Recycling Centres

Lynton, Lyn Down Temporary Recycling Centre

Vehicle and Site User Restrictions

Opening days

Lyn Down Temporary Recycling Centre is available at Lyn Down (on the A39 past Barbrook), on the following dates:

Saturday 5th May 2012 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday 4th August 2012 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday 3rd November 2012 10:00am - 4:00pm
Saturday 2nd February 2013 10:00am - 4:00pm

Please note that Fridges/Freezers and Soil/Rubble (including bricks, blocks, tiles, paving slabs, concrete posts, sanitary ware etc) are no longer accepted at this site.

Acceptable materials

  • Bulky household items
    e.g. Garden waste, furniture, carpets, flat glass (if broken, securely wrapped and marked)

Restricted materials

  • DIY waste: 12 large bags/0.5 tonnes in 6 month period (EXCLUDES soil/rubble, plasterboard, asbestos, tyres - see Non-acceptable materials below)
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Non-acceptable materials

  • Fridges/Freezers
  • Soil/Rubble (including bricks, blocks, tiles, paving slabs, concrete posts, sanitary ware etc)
  • Gas bottles
  • Household chemicals (e.g. pesticides, white spirit, bleach, old medicines, oil-based paint)
  • Asbestos: chargeable at certain permanent Recycling Centres (must be pre-booked - see Asbestos for further information).
  • Commercial/trade waste (green waste and cardboard chargeable at certain Recycling Centres by arrangement only, see Trade Recycling)
  • Food: acceptable at certain Recycling Centres by arrangement only, please contact your local district/city council in the first instance
  • Sharps/clinical items
  • Animals/animal bedding
  • Electrical appliances, e.g. washing machines, toasters etc
  • Fluorescent tubes
  • TV/computer monitors
  • Tyres
  • Plasterboard (including plaster and gypsum related products)

Assistance

Reasonable assistance will be provided when requested.

How to get there: Lyn Down Rural Skip, Lynton EX35 6LL

Please refer to the following directions or select the Lyn Down map.

From Barbrook on the A39, head towards Lynmouth.  After approximately one and a half miles at the top of the hill, turn right at the cross roads signposted Lyn Down, the site can be found on the right after a third of a mile.

For further enquiries call Devon County Council Waste Management on

0845 155 1010