'Recyling centres' aka tips

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Was just checking the opening times of my local tip, and read:

'What you cannot bring to recycling centres:
Asbestos
Chemicals and other toxic substances
Clinical waste
Dead animals
DIY waste including hardcore, plasterboard, tiles, bathroom and kitchen units and doors
Fireworks, ammunition and explosives
Fuel
Gas cylinders
Hazardous waste
Japanese knotweed
Landlord's waste
Pesticides
Poisons
Trade or commercial waste'

So apart from garden waste, which I pay extra for anyway, what CAN I dispose of? When I re-did my bathroom and kitchen 10 years ago I was able to get rid of all the wreckage at the tip, no problem. That is what tips are for. Where would I get rid of it now? And then they complain that fly-tipping is on the increase!

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WindyCommon said:

Fundamental misunderstanding. What used to be "the tip" where you could take your rubbish is now an outsourced facility of Biffa PLC. It has been changed from a service into a profit centre. You are free to bring as much sorted/cleaned/dried valuable recycling input material as you like. If you object to working for Biffa PLC as an unpaid sorter, and have "rubbish" that needs to be thrown away, then I'm afraid you are out of luck.

There's a wonderful alliance of mis-directed forces at work here. At the centre of it all are local councils cutting costs to the bone in order to protect their ability to make pension contributions whilst disguising their actions as driven by environmental concerns.

My thoughts exactly. When they reduced my tip's opening days from 7 days a week to 5 they managed to dress that up as some kind of environmental benefit. If true, why not close it completely!

And of course new houses are going up round here like mushrooms so the problem will only get worse.

Waste round here is run by Veolia, and I have to say that within the restrictions placed on them, they do a good job. My binman is the happiest chappie I've ever met! Britain needs more like him.

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V8mate said:

Your site is clearly a smaller, community facility. There'll be a larger recycling centre nearby which accepts materials in the 'DIY waste including hardcore, plasterboard, tiles, bathroom and kitchen units and doors' line.

The other items in the list are either hazardous or business waste, neither of which have ever been catered for at these facilities.

I can understand some of the restrictions, and yes it is a small tip (though the area is getting more populated by the day). The nearest 'big' one, by the time you've got in and out, would be a 70-80 minute round trip. The one thing that hits the most is 'DIY waste'. A few months ago I went to dispose of one window, and was only just allowed in. Tomorrow I plan to visit to take the remains of my old decking, which is DIY waste. Will they take it?