County waste recycling centres

Oxfordshire County Council runs a number of major waste recycling and reception centres, of which these three serve the Vale:

• Drayton: Steventon Road B4017 between Drayton and Steventon
• Stanford in the Vale: A417 between Stanford and Faringdon
• Redbridge: Off Abingdon Road, Oxford, via Southern Ring Road

All sites are open seven days a week from 8am to 5pm. From April to September these sites also open late on Thursday until 8pm.

Please note that from 1 February 2011 you will need a permit to use any of these centres in a commercial type vehicle or using a trailer over 1.8m. If you have not previously obtained a permit, you will be turned away from site. For more information please see this page of Oxfordshire County Council's website Oxfordshire County Council This link will take you to an external website... or contact the Waste Management Group at the County Council on 08450 50 45 50.

The following materials can be taken to all three of the above Waste Recycling Centres:

• CDs, DVDs, videos, cassettes and books
• Batteries - household and car
• Bicycles
• Cans
• Cardboard
• Chemicals - household
• Computer monitors
• Foil
• Fridges and freezers
• Gas bottles
• Glass - bottles and jars
• Glass - sheet
• Green waste for composting
• Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes
• Metal - scrap
• Oil - engine oil only
• Paper
• Plastics - mixed soft plastics
• Soil and rubble
• Televisions
• Textiles & clothing
• Tyres - small quantities for which there is a charge
• White goods - cookers, fridges, etc
• Wood

Please note you can no longer take food or drink cartons (Tetra Paks) to the waste and recycling centres at Drayton, Stanford in the Vale or Redbridge, however these items can be put out for recycling in your green recycling bin.

For more information see this page of Oxfordshire County Council's website Oxfordshire County Council This link will take you to an external website... or call the County Council's Waste Management Team on 08450 50 45 50.