Devon County Council

Opening days:

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

List of acceptable materials:

Acceptable

• Recyclable materials
• Bulky household items.
  e.g. Furniture, carpets, household electrical equipment (NOT TELEVISONS OR COMPUTER MONITORS)

Recycling facilities available

• Glass bottles and jars
• Newspapers and magazines
• Aluminium and steel cans
• Textiles
• Garden/green waste
• Metal/domestic appliances
• Fridges/freezers
• Car batteries
• Reusable goods
• Gas bottles
• Domestic batteries

Restricted

• Rubble/hardcore, soil and general construction waste: 12 large bags/0.5 tonnes in a 6 month period
• Tyres: 5 in 12 months, preferably separated from rims.
• Fluorescent tubes: 5 in 6 month period
• Noxious weeds (606KB - pdf help)

Non-acceptable

• 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: please contact your local district/city council
• Animals/animal bedding
• TV/computer monitors*
• Engine oil*
• Asbestos: acceptable at certain Recycling Centres by arrangement only, see Asbestos for further information

*TVs/computer monitors, engine oil and cardboard recyclable at Exton Road Recycling Centre, Exeter and Brunel Road Recycling Centre, Newton Abbot

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: Dawlish Recycling Centre, Dawlish EX7 0NH

Please refer to the following directions or select the Shutterton Lane map.

Shutterton Lane Recycling Centre is located in Shutterton Lane Industrial Estate off the A379, south of Starcross.

For further enquiries call Devon County Council Waste Management on

0845 155 1010