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Find out what services are available to you and how you can reduce waste, recycle more and cut carbon.

Find out what services are available to you and how you can reduce waste, recycle more and cut carbon.

Find out what services are available to you and how you can reduce waste, recycle more and cut carbon.

Find out what services are available to you and how you can reduce waste, recycle more and cut carbon.

We accept general household waste and recycling. If you have commercial waste, please visit our trade waste page.

Address and opening hours

Abbey Road HRRC, Abbey Road, Park Royal, London, NW10 7TJ

Monday and Thursday to Sunday: 8:00am to 4:00pm (last entry 3.45pm)
Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day

Book before you visit

• You must book a time slot before coming to the site and you won’t be able to enter without a confirmed booking.
• Please note, this service is for household waste, not trade waste.

Book your visit here.

Visiting in a van? Please read.

The Household Reuse and Recycling Centre is provided for Brent residents to dispose of their household waste and recycling. Commercial and trade waste is not accepted under any circumstances.

• Commercial vehicles are not permitted
• Tail-lift vehicles and vehicles over 3.5 tonnes are not permitted
• Hire vans may be used by Brent residents up to twice per year and must be booked in advance
• Loads must be unloaded within 30 minutes. If your load is considered too large to unload within this time, entry will be refused
• All vans will be stopped on arrival and the contents inspected. If staff believe the waste is commercial or trade waste, entry will be refused
• You must provide two forms of identification:
  • One photo ID (passport or driving licence)
  • One proof of address dated within the last three months (for example, a utility bill)
• Staff cannot make exceptions to these rules

Important

Van access rules are strictly enforced to protect this service for local residents and prevent the unlawful disposal of commercial waste.

We operate a zero-tolerance approach to abusive or threatening behaviour towards staff. Anyone behaving in this way will be asked to leave the site.

Before you come
A few important things to check before you travel:

• Bring your booking confirmation
• Only bring household waste from your own home
• Sort your items before you arrive so you can unload quickly
• Check what you can and can’t bring (see below)
• Check our on-site safety guidelines (see below)

What you can bring

You can bring a wide range of household items, including:

• General household waste
• Recycling (paper, cardboard, glass, plastics, metals)
• Electrical items
• Furniture and bulky items
• Garden waste
• Textiles and small household items

Items must come from your home and be within the allowed limits for your booking.

DIY waste disposal

Each household gets a limited free allowance of DIY waste.

• Up to 4 visits in any 4-week period (max 1 visit per week)

At each visit, you can bring either:

• Up to 2 small (50L) bags of DIY waste, or
• 1 bulky DIY item

If you go over this allowance, additional visits or larger amounts will be charged.

Charges start from:

• £16 for up to 100kg (car)
• £32 for up to 200kg (other vehicles)

DIY waste covers the type of items that you wouldn’t take with you when moving house, e.g. waste created by building and landscaping works including:

• All building and demolition material including plasterboard, tiles, windows, doors, timber and wooden flooring
• Bricks, rubble, stones and hardcore
• Bathroom suites and fittings
• Fencing, sheds and paving
• Kitchen units, sinks and fittings
• Soil and turf
• Bulky furniture, such as beds and wardrobes (including when broken down).

Special materials

Bonded asbestos is charged separately, at £272 per tonne, with a minimum charge of £54.40.

Please note, we do not take commercial asbestos waste under any circumstances.

What you cannot bring

Some items are not accepted or may be restricted:

• Trade or business waste
• Large quantities of DIY or construction waste
• Hazardous materials
• Items not declared as part of your booking

On-site safety rules

Recycling centres are busy working environments. For everyone’s safety:

• Follow instructions from site staff
• Keep to traffic directions and speed limits
• Park only in designated areas
• Supervise children and keep pets in your vehicle
• Wear suitable clothing and footwear – no open-toe sandals
• Wear gloves
• Only unload where directed

All waste must be separated and placed in the correct containers to support safe and efficient recycling.

Please read our FAQs for more essential information before your visit.

Need help?

If you’re unsure about anything before your visit, contact the team.

Please note our site is open to residents of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hounslow, Hillingdon & Richmond upon Thames. Residents from outside of our catchment area will have to pay to dispose of their waste.

The Greenford Road re-use and recycling centre is open 8am to 4pm Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The site is closed on Wednesday and Thursday. You are advised to book in advance to visit this recycling centre.

Over 30% of the waste sent for disposal in black bags from west London is food, the largest single material in rubbish bins. Also, more than half of what is thrown away could have been eaten and was avoidable. Wasted food means wasted money and wasted resources that went into production and distribution as well as increasing the cost of disposal.

We throw away around 3 million tonnes of food and drink every year before we even get round to cooking or serving it. Storing food in the right way helps keep it fresh and tasty for longer and means less of the food we buy goes off and gets thrown away. Most packs now have storage information on the front of the pack, rather than the back, making it even easier to spot. There are loads of guides online explaining how to freeze all sorts of food items.

Ten million items of furniture are thrown away every year. Many of these could be used again by someone else.

All six West London councils offer a garden waste collection service. A special bin or bag is supplied for your garden waste and is collected it as part of their household collection scheme. If you don't have this type of collection service or your bin is full, you can recycle garden waste at your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre.