Recycling Centre uses public open data and official provider pages. We keep the source and licence with each imported dataset so changes can be checked and rebuilt.
Published by OpenStreetMap contributors
Community-maintained data. A record can be incomplete or out of date. Keep the required OpenStreetMap attribution on maps and pages that use this data.
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Published by Office for National Statistics
The source fetch downloads the ONS names, codes and boundaries directly. A local run can use the licensed Bin Day sister-site snapshot only when the operator supplies the optional sister flag.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Published by Office for National Statistics
This release covers Great Britain. OpenStreetMap place records supply additional names and Northern Ireland coverage.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Published by Ordnance Survey
Code-Point Open covers Great Britain only. Do not add BT data without a suitable commercial LPS or OSNI licence.
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Published by Government Digital Service
Use as a user help link and source reference. Do not scrape it as a recycling-centre database.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
We use these public pages for item preparation, retailer take-back rules, reuse services and specialist recycling routes. Each guide shows its own source links.
Recycle Now. UK household item preparation and recycling routes.
Checked 2026-08-14
Recycle Now. UK postcode-based recycling service and location lookup.
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GOV.UK. Household waste routes, council services and waste carrier checks.
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GOV.UK. UK council lookup by postcode.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Material streams and household collection rules in England.
Checked 2026-08-14
Office for Product Safety and Standards. Consumer disposal routes for batteries and electrical products.
Checked 2026-08-14
GOV.UK. Portable battery retailer take-back duties.
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GOV.UK. Electrical retailer take-back duties and small WEEE rules.
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GOV.UK. Council hazardous household waste lookup for England and Wales.
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GOV.UK. Examples and legal context for hazardous waste.
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NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service. Return of unwanted patient medicines to community pharmacies.
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British Heart Foundation. Shop donations and collection of suitable furniture and electrical items.
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British Red Cross. Charity shop donations and selected furniture services.
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Sue Ryder. Accepted charity shop goods and selected furniture collection.
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Emmaus UK. Local reuse donations and furniture collections.
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Podback. Coffee pod brand and collection route checker.
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Community RePaint. Local reuse routes for usable leftover paint.
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TerraCycle UK. Current brand-funded specialist recycling programmes.
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Currys. In-store and delivery-linked electrical take-back.
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Environmental Business Products. Accepted printer cartridge postal recycling and fundraising.
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Council and service-provider pages are the best place to confirm opening hours, booking rules, permits, charges and accepted waste. We link to an official page from a location record when the source includes one.
Great Britain postcode searches use OS Code-Point Open files stored with this site. The files contain postcode coordinates and are rebuilt from the current public release. They are available under the Open Government Licence. The required Northern Ireland postcode data is not covered by this dataset, so BT postcode coordinate search is unavailable.
If a valid Great Britain postcode is missing from the local files, or a file cannot load, the browser can use Postcodes.io as a fallback. BT postcodes are blocked before this fallback.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
The data job downloads public source records and saves a dated manifest.
Validation rejects missing identifiers, invalid coordinates and broken record links.
The site derives its visible counts from the accepted records. It also rebuilds search and map files.
Large or unexpected changes stop the publish step so they can be checked.
Public data can be incomplete or out of date. Use the official provider link on the location page to confirm access rules and opening hours.
Map and site records can include OpenStreetMap data. Area names and boundaries can include Office for National Statistics data under the Open Government Licence.