Household Recycling Centres (HRCs)

What you can bring to a Household Recycling Centre

Details on what you can and cannot bring to your local Household Recycling Centre.

If you collect waste as part of a business or a fee is charged, this becomes commercial waste and you must use commercial waste disposal sites, not Household Recycling Centres. These are for the sole use of householders disposing of their own waste. If you use a HRC in this way you are breaking the law. See the Clinical, hazardous and commercial waste page for more details.

Sort it before you bring it

What you can bring to a Household Recycling Centre

Our data shows more than a third of the items put in the general waste container at our Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) could have been recycled.

As part of our 'Recycling: Let's Sort It' campaign we encourage you to sort your waste before you visit your local HRC, ensuring that all items are separated correctly.

There are designated sorting areas at each of our sites that gives you the opportunity to sort your materials as easily as possible, with our site staff on hand to help you.

You should only use the HRCs that are within the Wiltshire Council local authority area.

If you pay your council tax to Swindon Borough Council visit Swindon Borough Council: Bins, rubbish and recycling (opens new window) for more information.

Purchasing compost at your local Household Recycling Centre

Garden waste collected through kerbside collections is composted under a contract with Hills Waste Solutions. The decomposition process takes 12 weeks, producing high quality compost and top soil which is certified to BSI PAS 100 standards. It is suitable for farming, landscaping and gardening.

Compost can be purchased in small bags from Wiltshire's HRCs or in larger volumes directly from Hills Waste Solutions Ltd: About our compost (opens new window). You can find your closest HRC on our Locations and opening times page.