Waste site updates
Always check the web page for your intended waste site before you visit. Please arrive at least 10 minutes before closing.
- Gas cylinders can no longer be accepted at the Shepshed site from Thursday 21 March 2024.
- Gas cylinders temporarily can't be accepted at the Coalville site, until further notice.
The Lount site is closed until further notice due to vandalism. Please check back for further updates.
Easter bank holidays and weekends: Before setting off, check our website for opening hours, check our Twitter or Facebook for the latest updates. Please note:
- Our recycling and household waste sites will be open on their usual days over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
- Weekends are usually busy. Sometimes we're unable to accept certain materials and, in extreme cases, may have to close sites until there is sufficient capacity to run them safely.
- We plan for busy periods, but urge you to think about when to visit your waste site, to avoid delays.
- When visiting one of our sites please remember to wear appropriate sturdy footwear and gloves.
Free Allowance
From 1 January 2024, there will be a free allowance of construction and demolition waste, including from preparatory works, if the waste is produced at a domestic property by residents that have undertaken the work themselves at their own home, and the amount of waste delivered in a single visit is either:
- less than 100 litres of loose waste that is capable of being fitted into two 50 litre bags; or,
- one large item no bigger than 2000mm x 750mm x 700mm in size.
The free allowance
- will apply to one visit per week (every 7 days) across all sites per household.
- is across all waste types, not for each waste type, e.g., a resident with one slab and one toilet, would be charged for one of these items.
Charges
Charges will be made for quantities over the free allowance and you will be asked to pay by credit or debit card - cash will not be accepted - when you arrive at the Recycling and Household Waste Site, before disposing of your waste.
The charges, above the free allowance, will apply to all visitors.
Depending on what you’re disposing of, you will need to pay either £3 per unit or £3 per tub (or part tub). A tub is roughly the size of a large bucket.* We'll look at what you're bringing and make an assessment of the total cost on site. A different charge applies to cement bonded asbestos. *(There is a reference bucket on each site for you to determine the size of a tub).
Examples of chargeable items
Concrete
For example:
- Whole paving slabs
- Concrete posts and lintels
Charge: £3 per slab, post or lintel over the free allowance.
Charges don’t apply for:
- Domestic garden ornaments
Rubble/Hardcore
For example:
- Bricks (broken or whole)
- Blocks (broken or whole)
- Broken paving slabs
- Sand, gravel and pebbles
- Soil and clay from excavations
- Turf
- Cement mortar and rendering
- Tarmac
- Chimney pots
Charge: £3 per tub (or part tub) over the free allowance.
Ceramics (including plastic and fibreglass bathroom suite items) and tiles
For example:
- Bath (ceramic, plastic or fibreglass)
- Shower tray (ceramic, plastic or fibreglass)
- Bidet
- Wash hand basin / pedestal
- Toilet
- Toilet cistern
- Sink
- Toilet including cistern
- Ceramic wall / floor tiles
- Slates / roof tiles
- Earthenware drains and sewer pipes
Charge: £3 each or £3 per tub (or part tub) over the free allowance.
Charges don’t apply for:
- Metal baths and sinks
- Baby baths
- Crockery
- Carpet or lino tiles
- Terracotta/earthenware plant pots
Glass
For example:
- Large sheet of window glass (including from doors)
- Double glazed window unit (excluding frame)
- Greenhouse glass
- Broken window glass (including from doors)
- Glass shower screens
- Glass shower cubicles
Glass must be removed from any window units before you bring it to the Recycling and Household Waste Site.
Charge: £3 each or £3 per tub (or part tub) over the free allowance.
Charges don’t apply for:
- Mirrors
- Picture frame glass
- Pyrex kitchenware
- Domestic fish tanks
Plasterboard and gypsum products
For example:
- Gypsum based products
- Coving
- Plaster board sheets (whole or broken)
- Ceiling roses
- Unused / part bags of plaster
Charge: £3 per sheet (1800mm x 900mm / 6ft x 3ft approx.) or £3 per tub (or part tub) over the free allowance.
Plasterboard must be separated from other waste, such as hardcore, before you bring it to the Recycling and Household Waste Site.
Charges don’t apply for:
- Similar items made from polystyrene
Cement bonded asbestos
This waste is only accepted at Coalville, Kibworth, Mountsorrel and Whetstone and you will need an asbestos waste permit.
Charges may apply at the Recycling and Household Waste Site depending on how much you wish to dispose of.
For example:
- Cement bonded asbestos sheets
- Guttering, down pipes etc.
- Cement bonded asbestos flues and tanks
We cannot accept blue, brown or non-cement bonded asbestos.
Charge: £10 per sheet (2400mm x 1200mm / 8ft x 4ft approx.) or 3 metre length of guttering / pipe, or £10 per tub* (or part tub) over the free allowance.
*(There is a reference bucket at each site for you to determine the size of a tub).