Visiting a household recycling centre

You don’t need to book to visit a recycling centre.

Before you visit you should:

• plan your visit – weekdays are less busy and you can view the webcams at each site to check if it's busy before you set off
• sort waste and recycling to minimise time on site
• make sure you have proof of address to bring such as a drivers licence, utility or Council Tax bill

View household recycling centre opening times and locations.

Residents who pay Council Tax to us can use all of our sites in Buckinghamshire.

Slough Borough Council residents can use Langley and Burnham sites.

Find out what you can and can't take to a household recycling centre.

You will need to apply for:

• a DIY waste permit if you want to dispose of a certain amount of DIY waste for free
• an asbestos permit if you want to dispose of asbestos
• a vehicle permit if you plan to visit in a commercial vehicle such as a pick up, van, minibus (8 to 11 seats) or flatbed truck or with a trailer bigger than 0.9 metres x 1.2 metres
• a walk-in permit if you plan to visit on foot

For safety and capacity reasons these vehicles are not allowed into any site:

• a vehicle with more than 4 wheels
• a vehicle weighing more than 7.5 tonnes
• a trailer larger than 2.4m long x 1.8m wide, up to 60cm high with a cover and excluding tow bar
• a vehicle with a tipper or tail lift mechanism
• horseboxes
• tractors

Our sites are not fitted with height barriers but staff will turn away residents who arrive in the above vehicles.

Leaving waste outside the gates is fly-tipping. Anyone caught will be liable for prosecution.

Each site has CCTV for site security, health and safety of the public and operatives.

Sites also have automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras to investigate fly-tipping and suspected traders depositing waste free of charge. The cameras also help monitor site usage and develop our services.