Penrith, Flusco - Household Waste Recycling Centre

Find details of the Penrith, Flusco HWRC, when it is open and what you can take there.

Please sort your waste before coming to us, this will make your visit quicker and our recycling rate better.

Items we will take

• asbestos
• Car batteries
• Household batteries
• cans and tins
• cardboard
• chemicals such as weedkiller, paint stripper, oil based paint (on arrival report to the site staff with these items)
• clothes and textiles
• fluorescent tubes
• foil
• fridges and freezers
• furniture - including wooden furniture, upholstered seating, sofas, office chairs, mattresses, carpets and rugs
• garden waste
• gas bottles
• general household waste
• glass bottles and jars mixed
• hardcore and rubble
• Plasterboard, please call first to see if we have space
• large appliances such as washing machines, ovens
• newspapers and magazines
• emulsion paint and dry empty metal paint cans, oil based paints need to be reported to staff and stored with chemicals
• plastics such as household bottles and food trays and hard/rigid plastics
• scrap metal
• small appliances such as microwaves, toasters, vacuum cleaners, battery operated toys
• TV's and monitors
• tyres
• upholstered seating
• used engine oil
• wood and timber

Items we don't take

• trade waste
• clinical wastes
• acetylene
• boat flares
• car air bags
• fireworks

Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) permits

Our Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) are only for local residents to use. The permit scheme helps to prevent trade waste being deposited at our sites.

If you are driving a larger vehicle such as a van or utility vehicle or use a large double axle trailer you will need to apply for a HWRC Permit.

If you're walking to one of our sites you'll need a pedestrian permit so we can keep you safe.

Find out when you need a permit and how to apply for one.

Other HWRCs across Cumbria

You can use any HWRC in Cumbria, wherever you live. You can visit sites at Millom, Frizington, Workington, Maryport, Wigton, Carlisle and Brampton, for more information go to the Cumberland Council website.

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