Hazardous household waste
How you can dispose of hazardous household waste.
Hazardous waste means rubbish with certain characteristics that cause danger to health or the environment. These may be chemical, explosive, radioactive or other characteristics.
All our Waste Recycling Centres take hazardous waste, from fluorescent tubes to pesticides or aerosols to batteries. For more information about what you can dispose of, and where, see our recycling A-Z:
- pesticides
- insecticides
- batteries
- household cleaning chemicals
- other garden chemicals
- car care products
- aerosols
- pharmaceuticals
- photographic chemicals
You can dispose of asbestos at Ardley, Redbridge or Dix Pit waste recycling centre (although you must telephone in advance)
Household collection service
We operate a hazardous household waste collection service called Chem Collect for residents who are unable to go to a waste recycling centre.
Please ring us on 08450 50 45 50 if you have any enquiries regarding rubbish that could be classified as hazardous or if you would like to arrange a hazardous waste collection from your house. Please make a list of each item including its description, and the description and size of the container.
However, please do note that hazardous waste collections occur approximately every six months, depending on the volume of bookings.
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