Purton Household Recycling Centre

Purton Household Recycling Centre is Operated by Hills Waste Solutions on behalf of Wiltshire Council and can be used by residents in Purton and surrounding Wiltshire villages.

Before you visit, please check that you are eligible to use Purton Household Recycling Centre rather than the Swindon Household Waste Recycling Centre. Only residents under the Wiltshire council can use the Purton Household Recycling Centre. You can check your local council here. 

When you do visit, please bring proof of residency with you (for example, a drivers licence, Council tax bill etc) as you may be asked for it on arrival.

You can bring the following materials to the Purton Household Recycling Centre:

• Aerosols
• Asbestos (By appointment only)
• Appliances (large and small)
• Batteries
• Bicycles
• Cans (food, drink)
• Car batteries and car parts
• Cardboard and Paper
• CDs and DVDs
• Clothes and textiles
• Cooking oil and engine oil (used)
• Garden waste
• Gas bottles
• Glass (clear, mixed, coloured)
• Hardcore and rubble
• Household waste (excess)
• Paint 
• Plastics including packaging and rigid plastics (but no films, wrappers or plastic bags)
• Printer cartridges
• Scrap metal
• Soil
• Car tyres
• Wood and timber

Items that will not be accepted include armaments or weapons, business or commercial waste, commercial tyres, flares, fireworks or other explosive items, clinical waste or sharps, Japanese knotweed or other invasive weeds, and petrol or diesel.

Opening times:

Purton Household Recycling Centre is open on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

It is open between 9am - 4pm during the summer (1 April to 31 October) and 10am to 4pm during the winter (1 November to 31 March).

Generally, the centre is particularly busy in the mornings and the day following the weekday closures (Thursdays). Weekends can also be busy. The site is especially busy on Bank Holiday Weekends.

Click here to find out more about the Purton Household Recycling Centre!