Dulverton recycling centre

Material Accepted

• Batteries
• Cans (drink and food)
• Cardboard - including hardback books
• Electrical appliances
• Fluorescent tubes
• Fridges and freezers
• Furniture
• Garden waste
• Gas bottles
• Glass bottles and jars
• Low-energy light bulbs
• Mattresses
• Mobile phones
• Oil – cooking and engine
• Paint, water-based
• Paper
• Plasterboard
• Plastic pots, tubs, trays and all plastic bottles
• Refuse
• Scrap metal
• Shoes (tied in pairs)
• Smoke alarms (domestic)
• Soil and hardcore
• Textiles (clothes etc)
• Toner cartridges
• Tyres
• Wood

Material Not Accepted

• Ammunition and explosives
• Asbestos
• Fireworks
• Medicines
• Mercury
• Petrol and diesel
• Roofing felt containing bitumen
• Commercial waste
• Vehicle parts
• Cartons/Tetra Pak & plastic-lined paper cups

Vehicle Restrictions

When visiting any Somerset recycling site with your household waste, your vehicle or trailer may need a permit. Both vehicle and trailer size are restricted. Permits are free, only available to Somerset residents, and must be displayed on all visits.

Apply for permit

Charges

Charges

Charges must be paid by card – not cash or cheque – at all sites for disposal of materials not classified as household waste: asbestos; gas bottles; hardcore, including stone, rubble, clay, tiles, ceramic/porcelain sinks, baths, toilets and construction materials; plasterboard; soil; tyres and vehicle parts.

More information about on site charges

Household waste

There is no charge for the disposal of household waste.

Plaster and plasterboard disposal

Plaster and plasterboard are accepted at Dulverton community recycling centre. See our Plasterboard disposal at recycling centres page for information about how to pre-book your visit and if you have to pay.