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Sunday 20 July 2008

Recycling Centres

Ashley, Tiverton

Opening days:

Open all year round (except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day)

Summer (Apr - Sep)     Winter (Oct - Mar)    
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 6:00pm 8:00am - 4:30pm
Saturday and Sunday 10:00am - 6:00pm 10:00am - 4:30pm

List of acceptable materials:

Acceptable

  • Recyclable materials
  • Bulky household items
    e.g. Furniture, carpets, household electrical equipment

Recycling facilities available

  • Glass bottles and jars
  • Newspapers and magazines
  • Card/Yellow Pages
  • Aluminium and steel cans
  • Textiles
  • Garden/green waste
  • Timber
  • Metal/domestic appliances
  • Fridges/freezers
  • TVs / computer monitors
  • Plastic bottles
  • DIY engine oil
  • Car batteries
  • Reusable goods
  • Gas bottles

Restricted

  • Rubble/hardcore, soil and general construction waste: 12 large bags/0.5 tonnes in 6 month period
  • Tyres: 5 in 12 months, preferably separated from rims
  • Household chemicals (e.g. pesticides, white spirit, bleach, old medicines, oil-based paint): 5 litres in 12 months
  • Fluorescent tubes: 5 in 6 month period
  • Asbestos: acceptable by arrangement only, see Asbestos for further information

Non-acceptable

  • Food: acceptable at certain Recycling Centres by arrangement only.  Please contact your local district/city council in the first instance.
  • Sharps/clinical items: please contact your local district/city council
  • Animals/animal bedding
  • Commercial/trade waste (green waste and cardboard chargeable at certain Recycling Centres by arrangement only, see Trade Recycling)

Non-acceptable waste is chargeable at Deep Moor landfill site 01805 623496, Exeter transfer station 01392 666420 and Heathfield landfill site 01626 853522 via a weighbridge

How to get there: Ashley Recycling Centre, Tiverton EX16 5PD

Please refer to the following directions or select the Ashley map.

From Tiverton take the A396 towards Exeter, the site can be found on the right after approximately two miles.

Travelling on the A396 towards Tiverton from the Exeter direction the site can be found on the left, approximately one and a half miles from Bickleigh.