Hazardous materials such as
household and garden chemicals and paints from your home
should be taken to any of our 3 Recycling Centres. Please ask
one of the site attendants for assistance on where to put them.
From July 2005, many everyday items are now classed as Hazardous
waste under new legislation to prevent the harmful components being
disposed in landfill sites.
These are the main ones you are likely to have in your home and
how we can help you dispose of them safely:
Car batteries and ordinary domestic batteries
These can be collected via the
Kerbside Recycling weekly Green Box service or they can be
taken to any of the three
Recycling Centres – please ask one of the site attendants for
assistance on where to put them.
Televisions and computer monitors
These have cathode ray tubes, containing leaded glass and
phosphorous. These can be collected from your home via the
Bulky
Waste collection service (chargeable service) or taken to the
Recycling Centres.
Please note, this does not include the modern flat screen
types.
Fluorescent tubes and sodium lamps
These can be taken to the
Recycling Centres. Please ask one of the site attendants
for assistance on where to put them.
Gas Bottles
Branded LPG and compressed gas cylinders and bottles may be
returnable to the original manufacturer or supplier where you got
them. Unidentifiable ones should be taken to one of the
Recycling Centres.
Fridges & Freezers
These have been handled separately for over two years
already. They can be collected from your home via the
Fridge/freezer collection service or taken to the
Recycling Centres.
Old medicines
These can be taken to your local pharmacy for identification and
safe disposal.
Commercial Hazardous Waste
Please note we are unable to take commercial hazardous
waste. More information on the disposal of hazardous waste
from businesses is
available here.
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Sheets of cemet bonded asbestos from residential
properties only may be taken to the Recycling
Centres for safe disposal. The sheets should not be
broken, if however they are broken or damaged in anyway please
ensure the asbestos is double bagged before bringing to the site.
Space for asbestos is limited, we can therefore only accept
3 sheets of asbestos. Please contact the Recycling
Centre you intend to use before visiting to make sure that
we have space available;
- Midland Road, Bath - 01225 396347
- Pixash Lane, Keynsham - 0117 9868 681
- Old Welton, Radstock - 01761 415694
For further advice on dealing with asbestos (or for dealing with
asbestos from commercial premises), please contact Environmental
& Consumer Services on 01225 477 560, facsimile 01225 477 596,
or by email environmental_consumer_services@bathnes.gov.uk.
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Toxic Waste Spillages
If you need to alert the council to any toxic waste spillages or
other problems, contact the Action Line directly on 01225
39 40 41.
They can also be reported to the Environment
Agency’s Incident Hotline on 0800 80 70 60,
call free, 24 hours a day, 7 days per week.
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