Household Recycling Centres provide facilities for all household waste including the following:-

Bathroom/kitchen ceramics, bric-a-brac, bricks, car batteries, cardboard, cans, CFC recovery, cookers, DIY waste, doors, electrical goods, engine oil, fridges, freezers, furniture, garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles & jars, newspapers & magazines, plastic bottles, plate glass, scrap metal, textiles, tiles, window frames and wood.

Vehicle tyres cannot be accepted at the sites. Please contact your local tyre outlet for advice.

Garden waste is separated at the centres and is taken to a local composting facility where it is recycled to make soil improvers and mulches.

The household waste sites are managed by County Council so please use the Dorset for You website for full details. Once you are on the appropriate page please scroll down and use the link for your local site to access information including opening times.

Blandford Household Recycling Centre is located on Shaftesbury Lane near to the Blandford Heights Industrial Estate.

Shaftesbury Household Recycling Centre is on the Wincombe Business Park off Warminster Road out of Shaftesbury