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Waste & recycling

Find out what you need to do to ensure that you deal with waste responsibly and legally.

Fly-tipping

Flytipped sofa in field

What you can do to help prevent illegal waste dumping. You could be fined if you don't use an authorised person to dispose of your waste.

Household waste

Disposing of a TV responsibly

How you should dispose of household waste, including domestic appliances, construction waste and hazardous waste.

Waste issues

Find out about waste issues, including information about landfill sites and incinerators of public interest.

Waste tyres

Pile of waste tyresTens of millions of tyres are disposed of each year in the UK. Find out what we are doing to prevent waste tyres being disposed of illegally.