Household Waste and Recycling Centres

All sites are open seven days a week, except for 25 December, 26 December and 1 January.

Opening hours are 8am to 6pm in British Summer Time and 8am to 5pm when the clocks have gone back.

The new Aston Clinton Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) is now open, located in College Road North off the A41 Aston Clinton bypass.

June 2010 Update: There is essential maintenance works in progress at our Burnham HWRC. At times the site layout may change during these works and some containers may have steps to access. All these changes are temporary and members of staff will be available on site to assist.

London Road East, Amersham HP7 9DT Map
College Road North, Aston Clinton HP22 5EZ Map
Rabans Close, Rabans Lane, Aylesbury HP19 8RS Map
A40 London Road, Lower Pyebushes, Beaconsfield HP9 2XB Map
Wigans Lane, Bledlow Ridge HP14 4BH Map
Yonder Slade, Buckingham Industrial Park, Buckingham MK18 1RZ Map
Crowpiece Lane, Burnham SL2 3TG Map
Latimer Road, Chesham HP5 1TL Map
High Heavens, Clay Lane, Booker, High Wycombe SL7 3DJ Map
Langley Park Road, Langley SL3 6DD Map

Waste left outside the gates is regarded as fly tipping. Individuals caught will be liable for prosecution. We have two types of cameras at our sites. The standard CCTV cameras are provided for site security, health and safety of the public and operatives. Soon a second type of camera will be installed reading vehicle registration, this will be used to monitor usage of the sites to help with planning of new facilities and to investigate suspected traders depositing waste free of charge.

We do not accept the following materials at our centres:

Animal faeces, carcasses and bedding
Contaminated materials presenting a direct contact risk
unsectioned trees
Flammable liquids and explosives e.g. petrol / fireworks / ammunitions

The following materials are accept at certain centres with conditions:

Garden chemicals and asbestos - see below for more details
Commercial / trade waste - please note our trade facilities operate with different opening hours and there is a charge for disposal. Please see Commercial waste for more details.

Permit scheme

You do not need a permit if you are taking personal household waste in a private car, 4x4, MPV or small trailers under 1.2m x 0.9m unless you are taking asbestos (other conditions apply for this material).

You do need a permit for commercial vehicles, large trailers or if you are on foot. Maximum size of trailers for all HWRCs except Aylesbury, Aston Clinton, Beaconsfield and High Heavens is 1.8m x 1.2m maximum. At Aylesbury, Aston Clinton, Beaconsfield and High Heavens the maximum size is 2.4m by 1.8m. These limits exclude tow bar and up to 60cm high with a cover. Permits are free, please allow three working days for delivery.

Permits will not be issue for trade or business waste. This type of waste should go through a trade facility and pay for disposal.

Please see the permit scheme for more details.

Asbestos and garden chemicals

We accept a small quantity of hazardous waste from householders - we do not accept any hazardous waste from trade.

Amersham, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, High Heavens and Langley can accept carefully wrapped bonded asbestos and hazardous garden chemicals (not trade/commercial). For asbestos you will need a permit please call 01296 387828. The maximum amount accepted is three normal sized bin-liner bags or four sheets of approx 8ft by 3ft. This material needs to be carefully wrapped in bags and sealed with tape so that no dust can escape.

If you have more than this to dispose of, please contact a private waste contractor who is registered to handle Asbestos. You can find these specialist by looking for them in Business Pages (e.g. Yellow Pages, BT business pages, Thomson Local etc) or by contacting members of the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association or by checking the Alternative facilities webpage.

Recycling for householders own personal waste:

Cardboard
Car batteries (up to 2 per year) and domestic batteries (eg torch type and small rechargeable)
Car tyres (up to 5 car tyres per year)
Cooking Oil
Engine Filters and waste engine oil (up to 10 litres per year)
Glass bottles and jars
Garden waste
Gas bottles
Fluorescent tubes includes all energy saving fluorescent bulbs not just the strip lighting (up to 4 fluorescent tubes per year)
Hardcore (eg bricks, rubble)
Household Electrical Goods
Man Made Wood (eg Chipboard or MDF)
Paper
Plasterboard or plaster (accepted at Amersham, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Beaconsfield, High Heavens and Langley HWRC only)
Scrap metal including fridges, foil and drinks cans
Soil
Textiles
Wood

Re-use at HWRC

Re-use plays an important part in the waste hierarchy, by reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. When a member of the public has disposed of an item, someone else will often be able to use it. Therefore where suitable, waste items deposited at our sites may be made available for re-use. These items can be purchased direct from our Household Waste and Recycling Centres. Please Note: We do not sell electrical equipment to members of the public and there is no resale from Beaconsfield HWRC.

For more information call 01296 382307 or email waste_strategy@buckscc.gov.uk

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