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
- Medicine bottles (glass)
*Please ensure that jars and bottles are rinsed and free from food and liquids. Please remove lids and put in your brown bin. Please do not put smashed glass in your black box.
PAPER (BLUE BAG):
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Writing paper / office paper
- Catalogues (no hard covers)
- Telephone directories and Yellow Pages
- Envelopes (you don’t need to remove the plastic window)
PLASTIC BOTTLES, PLASTIC POTS, PLASTIC TUBS, PLASTIC TRAYS, TINS, CANS, FOIL AND AEROSOLS (WHITE BAG)*:
- Fabric conditioner bottles
- Plastic bottle tops
- Shampoo and shower gel bottles
- Plastic drinks bottles (including milk bottles)
- Bleach and cleaner bottles
- Cosmetics bottles (plastic)
- Medicine bottles (plastic)
- Drinks cans
- Food tins
- Empty aerosol cans
- Clean aluminium foil
- Yoghurt pots
- Butter/margarine tubs
- Plastic food trays
*Please wash and squash your plastic bottles and put lid back on. Please ensure all food cans are washed. Please squash drinks cans.
CARDBOARD (GREEN BAG)*:
- Brown cardboard
- Clean cardboard food packaging (remove the plastic windows)
- Cardboard boxes
- Cardboard packaging
- Cereal boxes
- Corrugated card
- Egg boxes (card)
- Toilet roll tubes
- Washing powder boxes
- Soap and toothpaste boxes
*Please ensure cardboard is free from any tape and staples. Please flatten all cardboard.
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?
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- 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)
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- 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
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
- Medicine bottles (glass)
*Please ensure that jars and bottles are rinsed and free from food and liquids. Please remove lids and put in your brown bin. Please do not put smashed glass in your black box.
PAPER (BLUE BAG):
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Junk mail
- Writing paper / office paper
- Catalogues (no hard covers)
- Telephone directories and Yellow Pages
- Envelopes (you don’t need to remove the plastic window)
PLASTIC BOTTLES, PLASTIC POTS, PLASTIC TUBS, PLASTIC TRAYS, TINS, CANS, FOIL AND AEROSOLS (WHITE BAG)*:
- Fabric conditioner bottles
- Plastic bottle tops
- Shampoo and shower gel bottles
- Plastic drinks bottles (including milk bottles)
- Bleach and cleaner bottles
- Cosmetics bottles (plastic)
- Medicine bottles (plastic)
- Drinks cans
- Food tins
- Empty aerosol cans
- Clean aluminium foil
- Yoghurt pots
- Butter/margarine tubs
- Plastic food trays
*Please wash and squash your plastic bottles and put lid back on. Please ensure all food cans are washed. Please squash drinks cans.
CARDBOARD (GREEN BAG)*:
- Brown cardboard
- Clean cardboard food packaging (remove the plastic windows)
- Cardboard boxes
- Cardboard packaging
- Cereal boxes
- Corrugated card
- Egg boxes (card)
- Toilet roll tubes
- Washing powder boxes
- Soap and toothpaste boxes
*Please ensure cardboard is free from any tape and staples. Please flatten all cardboard.
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
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- 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
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