Hampshire County Council has confirmed that from Monday 15 June you must have an appointment to visit an HWRC. If you visit an HWRC without an appointment you will be turned away. Sites will be open from 9am to 6pm seven days a week, however you will have to book a 30-minute slot up to 48 hours in advance. From Thursday 11 June you can book a slot by phone or online by following the link here.

There are additional measures in place to ensure the safe operation of the sites – please visit their website for more information. Residents should only travel to a HWRC if the build-up of waste in your home may pose a risk of injury or to health. 

You can take the following things to the HWRC's:

• White goods
• Mattresses
• Green and garden waste
• Clothing and textiles
• Cardboard, newspaper and magazines
• Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
• Household batteries
• Animal and pet waste
• Soil, rubble and DIY waste
• Wood and timber
• Scrap metal
• Paint
• Hazardous household waste
• Automotive waste
• Gas bottles and fire extinguishers

Find your nearest facility to recycle a particular item

The 24 Hampshire Waste Recycling Centres recycle, reuse, compost and recover energy from 83.72% of the material brought in by 4 million visitors each year.

There are plenty of places that you can take your household waste to be recycled, either at a large Household Waste Recycling Centre or a Local Recycle Site. Many of local sites will accept glass bottles and jars and some will accept other materials such as textiles and clothing, books, cardboard, tinfoil and batteries and there is a carton recycling bank at the worthy lane recycling site. A location of council bring sites are listed below. 

Changes to bring sites:

We have considered the capacity and distribution of our existing bring sites very carefully which has enabled us to make informed assessments about which sites can be removed and those that should be retained,  following the introduction of kerbside collections, which should be sufficient to meet most residents’ glass recycling needs. The situation will be monitored and the Council has the option of increasing capacity at our remaining sites should the need arise. Private bring sites, such as those operated by some supermarkets, are not affected by these changes. 

Latest: click here to find out about the new opening times, charges and when the phased changes will take place at the Hampshire Recycling Centres

There are many other Household Waste Recycling Centres in Hampshire, for a full list click the link in the Other Websites list.