South Access Road Household Reuse and Recycling Centre

This site is for residents to dispose of their waste and recycling. It does not accept trade waste.

You must book your slot and comply with the conditions of entry on the Wise up to waste website.

You must book an appointment, at least 24 hours in advance, if you plan to come by:

• van (a vehicle with no rear windows or no rear seats)
• pick-up
• car with trailer (over four feet long)

When you arrive, you need to bring:

• identification
• proof you live in the borough

You can find a list of acceptable forms of identification and book an appointment on the Wise Up To Waste website.

Each Waltham Forest household can take a van to this site a maximum of five times a year.

The site has a height barrier restricted to 1.85 metres

• batteries 
• bicycles
• books
• car batteries
• cooking oil
• engine oil
• electrical appliances (small and large)
• fluorescent light tubes
• furniture 
• garden waste
• gas bottles
• general household rubbish
• glass bottles and glass jars
• hard plastics
• hardcore and rubble
• light bulbs
• mobile phones
• paint
• paper, card and cardboard
• plastic bottles, trays and tubs
• plasterboard
• printer ink cartridges
• rubble
• scrap metal
• soil
• 'Tetra' style cartons
• textiles and shoes
• tiles
• tins, cans, aerosols and foil 
• tools (for reuse)
• wood and timber

• asbestos
• household chemicals
• tarmac
• trade waste
• tyres

Disposing of tarmac

Tarmac can not be taken to any of our public reuse and recycling sites. It can be disposed of at Bywaters Trade Site, Gateway Road, Leyton. There is a charge to use this site.

You can bring:

• up to six standard rubble sacks of soil each month
• up to six standard rubble sacks of rubble each month

A standard rubble sack is 20 inches by 30 inches.

Bags of rubble can contain brick, concrete and paving stones.

For trade waste disposal, please use Bywaters Trade Waste site at Gateway Road (turn left for the trade waste site). There will be a charge to dispose of trade waste.

Bicycles

There is a bicycle re-use scheme in operation with Recycle your Cycle. Recycle your Cycle works with the UK prison service to provide training in the refurbishment of bicycles. Bicycles are then sold on through charity shops across the country as well as in the Second Time Around shop at Kings Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, Chingford.

Any bicycles that are disposed of at site, that are not suitable for reuse, are recycled.

Furniture

Furniture that is suitable to be used again will be inspected, safety checked and sold at the Second Time Around shop at Kings Road Reuse and Recycling Centre, Chingford.

Furniture that is not suitable to be used again, such as upholstered furniture without a fire label, or with missing parts, will be sent for recycling where possible.

Paint

Paint bought to this site is reused as part of the Community Re-Paint scheme. Residents and community groups can purchase the paint at a reduced price by visiting the Forest Recycling Project (FRP).