Can I recycle it?
Sofas/settees are not collected as part of your recycling or rubbish collection.
If you are not able to donate or sell them, sofas/settees can be taken to some of our Household Waste and Recycling centres.
Find out more about taking sofas/settees to a HWRC
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
Bulky waste collection:
You can use our household bulky waste collection service for items that are too big for normal collections.
There is a charge for this service.
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.