Chichester Street Recycling Centre

Regular household batteries can be recycled at your local Recycling Centre and at most supermarkets or electrical stores. Find your nearest battery recycling point with Recycle Now’s recycling locator.

You can’t put batteries in any of your bins at home. This is because they are a fire risk and contain hazardous materials.

When next replacing batteries, why not buy rechargeable batteries instead? You can use them again and again, which will save you money and help you waste less.

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Fluorescent tubes can be recycled at your local Recycling Centre.

Do not put them in your mixed recycling bin.

Collection points are also available in some shops – so rather than make a special trip to the tip, you can now dispose of your old fluorescent bulbs while you’re shopping.

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Fridges and freezers are classed as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
You can recycle small or large electrical items at your local Recycling Centre.

On average every Greater Manchester home has at least three old broken or unwanted electrical items such as computers, laptops, hairdryers and kettles.

Ask yourself the following questions:
Can I recycle it?
Does it have a plug?
Does it use batteries?
Does it need charging?
Does it have the crossed-out wheelie bin logo on it?
If you can answer “YES” to any of the above, you can recycle it at your local Recycling Centre.

What about reuse? If your large electrical item, such as a washing machine, is still working and in a reusable condition, your local reuse organisation may be able to refurbish it and give it a new lease of life and a new home.

Often shops will collect your unwanted electricals when they deliver your new one – especially larger items like TVs, fridges and freezers (some retailers may charge to collect electrical items).

Or try online. You can pass on items for free on websites like Freecycle and Freegle.

Visit our Electricals page for more information.

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Large electrical items are classed as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).

Electrical items should not be disposed of in any of your bins at home.

Large or small electrical items can be recycled at your local Recycling Centre.

On average, every Greater Manchester home has at least three old broken or unwanted small electrical items such as computers, laptops, hairdryers and kettles.

Ask yourself the following questions:
Can I recycle it?
Does it have a plug?
Does it use batteries?
Does it need charging?
Does it have the crossed-out wheelie bin logo on it?
If you can answer “YES” to any of the above, you can recycle it at your local Recycling Centre.

What about reuse? If your large electrical items are still working and in a reusable condition, your local reuse organisation may be able to refurbish/fix it and give it a new lease of life and a new home.

Or try online. You can pass on items for free on websites like Freecycle and Freegle.

Often shops will collect your unwanted electricals when they deliver your new one – especially larger items like TV’s, fridges and freezers (please note that some retailers may charge to collect electrical items).

Visit our Electricals page for more information.

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Small electrical items are classed as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).

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Used print cartridges can be taken to your local Recycling Centre for recycling or disposed of in you general waste bin.

Some printer cartridges can be refilled with a store bought refill kit. When buying your printer, choose one that uses cartridges that can be easily refilled or that is compatible with generic or refillable cartridges.

You can take used ink cartridges back to the shop you purchased them from or post them back to the manufacturer. Often, cartridges include a mailing label to send them back.

You can also donate them. Lots of charities collect empty printer cartridges to raise money by refilling and reselling them. Take a look online to find charities in your area that are collect print cartridges.

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You can recycle TVs and monitors at your local Recycling Centre. You can’t put electrical items in your bins at home.

On average every Greater Manchester home has at least three old broken or unwanted small electrical items such as computers, laptops, haidryers and kettles.

Ask yourself the following questions:
Can I recycle it?
Does it have a plug?
Does it use batteries?
Does it need charging?
Does it have the crossed-out wheelie bin logo on it?
If you can answer “YES” to any of the above, you can recycle it at your local Recycling Centre.

What about reuse? If your TV or monitor is still working and in a reusable condition, your local reuse organisation may be able to refurbish it and give it a new lease of life and a new home. Some charities will collect unwanted electrical items for free. For more information, visit ‘How do I waste less?

Often shops will collect your unwanted electricals when they deliver your new one – especially larger items like TV’s, fridges and freezers (please note that some retailers may charge to collect electrical items).

Or try online. You can pass on items for free on websites like Freecycle and Freegle.

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Rubble or hardcore from DIY jobs at home can be taken to your local Recycling Centre.

Please do not put rubble or soil in your food and garden bin or in your general waste bin.

Please note that you can’t take any rubble or hardcore that is from commercial or trade activity to the recycling centre. This is classed as business waste and there is a charge for disposal.

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Timber and wood from DIY jobs at home can be taken to your local Recycling Centre. You can’t recycle timber or wood in your food and garden bin.

Please note that you can’t take any timber or wood from commercial or trade activity to the Recycling Centre as it is classed as business waste and there is a charge for disposal.

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You can take car batteries to your local Recycling Centre for recycling. Do handle with care, as car batteries contain acid.

Or you can also ask the garage to take the old one when you buy a new battery.

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You can take used engine oil to your local Recycling Centre. Make sure your engine oil is stored in as sealed container. Upon arrival, ask a member of staff to direct you to the right container.

Do not pour used engine oil down storm drains. It can cause considerable environmental damage if it leaches into watercourses or groundwater.

Top Tips

• Don’t mix engine oil with any other substance – as this makes it difficult to recycle
• The government website Oil Bank Line can tell you more about recycling your oil

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Tyres can be recycled at your local Recycling Centre.

Tyres are shredded and granulated at our partner site in Bury. They are turned into a crumb which is used in equestrian matting, playgrounds and sometimes for drainage. During the shredding process, some wire is removed and recycled.

Over 38 million tyres are discarded in the UK each year and are sometimes flytipped on garage forecourts, industrial estates or car parks.
As garages are responsible for the disposal and recycling of their waste, you should get your tyres changed at garages rather than replace your own. Look out for garages that send tyres for recycling.

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You can recycle metal at your local Recycling Centre, or take it to any scrap metal merchants.

You can’t put scrap metal in your mixed recycling bin at home. Please dispose of it in your general waste bin.

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You can recycle your aerosol cans in your mixed recycling bin at home or take them to your nearest Recycling Centre.

Plastic lids can’t be recycled so take them off and put them in your general waste bin. They will be used to make electricity.

Make sure your aerosol cans are completely empty before recycling and do not pierce, crush or flatten them. Aerosols can be stored for a long time, so there’s no need to throw away a half empty can.

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Clean aluminium foil and foil trays can be recycled in your mixed recycling bin at home or at your local Recycling Centre.

This does not include foil wrapped crisp packets or pet food pouches. These items can look like aluminium foil but are actually made from metallised plastic film. This type of material is not currently recycled and should be put in your general waste bin.

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Empty food tins and drink cans can be recycled in your mixed recycling bin at home. Or you can take them to your local Recycling Centre.

There is no need to sort the aluminium cans from the steel ones. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a drinks can, a food tin or a pet food tin – they can all be put in the mixed recycling bin together. Drinks cans with small widgets inside can also go in your mixed recycling bin.

And you don’t need to remove the labels, just give them a quick rinse!

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You can recycle glass bottles and jars (all colours) in your mixed recycling bin at home or at your local Recycling Centre.

Remember to remove all lids from your bottles and jars and give them a rinse  before recycling. Please put the lids in your general waste bin. Find out why here.

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Plastics can cause confusion when recycling, but not if you follow the golden rule: if it’s bottle-shaped, then you can recycle it.
At home, you can recycle plastic bottles in your mixed recycling bin. You can also take plastic bottles to your local Recycling Centre.

Why only plastic bottles?

A bottle and a food tray are made of the same type of plastic but not the same grade of plastic. High and low grade plastics behave differently when they are recycled, as they melt at different temperatures. Our technology (MRF) can’t sort between the different grade of plastics, so they can’t be collected together.

There are really good reasons why we can only recycle plastic bottles in Greater Manchester.

1. Manufacturers that make new products demand high grade plastics. High Grade = Plastic Bottles.
2. Plastics like yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and plastic trays (pots, tubs and trays) are a low grade plastic and the manufacturers just don’t want these.
3. During the recycling process, the plastic is melted. Plastic bottles and plastic pots, tubs and trays melt at different temperatures, meaning the pots, tubs and trays contaminate the bottles and the batch can’t be used to make new products.
4. Other areas may collect plastic pots, tubs and trays, but currently very little is recycled. Most of it is turned into electricity.

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Cardboard boxes and all others types of card can be recycled in your paper and card bin at home. Flatten them to save space in your bin. Make sure you remove all non-paper items like bubble wrap, plastic packaging and polystyrene and put them in your general waste bin.

This includes:

• Cardboard packaging (such as empty cereal boxes)
• Kitchen roll and toilet roll tubes
• Cardboard boxes
• Greeting cards (tear of any glitter)
• Clothes labels or tags

Cardboard can also be taken to your local Recycling Centre.

Top Tip

Large cardboard sheets are useful in the garden as a weed suppressing mulch when covered with compost. Shredded cardboard also makes great animal bedding.

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Most types of paper can be recycled in your paper and card bin or recycled at your local Recycling Centre. This includes:

• Paper and shredded paper
• Magazines and catalogues
• Newspapers
• Books
• Envelopes and mail
• Junk mail
• Greetings cards and wrapping paper

Paper with foil, glitter or plastic coating can’t be recycled. Please remove any plastic wrapping.

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Garden waste can be recycled at home in your food and garden bin. Please check your local council website for further collection details.

Garden waste that can be recycled at home includes:
• Flowers and plants
• Leaves
• Grass cuttings
• Hedge clippings
• Twigs and small branches
• Weeds (no Japanese Knotwood or Himalayan Balsam)

You can also recycle garden waste at your local Recycling Centre. Please note that if you are taking garden and food waste it must be split, as only garden waste can be recycled on site. If you take a mixed load of garden and food waste, it will have to go in the non-recyclable containers. This is because the Recycling Centres are not licensed to accept segregated food waste.

Don’t forget you can also compost your garden waste at home in a compost bin. Reduced price compost bins are available from https://getcomposting.com/

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You can take second hand books, CDs and DVDs to a local charity shop or donate them for reuse in the media banks at your local Recycling Centre.

If you have books that are beyond reuse, you can put them in your paper and card bin at home. CDs and DVDs that no longer work can go in your general waste bin.

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Simply collect cooled waste cooking oil in an empty disposable sealed container, and take it to your local Recycling Centre. Upon arrival please ask a member of staff to direct you to the designated container.

Alternatively, you can pour your cooled waste cooking oil into a bottle. Make sure the lid is on tight and you can put it in your general waste bin.

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You can take unwanted, torn or worn clothes, sheets and pairs of shoes to your local Recycling Centre. Around 65% is reused and 35% is recycled.

Clothing in good condition can be taken to a charity shop, local jumble sale or swap shop.

For more information, visit our Love Your Clothes page.

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Paint cans and tins can’t be put in your mixed recycling bin and paint must not be poured down the drain. You can take paint cans to your local Recycling Centre for safe disposal. Or you could donate leftover paint to a local reuse scheme.

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If your furniture is not in a reusable condition, you can take it to your local Recycling Centre.

What about reuse?

You can donate quality furniture for reuse at a number of Recycling Centres across Greater Manchester. Visit our Furniture page to find your nearest.

If your furniture is in a reusable condition, your local reuse organisation may be able to refurbish it and give it a new lease of life and a new home.

Or try online. You can pass on items for free on websites like Freecycle and Freegle.

Your local council may operate a collection service for items such as tables, chairs and beds.

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Gas bottles can be refilled for further use or can be returned to the supplier. Find out more on gas bottle exchange and return here.

Please do not put gas bottles in any of your bins at home as they may explode if they are crushed.

You can take gas bottles to your local Recycling Centre. Upon arrival please ask a member of staff who will direct you to the designated container.

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Hazardous household waste items are those items that can cause damage to health or the environment.

Unwanted chemicals can be taken to your local Recycling Centre for safe disposal. Upon arrival, please ask a member of staff for advice on where to put your chemicals.

Please ensure that container lids are secured and have a label where possible.

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Most things that can’t be recycled can go in your general waste bin, such as:

• Plastic pots, trays and tubs
• Plastic packaging
• Plastic bags
• Polystyrene
• Food and drink pouches
• Plant pots
• Pet waste
• Cotton wool and make up pads
• Nappies and sanitary products
• Tissues and used paper towels
• Wet wipes
• Wallpaper

Find out what happens to your general waste here.

Please do not put the following items in your general waste bin.

• Batteries
• Clothes and textiles
• Electronics

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