Where to recycle cans in United Kingdom

Below are places in United Kingdom that accept cans for recycling: street containers, collection points and recycling centres. The data comes from OpenStreetMap and is kept up to date by the community — if a point is missing, add it yourself in a couple of minutes.

Recycling points

AllPaper 3475Clothes 3295Glass bottles 3179Cans 3137Plastic 1669Glass 1623Plastic bottles 1490Organic 661Electronics 509Batteries 493Scrap metal 364Wood, rubble 252Low energy bulbs 170Engine oil 134Hazardous waste 131Plastic bags 116Car batteries 98Tyres 72

Operators:AllCity of Edinburgh Council 52Haringey Council 25Suez 20Lancaster city council 19Veolia 16Hackney Council 15Lancashire County Council 15Brighton and Hove City Council 13Isle of Wight Council 12Newport City Council 12

Found: 3137

Loughborough Recycling & Household Waste Site☆

Railway Terrace · Recycling centre · Leicestershire County Council

🕒 Mo-We 09:00-19:00, Th-Fr off; Sa-Su 09:00-19:00

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesPlastic bagsGlassCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Letchworth Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Lacerta Court · Recycling centre

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble

Carrickmore Recycling Centre☆

Ballintrain Road · Recycling centre

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metal

Burslem Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Federation Road · Recycling centre · City of Stoke-on-Trent

🕒 We,Fr,Sa 09:00-16:30; PH,Th,Su 09:00-16:00

PaperCansElectronics

Recycling Containers☆

Woolsack Way · Recycling container · Sainsbury's

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassCansClothes

Garth Road Recycling and Reuse Centre☆

Amenity Way · Recycling centre · London Borough of Merton

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalEngine oilWood, rubble

Preston Park, Preston Drove entrance☆

The Gallop · Recycling container · Brighton and Hove Council

PaperGlassCansClothes

Thriplow Recycling Centre☆

Gravel Pit Hill · Recycling centre · Cambridgeshire County Council

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble

Villiers Road Household Reuse and Recycling Centre☆

Chapel Mill Road · Recycling centre · South London Waste Partnership

🕒 Mo-Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa 07:30-16:00; Su,PH 09:30-16:00; Dec 24 09:30-12:00; Dec 25,26,Jan 01 off

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Kimpton Park Way Re-Use and Recycling Centre☆

Kimpton Park Way · Recycling container · London Borough of Sutton

PaperPlastic bottlesGlassCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalEngine oilWood, rubble

Penistone Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Sheffield Road · Recycling centre · FCC Environment

🕒 Apr-Sep: Mo-Su,PH 09:00-17:00; Oct-Mar: Mo-Su,PH 09:00-16:00; Dec 25 off; Dec 26 off; Jan 01 off

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble

Littlehampton Household Waste Recycling Site☆

Mill Lane · Recycling centre · West Sussex County Council

PaperGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesBatteriesScrap metal

Gatewarth Community Recycling Centre☆

Barnard Street · Recycling centre · Warrington Borough Council

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsScrap metalWood, rubble

North Seaton Household Waste Recovery Centre☆

Castle Island Way · Recycling centre · Suez Recycling And Recovery U K Ltd

PaperGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble

Jenkins Lane Reuse and Recycling Centre☆

Jenkins Lane · Recycling centre · Shanks East London (under contract from East London Waste Authority, for 25 years from 2002)

PaperPlastic bottlesGlass bottlesCansClothesScrap metal

Colchester Recycling Centre☆

Shrub End Road · Recycling centre · Colchester City Council

PaperPlasticGlassCansOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metal

Lester Road Household Waste & Recycling Centre☆

Lester Road · Recycling centre

PaperGlassCansClothesBatteriesScrap metal

Shirecliffe Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Longley Avenue West · Recycling centre · Veolia

🕒 Apr 01-Sep 30 09:30-17:30; Oct 01-Mar 31 09:30-15:30

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble

Foots Cray Reuse and Recycling Centre☆

Maidstone Road · Recycling centre

🕒 Mo,Tu,Th,Fr,Sa,Su 07:30-16:00

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesWood, rubble

Westhill Recycling & Disposal Centre☆

Westdyke Avenue · Recycling centre · Aberdeenshire Council

🕒 Mo-Th 09:00-16:30; Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:30; Apr 01-Sep 30: Tu 16:30-19:00

PaperPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesWood, rubble