Recycling Centres

Exeter, Pinbrook Road

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 10:00am - 6:00pm 10:00am - 4:30pm
Sunday 10:00am -4:00pm 10:00am - 4:00pm

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
  • Foil: clean aluminium foil only (recycled with metal)
  • Textiles
  • Garden/green waste
  • Timber
  • Metal
  • Large domestic appliances, e.g. cookers, microwaves, washing machines etc
  • Small domestic appliances, e.g. toasters, lawn mowers, hairdryers etc
  • Flat glass
  • Fridges/freezers
  • TVs / computer monitors
  • Carpets
  • Plastic bottles
  • Clean mixed plastic packaging image - PDF icon (8KB - pdf help)
  • Bulky plastics, e.g, childrens toys, garden furniture etc
  • Carrier bags
  • DIY engine oil
  • Vegetable oil
  • Car batteries
  • Domestic batteries
  • Energy saving light bulbs (recycled with fluorescent tubes)

Restricted

  • DIY waste: 12 large bags/0.5 tonnes in 6 month period (EXCLUDES soil/rubble, plasterboard, asbestos, tyres - see Chargeable below)
  • Household chemicals (e.g. pesticides, white spirit, bleach, old medicines, oil-based paint): 5 litres in 12 months.
  • Gas bottles image - PDF icon (4KB - pdf help)
  • Fluorescent tubes: 5 in 6 month period
  • Noxious weeds image - PDF icon (606KB - pdf help)

Chargeable

Non-acceptable

Reuse

Reusable goods are set aside/salvaged for for re-use at this Recycling Centre.

All such goods are offered for sale by the contractors/site operators, and any money made contributes towards site operating costs.

Prices of items for sale are determined by the Contractor and not Devon County Council.  As stock is continuously changing, there is no guarantee of specific items being available.

Please note that sales of electrical goods are not permitted to the general public

Assistance

Reasonable assistance will be provided when requested.

How to get there: Pinbrook Road Recycling Centre, Exeter EX4 8HH

Please refer to the following directions or select the Pinbrook Road map.

Coming from Exeter (Pinhoe Road), at the traffic lights by Sainsburys turn left onto Exhibition Way.  Pinbrook Road is the first right.  The Recycling Centre is signed from Pinhoe Road.

For further enquiries call Devon County Council Waste Management on 0845 155 1010