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
Before you throw something away or recycle it, could it be reused instead?
You could:
- donate to a charity shop
- donate to a Kernow Reuse Shop (at our HWRCs)
- visit a repair cafe for help fixing or mending items
- give it away on sites like Freecycle, Freegle or Facebook Marketplace
- donate to local community projects like:
- RE:SOURCE (Bodmin)
- Heartlands Furniture (Pool)
- GOFA (Penzance)
- Cornwall and Plymouth Furniture Reuse Project
- Sell items at car boot sales, online (eBay) or through a local auction room
Household Waste and Recycling Centres
We have 14 Household Waste and Recycling Centres across Cornwall. You can find opening times and a list of accepted items for each site using the button below.
You can find your nearest HWRC by entering you postcode on our My Area page.
You need to book a slot to visit some sites.