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DIY waste
Some of our recycling centres accept certain items of DIY and construction waste, providing you have done the work yourself and it is from your own home.
In any single visit you may not exceed each of the following:
- three wheelbarrow loads (one car boot) of soil, hardcore (rubble) or gypsum-based products including plasterboard and dry wall lining
- one wheelbarrow load of tiles
- three large ceramic items (such as a toilet or wash basin)
- one uPVC or wooden window frame
- one uPVC or wooden door
- three wooden internal doors
- any element of a built-in kitchen
These recycling centres accept the items listed above:
- Braintree Recycling Centre
- Brentwood Recycling Centre
- Chelmsford Recycling Centre
- Clacton Recycling Centre
- Colchester Recycling Centre
- Harlow Recycling Centre
- Maldon Recycling Centre
- Pitsea Recycling Centre
- Rayleigh Recycling Centre
- Saffron Walden Recycling Centre