Leicester tips and recycling centres
Leicester City Council runs 2 household waste recycling centres.
Opening times
Hours for the current season; each tip's page has the full year.
| Tip | Open |
|---|---|
| Freemen's Common (Leicester) | Mon to Sun 8am to 8pm |
| Gypsum Close (Leicester) | Mon to Sun 8am to 8pm |
What Leicester tips take
batteries (household and car) · bicycles · books · cans and other metals · cardboard · clothes and shoes · cooking oil · dry mixed recycling · electrical equipment · fluorescent tubes and energy saving lightbulbs · furniture · garden waste · gas bottles, if empty · glass · paint · paper · plasterboard · soil and hardcore · used engine oil · vapes · white goods such as fridges, washing machines, dishwashers · wood, chipboard and MDF · asbestos · household and garden chemicals
Listed for most Leicester tips. Each tip's page says what it takes.
Before you visit any Leicester tip
- DIY waste from your own household work: up to two 50-litre bags or one item up to 2m x 75cm x 70cm per visit, and no more than four visits per household in any four weeks.
- No business or trade waste (including house clearances, tip-run services and landlord activities), except via the trade waste facility at Gypsum Close.
Bin collection days nearby
Read from leicester.gov.uk on 2 October 2026. We list the tips whose details we could check against the council's own pages.