Refuse and Recycling Information
Information on Waste Disposal if anyone in your
household has Covid-19
A link to a news release reminding Dorset residents what to do
with their rubbish and recycling if they or someone in their
household is displaying symptoms of COVID-19.
Household Recycling Centres (HRCs) – Reopening
parking bays and resale areas
Now that public health measures are widely understood and
mitigated against, the Council is working closely with site
operators W&S Recycling to test the opening of more parking
bays at various HRCs in order to accommodate more visitors and
reduce queuing times.
We will also try reopening resale areas on a limited basis in the
interest of reusing more of the items dropped off. Visitors to these
areas should note the following: –
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Hand sanitiser will be available, and all visitors will be
reminded to make use of it
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Visitors will be advised not to touch surfaces and products
unless necessary
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Payments are to be made using a card contactless
system. Cash will only be taken if the exact amount is given.
We ask that site users continue to observe social distancing
measures when visiting a HRC. Unfortunately, site employees are
still currently unable to help with unloading and lifting waste.
If this testing proves successful, we may introduce the new
arrangements at all sites in due course while continuing to
monitor the situation in line with updated public health guidance
emerging from central government.
Please note that all Dorset HRCs move to Winter opening hours
(10am to 4pm daily) from Thursday 1 October.
Recycling and Refuse Collection and Calendar
To find out which day is your recycling collection day, go to Your
Rubbish and Recycling Day Information and enter your postcode,
select your address, 'return to content', then 'view all data from
My Local'. Then click to view your next collection day.
For refuse and Recycling information over the Christmas
2020 period (changed collection days etc), click on graphic
at left.
Your Bin Collection - what the District Council will and will not
collect free of charge in West Dorset. The Council are now
enforcing their existing Waste Collection Policy to try and reduce
landfill waste still further. In the past, this policy should have
charged for Garden Waste and Commercial collections but has
not always done so.
Ordinary Household Waste and Recycled paper, tin and
glass: Uncharged collection continues.
Garden Waste: There is now a scheme for our locality: for £52
per year (240-litre wheelie bin) or £47 per year (50 x bags) you
can have garden waste collected fortnightly. Sign up on-line at
The free alternative is to compost it in the garden or take it to the
Household Waste Recycling Centre at Louds Mill in Dorchester
for onward composting.
Commercial Waste: That generated by business premises such
as pubs, shops or business units, has to be in a Dorset Council
wheeled bin or prepaid blue "Trade" sack if you want it collected
by the Council.
Domestic properties offering Bed & Breakfast
accommodation: Uncharged collection as this is treated as
ordinary household waste.
Commercially-run Holiday Cottages: These should pay to
have their waste collected using either prepaid blue Trade* sacks
or a Dorset Council wheeled bin. As each situation is unique, it
may help to phone 01305 262117 to discuss which is the most
economic route to collect this waste.
© 2021 Buckland Newton Parish Council Last updated 12th January 2021 17:05
Buckland Newton Parish Council
in the heart of rural Dorset