Charges for non-household waste (DIY)
Information about the charges for non-household waste (DIY) at our recycling centres.
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Your free allowance
DIY waste is legally classified as industrial waste and local authorities have no legal obligation to accept it. However, we do accept small amounts of personal non-household DIY waste free of charge. We then charge for any DIY waste over your allowance.
You have a free allowance of:
- up to two 50-litre rubble bags (or five 20-litre bags)
- one bulky or fitted item no larger than 2000 mm x 750 mm x 700 mm
Price list for extra waste (over your free allowance).
Larger amounts of waste should be disposed of using local skip services or other commercial organisations.
You must book a visit to use your free allowance.
Book a free allowance visit
If you want to use your free allowance of DIY waste, you must use the form below to book your visit to a waste recycling centre.
If you arrive without a booking, we will charge for all the DIY waste you deposit. Note that:
- you can only book one visit per week
- we will charge for any DIY waste over your fee allowance
How to pay at a waste recycling centre
Our sites accept contactless payments (including Apple Pay and Samsung Pay).
If you cannot pay for items, you cannot deposit them. Ensure you have the electronic means to pay before travelling to our sites.
We do not charge for normal household waste such as recycling, green garden waste, residual waste, or asbestos.
What is DIY waste?
DIY (or non-household) waste is waste from your property and garden. It is primarily, but not exclusively, materials generated through:
- construction
- alteration and renovation
- repair
Other sources could be items or materials most people would not take with them when moving home, for example:
- floorboards
- guttering
- roofing materials
- garden shed or greenhouse
- raised beds
- decking
- fencing
We also class car and motorcycle tyres as non-household waste.
Items we do not accept
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Tarmac | In all grades and forms |
| Large quantities of material | |
| Heavily contaminated sandbags | For example with oil or sewage |
| Plasterboard mixed with other material e.g. attached to tile or stud wall | For example, attached to tile or stud wall |
| Lorry tyres | |
| Tractor tyres | |
| Commercial plant or machinery tyres | |
| Red or blue pallets | These are commercial and should be returned to the supplier |
Price list for extra waste (over your free allowance)
We charge £2.30 per 20-litre bag or equivalent over your free allowance. The dimensions of a 20-litre bag are 530 mm x 465 mm x 155 mm. Note that:
- part bags are charged as full bags (for example, 1.5 bags = £4.60)
- loose materials or larger bags will be estimated by our team at the site
The charges are the same across all of our sites, and the team members' decision on charging will be final. Contact household waste charging if you feel you have been overcharged.
Below are charges (over your free allowance) for some common non-household waste items. All prices include VAT.
Asbestos (restrictions apply)
You must book your visit by phone at least 24 hours before bringing asbestos to a waste site (Monday to Friday only).
We only accept asbestos at these three sites:
Read our instructions for disposing of asbestos.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Asbestos - maximum of eight sheets in any one visit (no larger than 6 x 4 feet) | Free |
Bathroom items
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Bath (plastic or ceramic) | £2.30 |
| Bath (metal) | Free |
| Bath panel | £2.30 |
| Bathroom pedestal | £2.30 |
| Bathroom sink | £2.30 |
| Bathroom tiles (per 20 litre bag) | £2.30 |
| Bathroom towel rail | £2.30 |
| Bathroom cabinets - fitted | £2.30 |
| Bidet | £2.30 |
| Toilet cistern | £2.30 |
| Toilet pan | £2.30 |
| Shower or screen door | £2.30 |
| Shower panel (equivalent to an internal door 6 x 3 foot) | £2.30 |
| Shower tray | £2.30 |
Bedroom items
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Fitted wardrobe | £2.30 |
The following bedroom items are free:
- freestanding wardrobes
- bedside cabinets
- drawers
- wooden or metal bed frames
- divan bed bases
- headboards
Flooring
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Artificial grass or turf (per roll or 2 m x 1 m sheet) | £2.30 |
| Floorboards (up to 2 m x 1 m) | £2.30 |
| Laminate and engineered flooring (up to 2 m x 1 m) | £2.30 |
The following flooring items are free:
- carpet
- vinyl
Hardcore and rubble
We do not accept Tarmac in any grade or form.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Breeze blocks (for 2) | £2.30 |
| Bricks and rubble (per 20 litre bag) | £2.30 |
| Cement (per 20 litre bag) | £2.30 |
| Chimney pot | £2.30 |
| Concrete drain or sewer pipe (1m x 1m or equivalent) | £2.30 |
| Concrete fence posts (per post) | £2.30 |
| Granite or stone worktop (1m x 1m or equivalent) | £2.30 |
| Greenhouse panel - per side (6 ft x 4 ft greenhouse) | £2.30 |
| Paving slabs or stone flooring (1m x 1m or equivalent) | £2.30 |
| Roof, wall or floor tiles or slates (per 20 litre bag) | £2.30 |
| Sheet glass (per pane up to 1 m squared - larger panes will be more) | £2.30 |
| Soil or turf (per 20 litre bag) | £2.30 |
| Stones, gravel, cobbles, rocks (per 20 litre bag) | £2.30 |
| Windowpane (loose) | £2.30 |
Kitchen items
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Kitchen sink and taps | £2.30 |
| Kitchen tiles (per 20 litre bag) | £2.30 |
| Kitchen unit | £2.30 |
| Kitchen worktop | £2.30 |
Plasterboard (restrictions apply)
We will only accept plasterboard (including bagged gypsum and lime plaster) at Redbridge and Ardley Fields. We cannot accept any plasterboard with tiles still attached.
You must place plasterboard waste in the skip without the bag.
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Coving, plasterboard, decorative plasterwork and bags of plaster (per full or part filled 20 litre bag). | £4 |
| Plasterboard sheet (equivalent size of a door, 2 m x 1 m) | £11 |
Roofing materials
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Loft insulation (per roll or 2m x 1m sheet) | £2.30 |
| Roofing felt (per roll or 2m x 1m sheet) | £2.30 |
| Guttering pipes (up to 3m or 10 ft) | £2.30 |
Tyres
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Car tyre (on or off rim) (per tyre - maximum of 4) | £7 |
| Motorcycle tyre (per tyre - maximum of 4) | £7 |
| Van tyre (small domestic use only) (per tyre - maximum of 4) | £7 |
The following tyres are free:
- bicycle
- child's go-cart
- electric scooter (small wheels)
- pram
- wheelbarrow
Wood
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Decking (up to 2 m x 1 m) | £2.30 |
| Fence panel (up to 6 ft x 6 ft) | £2.30 |
| Fence or other wood post (up to 2 m) | £2.30 |
| Fitted wood units (bathroom and kitchen) | £2.30 |
| Fitted bookcases | £2.30 |
| Fire surround | £2.30 |
| Floorboard and roof boards (up to 2 m x 1 m) | £2.30 |
| Garage door (up to 6 ft x 6 ft) | £2.30 |
| Internal or external door (6 ft x 3 ft) | £2.30 |
| Shed (per panel) | £2.30 |
| Skirting boards (up to 2 m) | £2.30 |
| Timber offcuts (per 20 litre bag) | £2.30 |
| Wooden window frames | £2.30 |
Plain pallets (maximum of three) are free. We do not accept blue or red pallets.
Miscellaneous
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Boiler | £2.30 |
| Cladding (per 20 litre bag or if wood or composite, per 3 m or 10 ft length) | £2.30 |
| Fireplace | £2.30 |
| Insulation (price per roll or part of, or 2 m x 1 m sheet) | £2.30 |
| Loft door or hatch | £2.30 |
| Plastic baths and sinks - not baby baths | £2.30 |
| Plastic and composite decking | £2.30 |
| Plastic guttering and piping | £2.30 |
| Plastic pond and liner | £2.30 |
| PVC doors and windows | £2.30 |
| Radiator | £2.30 |
| Sheet glass (per 20 litre bag or 1 m x 1 m) | £2.30 |
| Storage heater (radiator type, not portable) | £2.30 |
| Wood burner | £2.30 |
We accept metal DIY, such as metal radiators or garage doors, for free.
Commercial and trade waste
We do not accept commercial or trade waste from businesses or charities at any site except Redbridge.
We will only accept DIY waste items brought to a waste site by the householder. For example, if you have a new bathroom fitted, you can take items from the old bathroom to a waste site. However, your bathroom fitter cannot take it because it is trade waste for them.
Learn more about commercial or trade waste.
Using a van or trailer
Some vehicles and trailer sizes require a permit to bring waste onto a site. Other vehicle types are not allowed to enter a waste and recycling centre at all. Check if you will need a free permit before you travel to a waste and recycling centre.
Other options for disposing of materials
You could hire a skip or find a waste carrier to come and remove waste for you. You can search online for local waste management and skip companies. Alternatively, you could hire someone via a classified ad.
Whatever you choose, you must comply with the householder's duty of care by:
- ensuring that the person is a registered waste carrier
- ensuring you know where they are taking the waste
Search the waste carriers' register.
The household duty of care
The Waste (Household Waste) Duty of Care (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 aims to:
- crack down on fly-tipping
- ensure we all handle rubbish properly and responsibly.
Fines for breaking the regulations
You can be fined up to £5,000 if you pass on waste to an unauthorised person. If we can trace fly-tipped waste back to a particular household, the householders may be fined up to £5,000. How to report fly-tipping.
Why we charge for DIY waste
We are only obliged to accept small quantities of non-household DIY waste at our waste and recycling centres. This type of waste is expensive to dispose of. Therefore, we charge a small amount for non-household (DIY) waste (over your free allowance) to help cover these costs.
We need to make savings
The county council's funding from central government has more than halved in recent years. Public sector budgets are expected to remain under severe pressure in the foreseeable future. We have made some difficult decisions to deliver a balanced budget as required by law and provide vital public services to Oxfordshire residents.