You can take various items to the tips - you can find more information via the recycling and refuse sites webpage

Charities such as SOFAThe British Heart FoundationSue RyderLorosSense and many more can often arrange to collect your items for free, and all donations support their work in the local community. There are also a number of other reuse sites such as: Freecycle and Freegle that enable you to re-home your items.

For further information and to find the details of other charities organisations please see the Less Waste website.

If you are having new items delivered the retailers will often take away the old item for recycling.

Please remember if someone takes your waste away for you and dumps it illegally, you could be the one who lands in court. Read up on what we call duty of care.

Leicestershire County Council has useful information on how to dispose of different products. 

More information on recycling and household waste sites in Charnwood

Last updated: Fri 11th August, 2023 @ 10:45