At Household Recycling Centres (formerly known as “The Tip”) you can recycle a wide range of materials.

Open 7 days a week
(except Christmas Day and New Year's Day)

Summer time 8:00am – 7:45pm
Winter time 8:00am – 4:45pm

Your nearest sites are:

Pyke Quarry, Nr Horsley

Two miles west of Horsley on the B4058 Wotton Under Edge Road. Click here to see map.

Hempsted, Nr Gloucester

One mile from Gloucester Docks, along Llanthony Road. Click here to see map.

Please note there is a 2m height barrier in place. This is removed at 2.30pm on Saturdays for the weekend.

If you have any queries please contact the Household Recycling Centre Helpline on 01242 680 010Changes to the Household Recycling Centres from October 2008

If you are a van, pick up or vehicle with trailer user, and wish to use this vehicle to visit any of Gloucestershire County Council Household Recycling Centres, you will need to make an appointment before your visit.
 
To make an appointment please phone
0845 602 9344 (lines open 9am – 5pm Mon to Fri) giving 24 hours notice. Proof of residency will be required on your visit.
 
**Please note you cannot make appointments
by phoning the County or local Councils**
 
If you are a trader the Household Recycling Centres cannot
accept any business waste, as it is illegal for HRCs to accept any waste from businesses.

All materials deposited at the Centres will be monitored to ensure that businesses and traders are not using these Centres.

Batteries - car Batteries - household Books Cans - food, drink & pet food Card & cardboard Catalogues DIY waste/rubble Fluorescent tubes Foil Garden waste Glass bottles & jars Household chemicals Junk mail	Lightbulbs Oil - cooking oil Oil - waste engine oil Paper - mixed Plastic bottles Scrap metal Shoes Spectacles Telephone directories Televisions Textiles White goods - fridges etc Wood & timber Yellow Pages
Clinical waste Trade waste	Asbestos - please call the helpline above for advice