Can I recycle it?
The rubber part of a hot water bottle is not collected as part of your recycling collection.
Metal or plastic screw tops and any fabric coverings are collected as part of your recycling collection.
Which container?
The rubber part of hot water bottles go in your wheelie bin or protective sack.
Metal and plastic screw tops go in your red recycling bag for plastic and metal packaging.
Put clean and dry fabric coverings in a tied plastic bag to keep them dry and put the bag on top of your black recycling box for glass and textiles.
When is my collection day?
Useful information
Donate or sell
Charity shops are always grateful for donations of unwanted items in good condition. You could also organise a give and take event or give items away via Freecycle, Freegle.
You can donate usable furniture to community projects like:
- RE:SOURCE in Bodmin
- Heartlands Furniture in Pool
- GOFA in Penzance
- Cornwall and Plymouth Furniture Reuse Project.
Or sell your spare stuff at garage sales and car boot sales or on eBay. If you can transport items yourself, most towns have their own auction rooms. They are also a good way of selling and buying second hand items.
Household Waste and Recycling Centres
View our Household Waste Recycling Centres to find
- location maps
- opening times
- materials accepted
You can also find your nearest centre by entering your postcode on our my area page.
For safety reasons, no public pedestrian access is allowed through the entrance or exit gates at any of our household waste recycling centres.
We now take commercial waste at our St Erth and Launceston HWRCs. You’ll need to book a slot in advance using our online booking system. To find out more, visit: Commercial Waste at HWRCs.
We only take waste from households at our other sites.