1 December 2024: disposing of upholstered seating
From 1 December 2024, new rules from the Environment Agency mean that you cannot bring upholstered seating to this Community Recycling Centre. Find out where you can dispose of upholstered seating.
Page contents
- Opening times
- Information for customers requiring assistance
- Contact details and map
- What you can bring
- What you cannot bring
- Restrictions (including Surrey resident scheme)
Opening times
- Monday and Tuesday from 8am to 4pm
- Wednesday to Friday we are closed (view the nearest community recycling centre to Bagshot).
- Weekends from 9am to 4pm.
- The centre is open as usual on Bank Holidays with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day when the centre is closed.
The centre can close for up to 30 minutes during the day while full containers are exchanged and waste compacted (view the nearest community recycling centre to Bagshot).
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead residents
By agreement, residents from the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) are still permitted to use this centre. This agreement only applies to this centre. On arrival residents of RBWM will be asked for proof of address. They will then be given a 'Resident sticker' to display on their windscreen for subsequent visits.
Customers requiring assistance
If you require assistance for any reason, please ask a member of staff for help.
Contact details
Address: Swift Lane, Bagshot, Surrey, GU19 5NJ
Telephone: 01276 474470 (if this number is busy or switches over to the fax, please try again later or contact SUEZ Surrey on 020 8329 1030).
For safety, pedestrians cannot walk into the centre.
What you can bring
- Aerosols – If empty place in with cans. If still has contents, then could potentially be hazardous. Ask a member of staff where to place them.
- Black bag waste – sent for Energy recovery.
- Bottle tops – sent to various charities.
- Cans (mixed) – sent for recycling.
- Car batteries – sent for recycling.
- Cardboard (mixed) – sent for recycling.
- Carpet – recycling market limited.
- CDs, Books and DVDs – sent to various charities.
- Cooking oil – sent for recycling.
- Engine oil – sent for recycling (maximum of 2 x 5 litre containers accepted per visit).
- Fluorescent tubes – sent for recycling.
- Foil – no separate containers. Place in metal containers for recycling.
- Furniture – if in good condition (please ask), maybe suitable for reuse in 'Revive' shops. If not, place wooden items in wood and timber bins, metal items in metal bins and residual in black bag or landfill bins.
- Garden waste – sent for recycling.
- Gas bottles – sent for recycling (separate containers).
- Glass bottles and jars - sent for recycling.
- Hard plastics - no current outlets for recycling (market dependant).
- Household batteries – sent for recycling.
- Household/Garden chemicals – need to go in Hazardous Waste containers (ask a member of staff).
- Large electrical items (for example Fridge/Freezers) – sent for recycling.
- Mattresses – no separate container, place in landfill container. Camberley and Woking have dedicated mattress containers for recycling.
- Metal (Ferrous/Non-ferrous) – sent for recycling.
- Mobile phones – sent to various charities.
- Small electrical items – sent for recycling.
- Paint (water-based/emulsion only) - collected and transferred to the paint reuse shop at Guildford
- Paper and card (mixed) – sent for recycling.
- Plastic bottles (mixed) – sent for recycling.
- Printer cartridges – sent to various charities.
- Spectacles – sent to various charities.
- Tetra Pak carton banks – sent for recycling - Surrey Heath Borough Council also accept cartons in kerbside recycling bin.
- Textile banks – sent for recycling.
- TVs and Monitors – sent for recycling.
- Water filters – sent for recycling.
- Wood/Timber – sent for recycling.
What you cannot bring
- Asbestos
- Business waste
- Chargeable waste (for example hard-core, rubble and soil, plasterboard and tyres)
- Petrol/Diesel – none of our Community Recycling Centres (CRC) have the appropriate licence to accept and store fuel.
- Upholstered seating (from 1 December 2024)
Staff have been provided with training and guidance to assess your waste, and their decision is final.
The law states that the council may restrict the availability of specified places to specified descriptions of waste.
Restrictions
Surrey resident scheme
This centre is now only accessible to Surrey residents. Please see details of the Surrey resident scheme.
Vehicles
Vans, pickups and trailers are prohibited from entering this site.
The nearest alternative sites are Camberley and Lyne Lane (Chertsey).
Visitors
- No pedestrian access allowed on to this site.
- Please ensure that all children under primary school age (Year 6) and pets always remain in the vehicle. Year 7 children and above need to be accompanied by an adult.
