Cheshire East Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Opening Hours

All Household Waste and Recycling Centres are open seven days a week throughout the year and only close on Christmas Day:

Months	Times	Additional Information
March - April	08:00 - 18:00
May - August	08:00 - 20:00
September - October	08:00 - 18:00	For Health and Safety purposes sites will close earlier if dark.
November - February	08:00 - 16:00

Locations of the Household Waste Recycling Centres

Below is a list of the Household Waste and recycling Centres, follow the links to see the sites on our interactive mapping system.

	Address and link to map	Telephone Number
Alsager	off Hassall Road, Alsager ST7 2SJ (map)	01270 877691
Arclid	off Davenport Lane, Arclid, close to junction of A50/A534, CW11 2SR (map)	01477 500759
Bollington	off Albert Road, Bollington SK10 5HW (map)	01625 576458
Congleton	off Barn Road, off the A536 Congleton to Macclesfield Rd, CW12 1LJ (map)	01260 298586
Crewe	Pyms Lane, Crewe, off the A530 Middlewich to Nantwich Rd, CW1 3PJ (map)	01270 215818
Knutsford	off Mobberley Rd (B5085), Shaw Heath, Knutsford WA16 8HT (map)	01565 650944
Macclesfield	off the A536 Macclesfield to Congleton Rd, Gawsworth, Macclesfield SK11 9QP (map)	01625 421290
Middlewich	Croxton Lane, Middlewich CW10 9EZ (map)	01606 837128
Poynton	off Anson Road, Poynton, SK121TD (map)	01625 871441

Facilities

For more information about facilities on the Centres or to make a complaint please contact the Household Waste Recycling Centre helpline on 01270 759106 which is open Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00. Please note this number is solely for Household Waste Recycling Centre enquiries and will not be able to help with other enquiries such as refuse and recycling collections.

Please note:

Only household waste is accepted at the Centres. See also Household Waste Permit Scheme
Commercial and trade waste is not permitted and should be taken to appropriately licensed facilities. See Business Waste Collection or contact the Environment Agency for more details
Gas cylinders cannot be accepted as they are the property of the gas company and should be returned to the supplier
Tyres cannot be accepted.

Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) Contract

From 1 February 2008, HW Martin Waste Ltd took over responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Council's Household Waste Recycling Centres. The Centres are now operated under a performance-based contract which has increased the amount of waste recycled and composted as well as providing facilities for additional types of materials to be collected. Recycling rates overall have increased by at least 20 per cent.

Household Waste Permit

A Household Waste Permit is needed each time you use a Council HWRC with any sort of van, pickup, commercial type 4x4 or a trailer over 1.5 metres (internal length). If you arrive without a permit in one of these vehicles you will be refused entry to the centre. See Household Waste Permit Scheme for further information or telephone our Hotline on 0300 123 5011 between 08.30 and 17:00, Monday-Friday.

Apply for a Household Waste Permit now.

What you can recycle at the HWRCs

The following materials or items are collected at all of the Household Waste Recycling Centres:

Paper
Glass
Textiles/clothing/shoes
Engine oil
Vegetable/cooking oil
Scrap metal
Cans - steel and aluminium
Plastic bottles
Green garden waste

Batteries - both car and household batteries
Wood
Rubble
Small and large domestic appliances
Fridges and freezers
Televisions and computer monitors
Flourescent tubes and energy saving bulbs
Bric-a-brac (general reuseable items).

Bonded Asbestos Waste

Special skips for the disposal of bonded asbestos waste are provided at the Pym's Lane (Crewe) and Danes Moss (Macclesfield) Centres.

Note: You should telephone the site (see numbers above) in advance of your visit to check available capacity. Report to the attendant upon arrival.

The waste management licence requires that all bonded asbestos delivered to the Centres must be double bagged or double wrapped in heavy duty polythene and sealed
When handling, transporting and disposing of bonded asbestos waste, we advise:
- keep the material damp
- avoid breaking up large pieces
- ideally transport in an enclosed vehicle or covered trailer
- wear a face mask and gloves

Waste statistics

Waste Analysis - find out more about what gets thrown away at our Household Waste and Recycling Centres.

Recycling Statistics - find out how much waste gets recycled at our Household Waste and Recycling Centres.