Recycling in St Helens

Find out what St Helens Council can collect from your home.

What does my Council collect?Recycling Centre LocationsWhat do these Recycling Centres accept?

HOUSEHOLD WASTE (BROWN BIN):

  • General non-recyclable household waste.
  • Most items which cannot be recycled or put in your BLACK BOX, WHITE, GREEN AND BLUE BAGS, should be put in your BROWN bin.
  • If you need to dispose of food waste please use your FOOD CADDY.
  • Building materials or rubble are not accepted in the BROWN bin.

GARDEN WASTE (GREEN BIN):

  • Grass and lawn cuttings
  • Dead flowers
  • Prunings
  • Hedge and tree clippings
  • Twigs and branches
  • Leaves
  • Plants and weeds
  • Untreated bark and wood chippings

GLASS (BLACK BOX):

  • Glass bottles
  • Glass jars

PAPER (BLUE  BAG):

  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Junk Mail
  • Catalogues
  • Directories
  • Office paper
  • Envelopes

PLASTIC BOTTLES, PLASTIC POTS, PLASTIC TUBS, PLASTIC TRAYS, TINS, CANS, FOIL AND AEROSOLS (WHITE BAG) :

  • Plastic bottles
  • Drinks cans
  • Food tins
  • Empty aerosol cans
  • Clean aluminium foil
  • Yoghurt pots
  • Butter/margarine tubs
  • Plastic food trays

CARDBOARD (GREEN BAG):

  • Brown cardboard
  • Clean cardboard food packaging

KERBSIDE FOOD WASTE CADDY

  • Food leftovers
  • Fruits and vegetables
  • Tea Bags
  • Dairy Products
  • Fish
  • Rice, Pasta, and Beans
  • Meat & Bones
  • Bread, cakes and pastries

 

Your local Household Waste Recycling Centres are:

Newton-le-Willows Household Waste Recycling Centre, Junction Lane, Newton-le-Willows WA12 8DN

OPENING TIMES
1st April - 30th September: 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
1st October - 31st March: 8.00 am to 5.00 pm

Rainhill Household Waste Recycling Centre, Tasker Terrace, Rainhill L35 4NX

OPENING TIMES
Monday - Friday:
1st April - 30th September: 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
1st October - 31st March: 8.00 am to 5.00 pm

Weekends:
1st April - 30th September: 9.00 am to 6.00 pm (Saturday) and 9.00 am to 3.00 pm (Sunday)
1st October - 31st March – 9.00 am to 5.00 pm (Saturday) and 9.00 am to 3.00 pm (Sunday)

Ravenhead Household Waste Recycling Centre, Burtonhead Road, St Helens, WA9 5EA

OPENING TIMES
1st April - 30th September: 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
1st October - 31st March: 8.00 am to 5.00 pm


CLOSURE NOTE: Newton-le-Willows will be closed for maintenance works from Monday 23rd September and will reopen Monday 7th October.

Household Waste Recycling Centres are provided by Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority

  • ALL Recycling Centres in Merseyside are available to use by all Merseyside householders
  • If using a van or large trailer at any of the Centre’s householders will require a booking  – for more information click HERE
  • For more information: Tel: 0151 255 1444         www.merseysidewda.gov.uk      email: enquiries@merseysidewda.gov.uk
What do these Centres accept?

    • Batteries (car)
    • Batteries (household)
    • Books, CDs & DVDs
    • Cans
    • Cardboard
    • Coffee cups (e.g. takeaway cups from coffee shops)
    • Carpet
    • Electrical items (e.g. hairdryers, DVD players)
    • Fridges & freezers
    • Fluorescent tubes
    • Light bulbs
    • Garden/Green
    • Glass (bottles & jars)
    • Plastic bottles
    • Mattresses
    • Mobile phones
    • Oil (engine)
      • Oil (cooking)
      • Oil (filters)
      • Paint (Ravenhead only)
      • Paper (inc. newspapers, magazines & telephone directories)
      • Paper containers with metal ends
      • Plasterboard (gypsum)
      • Rubble
      • Scrap metal
      • Shoes
      • Soil
      • Televisions (inc. computer monitors)
      • Tetrapak cartons
      • Textiles
      • Tyres
      • Upholstered Domestic Seating (if you’re bringing seating with upholstery to a Recycling Centre then site staff will direct you to the Upholstered Domestic Seating Container – click here to learn more)
      • White goods (e.g. washing machines, microwaves)
      • Wood (untreated timber)
      • Wood (chipboard, composite, MDF)
      • Large plastics
      • Printer cartridges
      • Non-recyclable household waste