I want to dispose of

Check which materials you can take to Staffordshire’s recycling centres.

Bottle tops

Recycle: Clean cans, aerosols, tins, metal bottle/jar tops, aluminium takeaway containers and tin foil can be recycled in your kerbside recycling or taken to any Staffordshire recycling centre.

Bricks

Reuse: Consider if the material can be re-used in another home project.

Cans

Recycle: Clean cans, aerosols, tins, metal bottle/jar tops, aluminium takeaway containers and tin foil can be recycled in your kerbside recycling or taken to any Staffordshire recycling centre.

Car batteries

Recycle (restrictions apply): Car batteries can be taken to Staffordshire's recycling centres. There is a recycling restriction of 2 lead acid batteries every 6 months. Apart from car batteries and engine oil, all other car parts and components, petrol or diesel cannot be accepted at Staffordshire's recycling centres. These items should be recycled through a garage/licensed scrap dealer.

Car parts

Disposal: Not permitted in your kerbside bin or at any of Staffordshire’s recycling centres.

Cardboard

Reuse: Some boxes are great for using as storage boxes or you could advertise them for free for people who are moving house.

Cassette tapes

Recycle: We accept video and cassette tapes at all of Staffordshire's recycling centres. Unfortunately, we do not have the facility to accept whole video or cassette tapes for recycling as the tape gets tangled in the recycling process. However, if you are happy to remove the magnetic tape from inside each unit, then the plastic casing can be placed in the hard plastics recycling container, the removed tape will need to go into the general waste.

CDs and DVDs

Reuse: Consider online streaming or purchase a digital copy.