Where to take my waste and recycling
also known as: Household waste recovery centres - HWRCs, Tip, Waste disposal sites.
Find out where you can take your waste and recycling, check household waste recovery centre opening times and apply for a waste permit.
Household Waste Recovery Centres
(HWRC)
We have 12 of these larger waste disposal sites.
Click on the names below to reveal the opening times,
address (with map) and a list of items they accept:
Shilburn Road
NE47 9LG
Tel 07970 233 677
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Plot B
Lionheart Enterprise Park
Alnwick
NE66 2HT
Tel 07971 147 428
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Hathery Lane
Bebside
NE24 4HN
Tel 07870 253 137
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
North Road Industrial Estate
Berwick
TD15 1UN
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Town Foot
Haltwhistle
NE49 0ET
Tel 07870 253 139
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
French Garden Industrial Estate
Hexham
NE46 4DL
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Near Ponteland
NE20 0AG
Tel 07870 253 140
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Morpeth
NE61 3AB
Tel 07870 253 143
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
North Seaton Industrial Estate
Ashington
NE63 0YB
Tel 07870 253 106
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Near Seahouses
NE68 7UP
Tel 07870 253 141
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Broomhouse Road
West Wylam
NE42 5ED
Tel 07870 253 142
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Brewery Lane
NE71 6QG
Tel 07870 253 144
Opening Times:
Open 7 days a week (including bank holidays), except Christmas Day and New Years Day, when it is closed.
Household waste permits
You will require a permit to take your waste to the HWRC if
you want to use a van, ‘trade type vehicle’ and / or trailer which
is longer than 5ft (1.52m). Very large vans / lorries and trailers
over 9ft 10inch (3metres) will not be permitted for health and
safety reasons.
Permits are
- Free of charge
- Valid for one visit (you can request more than one permit when
applying)
- Posted to your property or available for collection at a
nominated council information point (we cannot email permits)
We aim to process requests for permits and dispatch them within
two workings day of receipt.
Apply for a household waste permit here
Hazardous household waste
Our HWRCs accept certain types of hazardous waste:
- used engine oil
- car batteries
- household batteries
- gas cylinders
- fridges and freezers
- fluorescent tubes
- televisions and computer monitors
For other types of hazardous household waste, there is a
free collection service which is organised by the
County Council. Examples of hazardous waste that may be eligible
for the free collection service include some garden chemicals,
flammable solvents and asbestos.
Find out
more about hazardous household waste here.
Using our Household Waste Recovery Centres
We have commitments we make to the users of our sites, and ask
users to follow our code of conduct too.
As a site user we give a commitment to you that we will:-
- Offer assistance and be courteous and polite at all times.
- Maintain a clean, tidy and safe site.
- Maximise recycling on the site.
We also ask that you:-
- separate your waste into different categories before you arrive.
- be considerate to other site users.
- recycle wherever possible.
- remain polite and courteous.
- leave any comments on the forms provided. So that we know what you think about the service and where things could be improved even further
Please have a look at our leaflet which shows how we are performing
In March 2009 we asked HWRC customers for their feedback:
- 100% were satisfied with the facilities
- 100% said they felt safe using the sites
- 98% found staff to be very/fairly helpful
- 94% percent found the containers easier to use
- 98% found the layout easier to follow
- 98% found the sites had improved
- 93% found the longer opening hours more helpful
- 90% were very satisfied with the centres’ overall level of service and 10%were fairly satisfied
- 89% said they found the sites clean and tidy
- 89% of those people who needed a permit to deposit their waste said they were happy with the speed it was produced and all said the permit had helped them deposit their waste.
110 customers completed the questionnaire. The biggest responses to the survey were at Hexham, Kirkley West Thorn, Prudhoe and Morpeth, but every one of the council’s 13 recycling centres, which are operated by recycling and resource management company SITA UK, was represented in the questionnaire, each delivering positive results.
If you would like to provide feedback on our household waste recovery sites, please email ask@northumberland.gov.uk or fill in one of the customer feedback forms at the depots.
Recycling points – drop off / bring sites
These smaller self-service sites are positioned in convenient
locations, often in town and village car parks, allowing residents
to recycle items such as glass and textiles.
Find your local recycling points:
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