Richborough Household Waste Recycling Centre
Address
Ramsgate Road
Richborough
Sandwich
CT13 9NW
Telephone: 03000 41 73 73
Updated 4 November 2020: during the November lockdown our Richborough Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) is still open for socially distanced use, you will need to book a slot before visiting.
Opening hours
Monday to Sunday: 8:30am to 3:45pm
Before visiting you must book one of the available four slots. Entry without booking is not permitted.
Height barrier
2 metres (6 foot 6 inches) - read about vehicles allowed
Safety
You cannot carry waste into the site on foot.
Wear suitable clothes and footwear and keep children in your car
- Asbestos
- Batteries
- Cans and metal
- Car batteries
- Carpets
- Chemicals
- Clothes, shoes and fabric
- Computers
- Cookers, ovens and microwaves
- Cooking oil – domestic cooking oil only
- Electrical and electronic items
- Engine oil (used)
- Fluorescent tubes
- Freezers
- Fridges
- Furniture
- Garden waste
- Gas bottles
- Glass bottles and jars
- Low energy light bulbs and LEDs
- Mattresses
- Mobile phones
- Paint
- Paper and card
- Pesticides
- Plasterboard
- Printer cartridges
- Rubble and hardcore
- Soil
- Televisions
- Tyres
- Washing machines
- Wood and timber
- Business and commercial waste
- Clinical waste
- Petrol
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Vehicles allowed
Which vehicles can enter, which need vouchers and which aren't allowed at all.
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Household waste charges
Find out which items we charge to dispose of and which are free at our HWRCs.
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Business and commercial waste
What to do with business and commercial waste. You can't bring it to a household waste site.