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 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).

Follow this link for more information about household waste recycling centres.