Mobile household waste recycling centre

Changes to household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) in Cheshire East  came into effect on Monday 5 August 2024 as part of essential savings measures for 2024/25. These changes include the emergency closure of Bollington, Poynton and Middlewich HWRCs .

If you live in the Bollington, Poynton or Middlewich areas, a mobile household waste recycling service is available to you while the emergency closures are in place – you can also visit any of the other HWRCs in Cheshire East.

The changes to HWRCs are being introduced to ensure essential savings are made in 2024/25.

Where the service will be

The mobile HWRC will alternate between Bollington, Poynton and Middlewich - each site will receive 1 visit per month. This will take place on a Saturday from 8am to 10am.

Before you visit the mobile site, you will need to book a slot.

You can only visit our mobile sites in a car.

The mobile HWRC will be at:

• Bollington on the first Saturday of the month
• Middlewich on the second Saturday of the month
• Poynton on the last Saturday of the month

This may vary during December.

Mobile HWRC locations

• Middlewich – Environmental Hub, Cledford Lane, Middlewich CW10 0JN
• Bollington – off Albert Road, Bollington SK10 5HW (on part of the HWRC site that is now under an emergency closure)
• Poynton – off Anson Road, Poynton, SK12 1TD (on part of the HWRC site that is now under an emergency closure)

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Why we chose these locations

Why we chose these locations

Having Middlewich’s mobile HWRC based at the environmental hub in Cledford Lane means that the overall costs to transport the waste we receive via our mobile HWRC will be lower.

This is because the waste we collect during each mobile HWRC session – with the exception of garden waste, which is taken to our composting plant in Leighton in Crewe – will be taken to the hub to be processed.

Bollington and Poynton’s mobile HWRC will be based on part of the sites that are currently used for each town’s household waste recycling centre, which are now under emergency closures.

These sites have been tested from a highway safety and access perspective, which means that we know they are suitable for visitors to our mobile HWRC.

The equipment that is usually on these sites – including the various waste collection bins – has been removed during the emergency closures. This is for health and safety reasons and because the equipment is not owned by the council.

Book a slot

You will need to use our waste portal to book a slot at the mobile household waste recycling centre. 

What we will accept at the mobile HWRC

The mobile HWRC is for domestic waste only – we will not accept trade or commercial waste.

We will accept the following materials at the mobile HWRC :

• cans, tins, paper, card, glass bottles/jars etc for recycling
• bagged residual (black bin) waste
• bulky furniture items that can fit in your car – where possible, we ask that these are broken down into smaller pieces (we will accept small sofas, but these should not be broken down into pieces)
• mattresses
• small electrical or electronic equipment, such as kettles, hair dryers or microwaves.
• fridges
• garden waste

What we won't accept at the mobile HWRC

We will not accept the following materials (this is not an exhaustive list):

• rubble or DIY materials
• plasterboard
• soil
• chemicals or paint
• tyres
• engine oil or cooking oil
• florescent tubes
• gas canisters of any type
• asbestos
• furniture that includes glass in it
• mixed food and garden waste
• household waste that is not from your own address
• household waste that someone else has been paid to get rid of

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Page last reviewed: 26 September 2024