew, Richmond TW9 4EL
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
- 09:00 - 16:00
Contact details
Address & Contact
- Address
- Kew, Richmond TW9 4EL
- Location
- Twickenham
- Telephone
- 020 8876 3281
- GPS
- 51.4752831, -0.274626
- Website
- Visit official website
Plan your visit
Location
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What can I take to Townmead Recycling Centre?
- Clean aluminium foil
- Household and car batteries
- Reusable books and bric-a-brac
- Cans and empty aerosols
- Paper and cardboard
- Food and drink cartons
- Coffee pods
- Building materials (DIY allowance)
- Non-cooling electrical items
- Domestic fire extinguishers
- Fluorescent tubes
- Garden waste
- Calor, butane and propane gas bottles
- Glass bottles and jars
- General household rubbish
- Rubble and soil (DIY allowance)
- Mattresses from private homes
- Cooking oil
- Engine oil
- Usable paint for reuse
- Household plastic containers
- Shoes and textiles
- Toner and ink cartridges
- Wood and timber
This is a summary, not a complete list. If an item isn’t shown, check with the council before you travel.
Book before visiting. Free DIY disposal applies to occupants doing unpaid work at their own home: under 100 litres fitting two 50-litre bags, or one item up to 2m × 0.75m × 0.7m, with no more than four visits in four weeks. Excess is charged. Keep plastic and aluminium pods separate. Trade waste is a separate charged service.
Not accepted
- Tyres
- Asbestos
- Vehicle parts
- Unidentified gas bottles and oxygen bottles
- Fireworks, marine flares and ordnance
- Medicines
- Syringes
- Unidentified or unlabelled chemicals
- Petrol, diesel and other liquid fuels
ID and proof of address
- Proof is requested for van or DIY-waste visits: photo ID plus a utility or Council Tax bill.
Official sources
About this listing
Listing information
Townmead Recycling Centre is located at Kew, Richmond TW9 4EL. Townmead Tip is for use with residents from the local area only to dispose of their recyclable items or waste. Townmead Dump is controlled by West London waste management disposal services.
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