Recycling Centres
Honiton, Sutton Barton
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
- 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
- Ink cartridges
- Flat glass (e.g. window glass)
- Fridges/freezers
- TVs / computer monitors
- Plastic bottles
- Clean mixed plastic packaging
(8KB - pdf help) - Tetrapaks
- 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 (4KB - pdf help)
- Fluorescent tubes: 5 in 6 month period
- Food: acceptable by arrangement only, please contact your local district/city council in the first instance
- Noxious weeds (606KB - pdf help)
Chargeable
- Soil/Rubble (including bricks, blocks, tiles, paving slabs, concrete posts, sanitary ware etc)
- Plasterboard (including plaster and gypsum related products)
- Asbestos
- Tyres
Non-acceptable
- Sharps/clinical items: please contact your local district/city council
- Animals/animal bedding
- Commercial/trade waste (green waste and cardboard chargeable by arrangement only, see Trade Recycling for further information)
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: Sutton Barton Recycling Centre, Honiton EX14 9SP
Please refer to the following directions or select the Sutton Barton map
From Axminster, take the A35 towards Honiton. After passing through Wilmington turn left following the signs to the Recycling Centre. Follow the road and take the first left signposted Recycling Centre. The site is on the right about half a mile along this road.
From Honiton, take the A35 towards Axminster. After passing signs to Offwell, take the right turn following the signs to the Recycling Centre. Follow the road and take the first left signposted Recycling Centre. The site is on the right about half a mile along this road.
