NB: The Household Recycling Centres are currently operating from 8am to 9pm, seven days a week.
Birmingham’s five Household Recycling Centres are provided by the City Council for residents of this local authority only.
All visitors to the sites will be required to give their postcode or other information which will prove that they are a Birmingham City Council resident.
Checks on vehicles will be made where appropriate.
Residents from outside of the Birmingham City Council area are NOT permitted to use any of the sites and Entry will be refused.
Your details will be recorded and you will be directed to the facilities offered by your own council.
Trade waste is not permitted under any circumstances whatsoever and offenders face the risk of prosecution for fraud.
Residents can dispose of household and DIY waste as well as recycling a wide variety of items including:
- batteries
- tvs and monitors
- cartons
- green waste
- electrical items
- food and drink cans
- telephone directories
- textiles and clothes
- fluorescent tubes
- scrap metal
- mixed paper and card
- glass jars and bottles
- fridges and freezers
- used engine oil
- building materials
- soil
- household waste
- car batteries
- wood and timber
- hardcore and rubble
Scheduled opening hours (every day except Christmas Day/Boxing Day)
NB: The Household Recycling Centres are currently operating from 8am to 9pm, seven days a week.
1 March – 31 October
Weekdays 8am – 8pm
Weekends 8am – 4.30pm
1 November – 28/29 February
Weekdays 8am – 6pm
Weekends 8am – 4.30pm
Permits for vans and cars with large trailers
All large vans, pick-ups and cars towing large trailers which have double axles or are 6′ x 4′ (1.83m x 1.22m) and above will require a permit to use all Household Recycling Centres. All HRC sites, except James Road, Tyseley, have a height barrier set at 2.1m (6’10″) high and any vehicle above this height must use the Tyseley site.
Drivers of vehicles described above will not be allowed to dispose of waste at any site within Birmingham if they do not have a valid permit. Permits are only available to Birmingham residents to dispose of their own personal waste. A new application will be needed for additional permits.
Applying for a permit
Apply for a Waste Permit online or download the form attached at the foot of this webpage and send it to us.
If your application is successful you will be issued with a book of 6 official permits. Please hand one permit voucher per visit. If possible avoid visiting the sites at weekends and Bank Holidays as they are always busy.
Household Recycling Centres are provided to allow Birmingham residents to dispose of unwanted domestic and household waste free of charge and to deposit other waste for recycling or composting. Large amounts of soil and rubble are not accepted at any of the HRCs. Vehicles over 3.5 tonnes are not permitted to use the sites.
The sites are not licensed to accept trade waste or waste arising from any commercial or business activity. The City Council reserves the right to inspect any waste and a home visit may be required to identify the origin of the waste prior to its receipt at the site. The City Council can refuse to accept waste where it has a doubt about its origin.
For information about Commercial Waste disposal contact the Council’s Commercial Waste department on 0121 303 2894.
Click here for more information about waste and recycling in Birmingham.
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With regards to the recent changes to trailer use I find it absolutely absurd. Responsible disposal of rubbish especially or especially where garden contain large trees which shed leaves or hedges which need regularly cutting. Disposal of these items can take three to four trips to the tip in a weekend for disposal.
I have used a small trailer for the past 10 years so as not to have to put rubbish in my cars but now this seems that once 6 trips have been done I have no choice for the rest of the year ! It is plain to see that the rubbish disposed is gargen waste not rubble or building materials so why the blanket policy ?
What a absolutely ludicrous solution to prevent traders misusing the system. So we all now have to suffer both inconvenience and hassle due to the minority affecting the majority.
I am all for registration to ensure household use but whoever came up with the idea to limit it to 6 trips in 12 months really needs to take a sensible look at the issue and come up with a more sensible and resonable solution.
I will be writing to my local councilor as this is another typical sledge hammer approach to crack a nut idea.
With regards to the recent changes at the tip i.e no Trailers no vans etc
I have over 20 trees in my garden, and during the summer time I’m down the tip all the time with my trailer disposing of garden waste. I’m down there a lot more than 6 times a year that’s for sure. I am not wrecking my car by putting rubbish in it.
Just recently we had a death in the family and I was asked if I could help with clearing out the house, but when I got to the tip with my first trailer full I was told that I could not Use it again without a permit. I explained the situation , but was told basically “Tough”
So why have the council introduced this dumb idea? I presume it is because traders are abusing the system, and if that’s the case I say sort THEM out not us.
Why should the majority suffer because of a few rogues. It’s the same old story again and again. Come on whoever made this one up. do us all a favour and change it back, before people start fly tipping