Somerton recycling centre
Address: Somerton Recycling Centre, Bancombe Road Industrial Estate, Somerton, TA11 6SB
About Somerton recycling centre
- This site allows pedestrian access. Please use the pedestrian gateway and follow the marked footpath at all times. Pedestrian access may be restricted on occasion to control numbers.
- All recycling sites accept natural undecorated Christmas trees for composting.
Vehicle and trailer permits
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 a Recycling Site waste permitOpening times
All Somerset Recycling Centres are closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
This schedule applies until 31 March 2026
- Today:9am to 6pm
- Monday:Closed
- Tuesday:Closed
- Wednesday:9am to 5pm
- Thursday:9am to 5pm
- Friday:9am to 5pm
- Saturday:9am to 4pm
- Sunday:9am to 4pm
- Bank holidays:All centres are closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.
Materials, restrictions and charges
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
- 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
- Plasterboard
- 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 permitCharges
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.
Location
Address:
Somerton Recycling Centre, Bancombe Road Industrial Estate, Somerton, TA11 6SB