Saffron Walden tip is owned and operated by Essex county council, Saffron Walden Recycling Centre allows you to dispose of the following items here:
- Cardboard, paper, garden waste
- scrap metal, wood, paper, cans
- aerosols, foil, plastic bottles and bags
- glass, hardcore, rubble, soil, textiles
- shoes, books, engine oil, vegetable oil
- TVs and monitors, fridges and freezers
- electrical appliances, mobile phones
- household batteries, fluorescent tubes
- energy saving bulbs, printer cartridges
- car batteries, tyres (4 max), paint
- household/DIY furniture
- mattresses and garden chemicals.
Items that can not be recycled:
- Asbestos
- Chemicals and other toxic substances
- Clinical waste
- Dead animals
- Fireworks, ammunition and explosives
- Fuel
- Hazardous waste
- Japanese knotweed
- Landlord’s waste
- Pesticides
- Poisons
- Trade or commercial waste
