Christmas opening times at Cornwall recycling centres

The presents have been opened and the turkey eaten, next comes the big clean-up. If your bins are usually overflowing during the festive period, here’s when you can take a trip to the tip over Christmas.

Along with being “the most wonderful time of the year”, Christmas is also a time of accumulating rubbish and recycling – from wrapping paper to old electrical items, in with the new generally means out with the old.

With all this waste, it’s handy if you can get rid of some of it without having to wait for the next kerbside collection.

So, if you do end up with excess household waste that can’t be collected with your rubbish or recycling this Christmas, you can take it to one of the 14 household waste and recycling centres across Cornwall.

For anyone heading to the tip, if you are using a commercial vehicle designed to carry goods, or any large trailer, you will need a vehicle permit.

Also, for safety reasons, no public pedestrian access is allowed through the entrance or exit gates of any of the recycling centres so don’t head there on foot or you and your rubbish will be turned away.

For more information, visit the Cornwall Council website.

Find your nearest Cornwall recycling centre

There are 14 household waste and recycling centres across Cornwall. They each operate the same openeing days and hours so all you need to do is locate the closest one to you.

Bodmin Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Wheal Prosper, Lanivet PL30 5HB

Bude Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Tiscott Wood, Bude EX23 9AP

Connon Bridge Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: East Taphouse, Liskeard PL14 4NP

Falmouth and Penryn Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Curvet Farm, Nr Mabe Burnthouse, Falmouth, Cornwall TR10 9DH

Helston Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Gays Hill, Helston TR13 0QA

Launceston Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Pennygillam Industrial Estate, Launceston PL15 7PH

Newquay Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Trevenson Road, Newquay TR7 3BW

Redruth Household Recycling Centre
Where: Dudnance Lane, Pool, Redruth TR15 3QT

Saltash Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Plot 2, Tamar View Industrial Estate, Saltash PL12 6UA

St Austell Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Menear Road, St Austell PL25 3TD

St Day Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: United Downs, St Day, Redruth TR16 5HU

St Erth Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Treloweth Lane, St Erth, Hayle R27 6JP

Tintagel Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Bowithick, Camelford PL34 0HH

Truro Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Where: Tregurra Park, Newquay Road, Truro TR1 1RH