Household waste recycling centres
We make a fortnightly collection of recyclables to every
home in West Lancashire, but paper, glass bottles and jars, cans,
shoes and fabric can also be taken to recycling banks at the
following sites:
· Aughton: at the Village Hall, St Michael's
School and Christ Church School
· Banks: at Hoole Lane (glass, textiles, books,
aluminium cans, shoes)
· Burscough: at Mill Lane (old books and shoes
too), Abbey Lane, WWT Martin Mere (bottles, paper, shoes, plastic
bottles)
· Downholland: at Downholland CE School and
Black-a-Moor Lane
· Hesketh Bank: at the Village Hall (fabrics only)
and Primary School
· Ormskirk: at Tesco car park (old books and shoes
too), Sommerfield car park and Wheatsheaf Walk (old books and shoes
too)
· Parbold: at Station Road and The Common (old
books and shoes)
· Rufford: at the Lancashire County Council site
near the railway station
· Tarleton: at St Mark's Square, Tarleton CP
School and the High School
· Scarisbrick: at the Red Lion Restaurant (bottles
only)
· Skelmersdale: at St Mark's School and the Delph
Side School
· Up Holland: at Hall Green (no textiles)
You can also search by you postcode on the Recycle
Now
website to find out other places you can recycle in the
district.
Tetra cartons
We do not provide a recycling collection
service for tetra cartons - which are often used as containers for
juice, wine, milk, and fabric softener. However, there are five
collection points around the district where they can be taken for
recycling:
· Memorial Playing Field, Halsall Road, Halsall
· Hoole Lane car park, Banks
· Church Street car park, Ormskirk
· Wheatsheaf Walk car park, Ormskirk
· Asda car park, Skelmersdale
Household Waste Recycling Centres
There are County Council run household waste recycling centres
at:
· Burscough: Abbey Lane >
click for a map
· Rufford: Station Road >
click for a map
· Skelmersdale: Glenburn Road >
click for a map
They will take:
· green garden waste
· newspapers, magazines, paper and cardboard
· glass bottles and jars, cans and plastic bottles
· electronic equipment
· wood
· scrap metal
· textiles, clothes and shoes
· fridges/freezers
· household and car batteries
· gas bottles
· rubble and hardcore
These centres are open 8.00am-7.00pm every day except Christmas,
Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Phone 0845 0500 957 for more
information and you can find out more on their
Household Waste Recycling Centres website.