Recycling, rubbish and waste
Information about rubbish and recycling collections from your home, locations of household and mini-recycling centres and lots of tips on how to recycle as much as possible and dispose of rubbish appropriately.
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Collection of household recycling
Residents can have a range of recyclable materials collected from the kerbside outside their property on a regular basis.
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Collection of household rubbish
Household rubbish or waste must be placed outside early on the day of collection.
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Commercial waste and recycling
Information about how to recycle and dispose of commercial waste.
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Garden waste and composting
Garden waste can be composted at home. Alternatively, you can have it collected by your district/borough council or take it to your local household recycling centre.
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Hazardous waste collection
How to dispose of hazardous waste such as asbestos and chemicals.
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Household recycling centres
There are 11 household recycling centres around the county where you can take your household waste for recycling.
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Mini recycling centres
Details of all mini-recycling centres, along with details of the materials that can be recycled at each centre.
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Recycle for Dorset blog
This blog allows you the chance to get involved in recycling, to find out the latest on recycling from your local councils and to follow the adventures of Sammie Strawberry!
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Recycling at home
Recycling at home is really simple and it is something that everyone can do. Recycling means that less waste is sent to landfill and materials can be made into new products more than once.
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Recycling - information and advice
A range of information including why waste is a problem, where your recycling goes, local recycling rates and resources for children and teachers.
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Recycling - reduction and reuse
Information to help you reduce the amount of waste that you dispose of.


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