Hartlepool Household Waste Recycling Centre

Hartlepool tip, Burn Road, Hartlepool, TS25 1PL. Run by Hartlepool Borough Council.

Book before you go

All visits must be booked in advance (since 8 April 2026).

Book a slot with Hartlepool

Opening times

Summer hours (1 April - 31 October) · now

Monday and Tuesday Closed
Wednesday to Sunday 9am to 6pm

Winter hours (1 November - 31 March)

Monday and Tuesday Closed
Wednesday to Sunday 9am to 4pm

Last entry 10 minutes before closing

Closes briefly around 10:30am and 2:30pm for about 15 minutes to compact skips

Vans, trailers and permits

  • Vans: Vans under 2 metres high are allowed. Sign-written, flat-back and tipper vehicles, and vans towing trailers, are not.
  • Trailers: Trailers up to 2.4 metres long with a registration plate matching the towing vehicle.

What Hartlepool takes

Hardcore, bricks, rubble, tarmac · Plasterboard and gypsum items · Slate, stone, soil, clay, turf, gravel, pebbles · Concrete · Mortar, rendering, powdered cement · Ceramics and pottery (baths, toilets, sinks, bidets, shower trays) · Sand · Asbestos · Tyres

Charges at Hartlepool

Asbestos, per council-issued bag £7.20 per bag
Tyres £3.20 each
Soil over the free DIY limit, per 25kg bag £3
Hardcore, rubble, ceramics over the free DIY limit, per 25kg bag £3
Plasterboard over the free DIY limit, per bag or sheet £6

Before you visit

  • Hartlepool residents only; show photo ID and proof of address at the site office. No trade waste.
  • Free DIY waste once a week: one item up to 2000 x 750 x 700mm or up to 100 litres (two 50-litre bags).
  • Mixed bags of waste are not accepted; card payments only.
  • Asbestos must be double-bagged in council-issued red and white bags (collect from the site first).
Pin: centre of TS25 1PL. © OpenStreetMap · Larger map

Nearest other tips

Bin day near Hartlepool

Hartlepool Borough Council collects the bins here.

Source: hartlepool.gov.uk, checked 2 October 2026. All Hartlepool tips