Hazardous waste

Dried out water-based paint can be placed in your general rubbish bin or taken to a Suffolk recycling centre.

If your tin of paint is partially full, please add sand, soil or cat litter and double bag it before putting it in the rubbish bin - this does not include solvent paints.

Suffolk recycling centres also collect other types of hazardous waste free of charge - find a full list of accepted items.

Hazardous business waste? Please head to our business waste pages.

Our collection types

Hazardous household waste

Our household collection service for up to 70 containers of hazardous waste, starts at £48.16 per collection. 

We accept:

• DIY products (e.g. varnishes, paint or paint stripper)

• Flammable liquids (e.g. white spirit, paraffin, wood stainer)

• Garden chemicals (pesticides, weed, insect killing sprays)

• Household cleaning products

• Motoring products (e.g. antifreeze, brake/clutch fluid, petrol or diesel)

• Poisons

• Solvent paints

We don't accept:

• Clinical waste - please see our medical waste collections

• Construction and demolition waste

• Explosives

• Fibrous asbestos

• Flammable film stock (cellulose acetate)

• Fluorescent tubes

• Fireworks or yacht flares

• Helium or returnable gas cylinders

• Radioactive waste

• Water or dry powder fire extinguishers

Please note in order to carry out your collection, we'll need a detailed list of your items in advance and they must be boxed for your collection day.

Book your hazardous waste collection

Once we receive payment, we'll be in touch to set your collection date.

Bonded asbestos

Our household bonded asbestos collection service for up to 50kg costs £80.17 per collection.

Please ensure before booking, that:

• It's from a domestic source (head to our business waste pages if your waste is from a contractor or a commercial source)
• You have the dimensions and weight of the asbestos.
• It can be easily lifted by one person.
• Sheets are unbroken, wrapped individually using heavy duty 1,000 gauge polythene - obtained from most builders merchants and DIY stores, sealed with tape and labelled "WARNING - CONTAINS ASBESTOS - DO NOT INHALE DUST".

For large quantities of bonded asbestos, including sheds, garages and outhouses, please see a full list of licenced asbestos contractors.

Book your bonded asbestos collection