Local recycling facilities

Mini-recycling centres

You can take your paper, glass bottles and jars, steel and aluminium cans, textiles and unwanted books to one of over 270 recycling sites across the district:

• Search for recycling centres near you (new window)

Using your local recycling facilities helps those local community groups that receive community recycling grants.

Please follow these guidelines when you use the recycling facilities:

• Use the correct recycling banks for the correct materials.
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• Do not leave boxes, bags etc at the recycling sites.
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• Put recyclables into the banks, not on the ground.
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• If the recycling banks are full, please do not leave recyclables on the ground.
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• Report full banks to Suffolk Coastal Services, and either take your recyclables home and visit another day, or go to an alternative recycling site.
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• Using these sites to dispose of general rubbish or trade waste is an offence under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and carries a maximum fine of £50,000 if convicted.
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• Be considerate of local residents by not using the recycling banks between 8pm and 8am.
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• Do not put aerosol cans in your local can bank, they can be taken to the household waste recycling centres (new window) at Foxhall, Felixstowe and Leiston.

To report full recycling banks or any other problems at recycling sites, please contact Suffolk Coastal Services on 01394 444000 or email scsltd@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk.

Do not leave general waste or trade waste at the local recycling points. To do so is flytipping, which is a criminal offence. Abusing these facilities makes it very unpleasant for those who use them properly and has a detrimental effect on public amenities. It costs the Council around £50,000 to clean up rubbish dumped at local recycling facilities in the district every year - that is £1 a year of everybody’s Council Tax bill wasted.

There are 18 household waste recycling centres (new window) throughout Suffolk where you can recycle a wide range of materials and bring bulkier items, such as furniture and garden waste, for recycling or disposal. In Suffolk Coastal these are located at:

• Felixstowe - Carr Road (off the end of Langer Road).
• Foxhall - Foxhall Road (1 mile before Speedway Stadium).
• Leiston - Lovers Lane (road to Sizewell Power Station).

The household waste recycling centres are open every day, except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day (25 & 26 December and 1 January).

• 1 November to 31 January - 8am until 4pm.
• 1 February to 31 March - 8am until 5pm.
• 1 April to 30 September - 8am until 6pm.
• 1 October to 31 October - 8am until 5pm.

Occasionally it is necessary to close the household waste recycling centres at very short notice, for instance because of adverse weather conditions. They may also close for improvements. It is advisable to check that your local centre is open before you travel there by checking the household waste recycling centres webpage (new window) or calling 0845 606 6 067.

All of these recycling centres accept:

• Glass.
• Cans and tins.
• Aerosol cans.
• Paper.
• Green waste.
• Cardboard and Yellow Pages.
• Plastic packaging.
• Plastic bags.
• Tetra Pak and other paper-based food and drink cartons.
• Textiles.
• Wood.
• Scrap metal.
• Bicycles.
• Fridges and freezers.
• Electrical and electronic equipment.
• Lightbulbs and fluorescent tubes.
• Cooking oil.
• Engine oil.
• Car batteries.
• Household batteries.
• Mobile phones.