What goes to household waste recycling centre

24 things that belong in household waste recycling centre.

Item	Answer
Leftover wet paint	Household waste centre or a community paint reuse scheme. Liquid paint is not accepted in any household bin.
Car batteries (lead-acid)	Garage, scrap yard or household waste centre. Lead-acid is the most successfully recycled consumer product there is.
Used motor oil	Household waste centre oil bank, or a garage that accepts it. One container of it contaminates an enormous volume of water.
Small electricals (kettles, toasters, hair dryers)	Electrical waste. Household waste centre, a shop take-back point, or a kerbside small-electricals sack if your council runs one.
Pyrex and heat-resistant glassware	Never the glass bin. Ovenware is formulated not to melt like bottle glass, and one fragment can ruin a whole batch.
Televisions and monitors	WEEE recycling. Old CRT sets contain several kilograms of leaded glass.
CFL energy-saving bulbs	Household waste centre or a shop take-back point. They contain mercury and must not be binned.
LED bulbs	Small electricals recycling. No mercury, but they are electronics, not glass.
Drinking glasses and wine glasses	Not the glass bin. Tableware glass has a different composition from bottle glass.
Smoke alarms	Household waste centre or manufacturer return. Ionisation alarms contain a tiny sealed radioactive source.
Crockery, mugs and ceramics	Not glass and not recyclable at the kerb. Donate what is whole; broken pieces go to the household waste centre or general waste.
Fluorescent tubes	Household waste centre, intact. Mercury inside, and a tube that breaks in transit is a spill.
Camping gas canisters and butane cartridges	Household waste centre, as gas cylinders — not the metal skip and never a bin, whether or not they feel empty.
Fire extinguishers	Household waste centre or a fire equipment company. It is pressurised until a professional has discharged it.
Mirrors	Household waste centre. The reflective backing means it is not recyclable glass.
Cables, chargers and leads	Electrical waste or scrap metal. The copper inside is worth recovering.
Plasterboard and plaster	Separate skip or a dedicated bay at the household waste centre. It is banned from mixed landfill in many places for a reason.
Rubble, bricks and concrete	Household waste centre or a skip, as inert waste. Expect to be charged.
Window and greenhouse glass	Household waste centre, as flat glass — never the bottle bank.
Soil and turf	Household waste centre as inert waste, usually with a charge and a quantity limit. Not the garden waste bin.
Treated and painted timber	Household waste centre, in the treated wood skip. Never burned in a stove, a bonfire or a chiminea.
Scrap metal	Scrap metal skip at the household waste centre, or a scrap dealer who will pay for it. Metal is worth money.
Garden hose and plastic garden items	General waste or the household waste centre. Hose is a mixed-plastic tangle and no kerbside scheme takes it.
Solar garden lights	Small electricals. There is a rechargeable cell inside every one of them.

Leftover wet paint Household waste centre or a community paint reuse scheme. Liquid paint is not accepted in any household bin.
Car batteries (lead-acid) Garage, scrap yard or household waste centre. Lead-acid is the most successfully recycled consumer product there is.
Used motor oil Household waste centre oil bank, or a garage that accepts it. One container of it contaminates an enormous volume of water.
Small electricals (kettles, toasters, hair dryers) Electrical waste. Household waste centre, a shop take-back point, or a kerbside small-electricals sack if your council runs one.
Pyrex and heat-resistant glassware Never the glass bin. Ovenware is formulated not to melt like bottle glass, and one fragment can ruin a whole batch.
Televisions and monitors WEEE recycling. Old CRT sets contain several kilograms of leaded glass.
CFL energy-saving bulbs Household waste centre or a shop take-back point. They contain mercury and must not be binned.
LED bulbs Small electricals recycling. No mercury, but they are electronics, not glass.
Drinking glasses and wine glasses Not the glass bin. Tableware glass has a different composition from bottle glass.
Smoke alarms Household waste centre or manufacturer return. Ionisation alarms contain a tiny sealed radioactive source.
Crockery, mugs and ceramics Not glass and not recyclable at the kerb. Donate what is whole; broken pieces go to the household waste centre or general waste.
Fluorescent tubes Household waste centre, intact. Mercury inside, and a tube that breaks in transit is a spill.
Camping gas canisters and butane cartridges Household waste centre, as gas cylinders — not the metal skip and never a bin, whether or not they feel empty.
Fire extinguishers Household waste centre or a fire equipment company. It is pressurised until a professional has discharged it.
Mirrors Household waste centre. The reflective backing means it is not recyclable glass.
Cables, chargers and leads Electrical waste or scrap metal. The copper inside is worth recovering.
Plasterboard and plaster Separate skip or a dedicated bay at the household waste centre. It is banned from mixed landfill in many places for a reason.
Rubble, bricks and concrete Household waste centre or a skip, as inert waste. Expect to be charged.
Window and greenhouse glass Household waste centre, as flat glass — never the bottle bank.
Soil and turf Household waste centre as inert waste, usually with a charge and a quantity limit. Not the garden waste bin.
Treated and painted timber Household waste centre, in the treated wood skip. Never burned in a stove, a bonfire or a chiminea.
Scrap metal Scrap metal skip at the household waste centre, or a scrap dealer who will pay for it. Metal is worth money.
Garden hose and plastic garden items General waste or the household waste centre. Hose is a mixed-plastic tangle and no kerbside scheme takes it.
Solar garden lights Small electricals. There is a rechargeable cell inside every one of them.