Waste and Recycling
Somerley Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC)
Verwood Road,
Ringwood Forest
Somerley
BH24 3QE
Opening Times
- 8am-7pm from 1 April to 30 September
- 8am-4pm from 1 October to 28 February
- 8am-5pm from 1 March to 31 March
Recycling centres are open seven days a week all year round, excluding 25 and 26 December and 1 January
Telephone number
01202 828083
Directions
Approaching from Ringwood on Verwood Road, pass the Alderholt Road turning and continue for approx. 1 mile before taking the signed turning on the right.
Approaching from Verwood, continue along Verwood Road for approx 2 miles before taking the signed turning on the left.
Postcode: BH24 3QE
What you can recycle
- Animal waste (domestic animals only)
- Batteries - car batteries
- Batteries - disposable household batteries
- Clothing
- Electrical and electronic items
- Fluorescent tubes
- Furniture
- Garden waste (green waste only)
- Gas bottles (propane and butane only)
- Glass - bottles and jars
- Garden waste
- Lightbulbs (low energy type only)
- Metal items
- Newspapers, magazines and cardboard
- Oil - engine oil
- Paint
- Plasterboard
- Soil, rubble and DIY waste
- Wood and timber
Accepted
- Plasterboard (small amounts only)
Not accepted
- Hazardous household waste - only accepted at 11 specially licensed HWRCs in Hampshire
- Cement bonded asbestos (accepted at Andover, Basingstoke, Efford, Netley and Portsmouth)
- Trade/business waste
Site restrictions
- Animal waste - only two double-bagged bin liners will be accepted per household per day.
- Paint - only five litres will be accepted per household per month.
- Soil and rubble - only the the equivalent of a medium-sized car boot full of waste (approximately the contents of six 30 litre bags) will be accepted per household per month.
Opening hours
8am-7pm from 1 April to 30 September
8am-4pm from 1 October to 28 February
8am-5pm from 1 March to 31 March
HWRCs are open seven days a week all year round, excluding 25 and 26 December and 1 January
Telephone number
01202 828083
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