Household Recycling Centres (Council Tips)

The following materials are commonly charged as ‘construction waste’. Check your local authority website for specific charges.

• Rubble: brick, stone, cement, concrete and hardcore

• Roofing materials including felt, guttering and tiles

• Ceramic tiles

• Construction timber

• Garden stone and paving, concrete posts, concrete panels

• Fence and shed panels

• Tiles and ceramics including sinks, toilets and shower trays

• Earth, soil and turf

• Plasterboard and room partitions

• Bathroom suites

• Doors and windows

• Fitted kitchen units

• Plaster and plasterboard

• Laminate flooring, wooden floorboards and skirtings

• Asbestos resulting from construction or demolition

• Soil from construction and landscaping

• Any other building materials