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Waste management

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Household waste and recycling centres

You can recycle more by taking unwanted items to one of Medway’s three household waste and recycling centres.

The sites are located at:

  • Ambley Road, off Hoath Way, Gillingham map;
  • Shawstead Road, Capstone, Chatham map;
  • Sundridge Hill, Cuxton map.

As well as accepting electrical equipment (including freezers, fridges, televisions and computer monitors), the sites also recycle household batteries and fluorescent or low energy light bulbs.

Check out the full list below to see what you can recycle at the centres.

These materials can all be placed in one mixed container:

Picture: Food tins and drink cans

Picture: Plastic bottle

Picture: Mixed paper and card

Picture: Plastic bag

Picture: Books

Food tins
and drink
cans

Plastic
bottles

Mixed paper
and card

Plastic
bags

Books

Please ensure that you separate these materials before you visit the sites:

Picture: Mixed glass: Bottles and jars

Picture: shoes

Picture: Small appliances - iron and hair-dryer

Picture: a bolt - scrap metal

Mixed glass
bottles
and jars

Shoes

Small
appliances

Scrap
metal

Picture: Low energy light bulb

Picture: a leaf - garden waste

Picture: Wood and timber

Picture: Fluorescent tube

Low energy
bulbs

Garden
waste

Wood and
timber

Fluorescent
tubes

Picture: Large appliances - cooker and washing machine

Picture: Hardcore and rubble - paving stone and breeze blocks

Picture: Electrical plug

Picture: oil can

Large
appliances

Hardcore
and rubble

Electrical
goods

Used
engine oil

Picture: Textiles - clothing

Picture: Fridge

Picture: Car battery

Picture: Battery

Textiles

Fridges
and freezers

Car
batteries

Batteries

Capstone and Cuxton only

Capstone only

Picture: Plasterboard                        Picture: Household and garden chemicals

Picture: Tyre

Plasterboard                        Household
                                           and garden
                                         chemicals

Tyres

What you can take for disposal at all three sites:

Picture: Asbestos warning triangle

Picture: Gas bottle

Picture: Household waste - dustbin

Asbestos

Gas bottles

Household waste

Opening hours: Monday to Saturday

All three sites are open between 8am and 4.30pm. On Mondays between April and September, the Capstone and Cuxton sites only are open until 6.30pm.

Opening hours: Sundays and bank holidays

All three sites are open from 9am to 4pm. Please note that the sites will close promptly at the times stated. For this to take place, site staff may need to turn vehicles away earlier than the stated times.

Please note that there is restricted access to the sites for vehicles taller than 6ft 6in (2m). Transit-type vans, panel vans and open-back, pick-up type vehicles are not allowed into any of the sites, as these are considered to be commercial vehicles. Small privately-owned vans (Escort-sized or smaller) are able to access the Capstone site by special arrangement. For full details, please phone the number below.

Please also note that there are no walk-in facilities of any kind at any of the sites.

For further information contact:
email icon Email : customer.first@medway.gov.uk
Telephone icon Telephone : 01634 333333
Mail icon Write to : Customer Services
Medway Council
Gun Wharf
Dock Road
Chatham
Kent ME4 4TR
Minicom icon Minicom :

01634 333111


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