Disclaimer

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained on these pages is both complete and accurate details inevitably change from time to time. Dorset County Council cannot under any circumstances be held responsible for any errors or omissions and accepts no liability for the information contained on these pages.

The information provided has been collected, collated and produced in good faith by Dorset County Council. These pages list companies operating recycling schemes in the Dorset area. However, by including them it should not be interpreted as favouritism or discrimination between one company or any other.

To our knowledge, all the companies listed on these pages possess the appropriate waste licences, exemptions and certificates in accordance with the services they provide, but it is the responsibility of the individual customer to check this.

The links below provide information on why, how and where businesses can recycle specific waste materials.

If you would like your business to be included in these pages please contact us.

• Car and household batteries

  Batteries contain a variety of chemicals and heavy metals such as mercury, lead and calcium which can cause pollution and harm to health. Please recycle whenever possible.

• Chemicals

  Chemical wastes are often likely to be considered special wastes and require highly specialised recovery, recycling and disposal

• Agricultural waste

  The following businesses/organisations will be able to supply you with recycling and reuse services for agricultural waste:

• Computers and electrical items

  Approximately six million obsolete pieces of electronic equipment are discarded in the UK annually.

• Construction and demolition waste

  Quarrying and extraction of raw materials for use in construction can be unsightly and environmentally damaging in terms of air and visual pollution and increased transport.

• Ferrous and non-ferrous metal

  Recycling metal saves raw materials, energy and reduces the amount of waste being landfilled.

• Fluorescent tubes

  Of the 80 million fluorescent tubes sold in the UK each year only a tiny fraction are recycled.

• Furniture, electrical and household goods

  Some charities and reuse organisations in Dorset accept business waste for reuse.

• Glass

  Manufacture of new containers from crushed glass, known as cullet, requires it to be strictly colour separated. Most of the glass which is collected is container glass.

• Green waste

  There are numerous composting techniques such as anaerobic digestion, fermentation or vermiculture (worm composting) which yield a quality soil treatment product.

• Kitchen waste

• Miscellaneous

  The Dorset Scrapstore collects donated materials including sticky backed plastic, paper, card, cardboard tubes, rope, netting, containers, cardboard boxes, fabrics, wood, wool and more.

• Oil (cooking, industrial and lubrication)

  Most of the waste oil is collected from commercial or industrial premises.

• Paper and cardboard

  Paper and cardboard tend to be a large part of office waste.

• Plastics

  Plastics waste arisings are estimated to be about 3.8 million tonnes a year. As a proportion of plastics consumption, the post-use recycling rate is about 5% of estimated plastic waste arisings.

• Plastic vending cups

  Many businesses in Dorset operate vending machines for hot and cold beverages. These cups can be recycled. They are often made into pencils.

• Printer cartridges and/or mobile phones

  In the UK every year over 6 million toner cartridges are used. It is estimated that about 50% of these end up in landfill sites.

• Tyres and automotive waste

  In the UK we travel some 650 billion passenger kilometres by road every year, about 65% of goods are moved by road.

• Wood

  The total amount of wood waste arisings in the UK are about 750,000 tonnes per annum, of which about 300,000 tonnes is packaging.