Only South Gloucestershire residents can use our tips or recycling centres (Sort It centres).
You do not have to book to use them but you must register your vehicle at least 24 hours before you visit – vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes are not allowed at any of the centres. How to register your vehicle.
Opening times and locations
Our recycling centres are open from 8.30am to 4.30pm every day, except:
- 24 December – open until 2pm
- 25 December – closed all day
- 26 December – closed all day
- 1 January – closed all day
Your visit may be recorded to help us improve our service and protect our staff and customers.
Little Stoke Sort It centre
Station Road, Little Stoke, BS34 6HP – location map
Mangotsfield Sort It centre
Carsons Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9LL – location map
Thornbury Sort It centre
Short Way, Thornbury, BS35 3UT – location map
Yate Sort It centre
Collett Way, Great Western Business Park, Yate, Bristol, BS37 5NL – location map
Access
All of the recycling centres have dropped kerbs to help visitors with mobility issues. Staff are on site to help if you need any assistance.
Large vehicles and trailers are not allowed at Little Stoke recycling centre. There is a 1.8m height barrier in place at this site.
Trailers smaller than 2 metres in length can be used at our Yate, Mangotsfield, and Thornbury sites.
Walking to a recycling centre
You need to make an appointment if you want to use a recycling centre on foot – find out what you need to know and how to make an appointment.
What to bring with you
You will need to bring proof of address and photo identification with you, and you may need to provide a copy of your V5C certificate if you have registered a restricted vehicle.
If you are visiting in a hired vehicle you must bring the hire agreement with you, along with your proof of address and identification.
Disposing of DIY waste
DIY waste can include hardcore, rubble or material left over after demolition.
Even if this waste is generated at someone’s home, it is still classified as industrial waste.
We can accept limited amounts of this waste at our recycling centres (except Little Stoke) including:
- hardcore, rubble and bricks
- concrete slabs
- plasterboard
- roofing materials
- soil
You can bring up to 100 litres (this is about the same as 6 bags or a car boot load) or 1 bathroom suite (1 bath, 1 sink, 1 toilet) per visit.
Plasterboard must be in separate bags to other waste.
If you have more than the limit of DIY waste to dispose of you can:
- bring in up to the limited amount during another visit the following week (no more than 4 visits in a 4-week period)
- arrange for a skip or hippo bag collection with a waste disposal contractor
DIY waste must only be from small construction, renovation or demolition works you have carried out at your home.
Waste produced from work carried out by contractors or resulting from a business cannot be disposed of at the public recycling centres. Find out more on our dispose of business and commercial waste page.
Bag sorting
If you bring bags of mixed waste to a recycling centre you must check them for recycling first which you must remove before throwing away the remaining waste. You can do this using the sorting table on site or take your bags home to sort.
We have reintroduced bag sorting at our sites so that you can recycle more of your waste and to stop hazardous items like batteries, vapes and electrical items causing fires in the waste.
What you can and cannot take to each recycling centre
You must only bring household waste to the recycling centres. This includes large items such as mattresses, carpets and DIY waste.
From 31 December 2023 you can no longer pay to dispose of extra DIY waste.
You cannot take waste from business or commercial activity, including waste produced by a business in the home. Check how to dispose of business and commercial waste.
Remember to sort your items before you visit, particularly keeping stuffed furniture and soft furnishings separate to other waste.
You can also take items that could be reused to any of our recycling centres. Ask a member of staff where to leave them. They will be collected, checked and if suitable put out for sale at our Revive reuse shop.
Find out what is accepted at each location:
Little Stoke Sort It centre
What you can recycle:
- batteries – car batteries, household (dry cell) batteries
- books
- bric-a-brac for reuse, e.g. garden hand tools, furniture, crockery, bikes
- cardboard
- cooking oil
- DVDs and CDs
- furniture – in reusable condition
- green garden waste except for invasive species such as Japanese Knotweed
- hazardous waste in small quantities (see details below)
- ink cartridges
- large electrical equipment, e.g. cookers and washing machines
- scrap metal
- small electrical equipment, e.g. kettles, irons, toasters
- textiles and shoes (tied together in pairs)
- wood including MDF, chipboard furniture, fencing and other treated wood, large logs and other untreated wood
Put any rigid plastics in the general waste area. They will be removed and recycled at a later stage.
Hazardous waste
We can accept the following hazardous waste in small quantities. You must speak to a member of staff so they can be stored safely in a secure area:
- acids
- creosote
- disposable gas canisters such as small camping butane or propane bottles. We cannot accept larger, refillable gas canisters, these should be returned to the supplier
- engine oil – 1 gallon (5 litres) per visit
- fire extinguishers – household sizes only
- fluorescent tubes and energy-saving light bulbs
- lead-acid car batteries
- medicines and pharmaceuticals
- mobile phones
- poisons, pesticides, herbicides, wood preservatives and weed killers
- photographic chemicals
- refrigerators and freezers
- solvents and other flammables e.g. paraffin
- televisions and computer monitors
- toxic paints and paint strippers
Items that cannot be accepted:
- petrol, diesel – you will need to find a contractor to take these
- gas bottles – these remain the property of the supplier and should be returned to them
- Japanese knotweed – this is an invasive species that cannot be disposed of with household waste
- vehicles or car parts containing hazardous material or substances (including residue) such as fuel, oil, brake fluid etc. If you have a caravan, a large quantity of vehicle parts, or vehicle to dispose of, contact a vehicle dismantler (remember to ask to see a Waste Carriers License and check where the waste will be taken)
- industrial or commercial fire extinguishers
Little Stoke does not have facilities to recycle asbestos, tyres, plasterboard, hardcore/rubble, paper, cans, glass, plastics (household collection). If you have these items, you can take them to Mangotsfield, Thornbury, or Yate.
Mangotsfield Sort It centre
What you can recycle:
- batteries (household – dry cell)
- books
- bric-a-brac for reuse e.g. garden hand tools, furniture, crockery, and bikes
- cardboard
- cartons/TetraPaks
- cooking oil
- disposable gas canisters such as small camping butane or propane bottles. We cannot accept larger, refillable gas canisters, these should be returned to the supplier
- DVDs and CDs
- electrical equipment e.g. kettle, iron, toaster, cooker, washing machine
- food and drinks cans
- furniture – in reusable condition
- glass bottles and jars
- plastic bottles, tubs, and trays
- garden waste except for invasive species such as Japanese knotweed
- clean rubble, gravel, stone, concrete, ceramics, and tiles only (no garden waste, plaster, plasterboard or bags and soil should be placed in green waste)
- hazardous waste in small quantities (see details below)
- ink cartridges
- paper
- plasterboard – maximum of 6 sheets or bags for each project
- scrap metal
- soil – maximum of 6 bags or equivalent boot load per month
- textiles and shoes (tied together in pairs)
- wood including MDF, chipboard furniture, fencing, and other treated wood, large logs, and other untreated wood
Put any rigid plastics in the general waste area. They will be removed and recycled at a later stage.
Hazardous waste
We can accept the following hazardous waste in small quantities. You must speak to a member of staff so they can be stored safely in a secure area:
- acids
- asbestos – there are containers for bonded sheet asbestos (it must be double wrapped in sealed plastic before being placed in the special skip and a maximum of 6 sheets or the equivalent if not in complete sheets)
- creosote
- disposable gas canisters such as small camping butane or propane bottles. We cannot accept larger, refillable gas canisters, these should be returned to the supplier
- engine oil – 1 gallon (5 litres) per visit
- fire extinguishers – household sizes only
- fluorescent tubes and light bulbs
- lead-acid car batteries
- medicines and pharmaceuticals
- mobile phones
- paint stripper and toxic paints
- poisons, pesticides, herbicides, wood preservatives and weed killers
- photographic chemicals
- refrigerators and freezers
- solvents and other flammables e.g. paraffin
- televisions and computer monitors
- vehicle tyres – maximum of 4 per household each year
Items that cannot be accepted:
- petrol, diesel – you will need to find a contractor to take these
- gas bottles – these remain the property of the supplier and should be returned to them
- Japanese knotweed – this is an invasive species that cannot be disposed of with household waste
- vehicles or car parts containing hazardous material or substances such as fuel, oil, brake fluid etc. If you have a caravan, a large quantity of vehicle parts, or vehicle to dispose of, contact a vehicle dismantler. Remember to ask to see a Waste Carriers License and check where the waste will be taken.
- industrial or commercial fire extinguishers
Thornbury Sort It centre
The Revive reuse shop at Thornbury Sort It centre is temporarily closed due to essential repairs
What you can recycle:
- batteries (household – dry cell)
- books
- bric-a-brac for reuse e.g. garden hand tools, furniture, crockery and bikes
- cardboard
- cartons/TetraPaks
- cooking oil
- DVDs and CDs
- electrical equipment e.g. kettle, iron, toaster, cooker, washing machine
- food and drinks cans
- furniture – in reusable condition
- glass bottles and jars
- plastic bottles, tubs, and trays
- garden waste except for invasive species such as Japanese Knotweed
- clean rubble, gravel, stone, concrete, ceramics, and tiles only (no garden waste, plaster, plasterboard or bags and soil should be placed in green waste)
- hazardous waste in small quantities (see details below)
- ink cartridges
- paper
- plasterboard – maximum of 6 sheets or bags for each project
- scrap metal
- soil – maximum of 6 bags or equivalent boot load per month
- textiles and shoes (tied together in pairs)
- wood including MDF, chipboard furniture, fencing, and other treated wood, large logs and other untreated wood
Put any rigid plastics in the general waste area. They will be removed and recycled at a later stage.
Hazardous waste
We can accept the following hazardous waste in small quantities. You must speak to a member of staff so they can be stored safely in a secure area:
- acids
- asbestos – there are containers for bonded sheet asbestos (it must be double wrapped in sealed plastic before being placed in the special skip and a maximum of 6 sheets or the equivalent if not in complete sheets)
- creosote
- disposable gas canisters such as small camping butane or propane bottles. We cannot accept larger, refillable gas canisters, these should be returned to the supplier
- engine oil – 1 gallon (5 litres) per visit
- fire extinguishers – household sizes only
- fluorescent tubes and light bulbs
- lead-acid car batteries
- medicines and pharmaceuticals
- mobile phones
- paint stripper and toxic paints
- poisons, pesticides, herbicides, wood preservatives and weed killers
- photographic chemicals
- refrigerators and freezers
- solvents and other flammables e.g. paraffin
- televisions and computer monitors
- vehicle tyres – maximum of 4 per household each year
Items that cannot be accepted:
- petrol, diesel – you will need to find a contractor to take these
- gas bottles – these remain the property of the supplier and should be returned to them
- Japanese knotweed – this is an invasive species that cannot be disposed of with household waste
- vehicles or car parts containing hazardous material or substances such as fuel, oil, brake fluid etc. If you have a caravan, a large quantity of vehicle parts, or vehicle to dispose of, contact a vehicle dismantler. Remember to ask to see a Waste Carriers License and check where the waste will be taken.
- industrial or commercial fire extinguishers
Yate Sort It centre
What you can recycle:
- batteries (household – dry cell)
- books
- bric-a-brac for reuse e.g. garden hand tools, furniture, crockery and bikes
- cardboard
- cartons/TetraPaks
- cooking oil
- DVDs and CDs
- electrical equipment e.g. kettle, iron, toaster, cooker, washing machine
- food and drinks cans
- furniture – in reusable condition
- glass bottles and jars
- plastic bottles, tubs, and trays
- garden waste except for invasive species such as Japanese Knotweed
- clean rubble, gravel, stone, concrete, ceramics, and tiles only (no garden waste, plaster, plasterboard or bags and soil should be placed in green waste)
- hazardous waste in small quantities (see details below)
- ink cartridges
- paper
- plasterboard – maximum of 6 sheets or bags for each project
- scrap metal
- soil – maximum of 6 bags or equivalent boot load per month
- textiles and shoes (tied together in pairs)
- wood including MDF, chipboard furniture, fencing and other treated wood, large logs and other untreated wood
Put any rigid plastics in the general waste area. They will be removed and recycled at a later stage.
Hazardous waste
We can accept the following hazardous waste in small quantities. You must speak to a member of staff so they can be stored safely in a secure area:
- acids
- asbestos – there are containers for bonded sheet asbestos (it must be double wrapped in sealed plastic before being placed in the special skip and a maximum of 6 sheets or the equivalent if not in complete sheets)
- creosote
- engine oil – 1 gallon (5 litres) per visit
- fire extinguishers – household sizes only
- fluorescent tubes and light bulbs
- lead-acid car batteries
- medicines and pharmaceuticals
- mobile phones
- paint stripper and toxic paints
- poisons, pesticides, herbicides, wood preservatives and weed killers
- photographic chemicals
- refrigerators and freezers
- solvents and other flammables e.g. paraffin
- televisions and computer monitors
- vehicle tyres – maximum of 4 per household each year
Items that cannot be accepted:
- petrol, diesel – you will need to find a contractor to take these
- disposable gas canisters such as small camping butane or propane bottles
- gas bottles – these remain the property of the supplier and should be returned to them
- Japanese knotweed – this is an invasive species that cannot be disposed of with household waste
- vehicles or car parts containing hazardous material or substances such as fuel, oil, brake fluid etc. If you have a caravan, a large quantity of vehicle parts, or a vehicle to dispose of, contact a vehicle dismantler. Remember to ask to see a Waste Carriers License and check where the waste will be taken.
- industrial or commercial fire extinguishers
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