Types of waste our recycling centres accept

The following types of waste can be taken to all the recycling centres.

The Garstang Community Recycling and Re-use Centre does not accept all types of waste.

• Batteries
• Bric-a-brac
• Cans
• Cardboard
• Carpet
• Cooking oil
• Electronic equipment
• Flat/plate glass
• Fluorescent tubes
• Fridges and Freezers
• Furniture (sofa, armchair, wardrobes)
• Gas bottles
• Glass bottles and jars
• Green garden waste
• Household and car batteries
• Household chemicals
• Large domestic appliances (cookers, ovens)
• Mattresses
• Newspapers, magazines, books and paper
• Paint
• Plaster and plasterboard*
• Plastic bags
• Plastic bottles
• Printer cartridges
• Rubble and hardcore*
• Scrap metal
• Textiles, clothes and shoes
• TV's and monitors
• Tyres
• Wood

*With an inert waste permit.

The following types of waste can only be taken to certain recycling centres:

• Asbestos (see hazardous waste for more details of participating sites)
• Cartons (most recycling centres now accept cartons with the exception of Skelmersdale, Longridge, Haslingden and Altham)