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.