Household Recycling Centres
Thalia Waste Management operates nine Household Recycling Centres across Cambridgeshire as part of its partnership with Cambridgeshire County Council, as well as three waste transfer stations.
The sites allow residents to dispose of their household waste, free of charge, and we then make sure as much as possible is recycled.
The addresses for each of the centres are below and you can also find helpful information – including a location map, opening hours and handy tips on how to use the sites – on Cambridgeshire County Council’s website.
Our nine centres accept residents' garden waste, timber, glass, metals, paper, cardboard, textiles, batteries and waste electrical equipment for recycling. Business waste is not accepted at the centres.
If you’re visiting a centre, please make sure children and animals stay in your vehicle at all times – there are a lot of moving cars and equipment, and we don’t want anyone to get hurt.
Top tips on using the recycling centres:
- Separate your waste before you go – this saves time and helps us recycle more of your rubbish
- Recycling centres are busy at weekends and bank holidays. If you can, visit on weekdays when they are less busy
- If bringing in waste via a van or trailer, please contact the recycling centre in advance.
Find your local Household Recycling Centre
- Alconbury Recycling Centre, Wood Walton Road, Alconbury Weston, PE28 4JH, Tel: 01480 414796
- Bluntisham Recycling Centre, Heath Road, Bluntisham, PE28 3LQ, Tel: 01487 841810
- March Recycling Centre, Hundred Road, March, PE15 8QJ, Tel: 01354 661130
- Milton Recycling Centre, Butt Lane, Milton, CB24 6DQ, Tel: 01223 860674
- St Neots Recycling Centre, Unit 3, Martson Road, Eynesbury, St Neots, PE19 2HB, Tel: 01480 354355
- Thriplow Recycling Centre, Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, SG8 7HZ, Tel: 01223 839001
- Whittlesey Recycling Centre, New Road, Whittlesey, PE7 1SZ, Tel: 01733 351144
- Wisbech Recycling Centre, 75 Boleness Road, Wisbech, PE13 2RB, Tel: 01954 582332
- Witchford Recycling Centre, Sterling Way, Off Witchford Road, Ely, CB6 3FA, Tel: 01353 668728
Waste Transfer Stations: As well as the Household Recycling Centres, Thalia Waste Management operates three transfer stations for councils and business to directly drop off their waste. Transfer stations at Waterbeach Waste Management Park and Alconbury are open to both local councils and businesses, while the third at March is for local authorities only.
The public can also use all three sites for picking up their free soil conditioner, as well as dropping off asbestos. All three also provide an aggregates collection area for the general public and businesses, where you can purchase or arrange delivery of different materials including limestone, sands, gravels and type one road stone.
Waterbeach Transfer Station: A purpose-built unit allows councils and traders to drop off their waste in a safe way – with all vehicles staying on dedicated, surfaced routes.
We also offer an extensive construction and demolition drop off, sorting and recycling service at Waterbeach. Builders and other tradesmen can dispose of their non-hazardous general and construction and demolition waste.
Concrete, brick and tile rubble and glass is recycled as secondary aggregates, while timber is recycled into chipboard, animal bedding or as a fuel in energy plants. Clean card is recycled as new cardboard, while soil is reused at the Waterbeach site for landfill restoration.
In addition to the construction and demolition area, properly bagged cement bonded asbestos can be deposited in a separate, dedicated collection skip (see below for process).
Waterbeach Waste Transfer Station, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9PG
Opening hours: Monday – Friday: 7am – 5pm, Saturday: 7am – 12noon, Sunday: Closed
Alconbury Transfer Station: The Alconbury transfer station provides Huntingdonshire District Council with a local tipping point for its waste collection trucks, bulky waste and street sweepings (prior to it being transferred to Waterbeach Waste Management Park). The site is also licensed to accept trade waste.
Aggregates: Customers can pick up a range of different materials including limestone, sands, gravels and type one road stone. We also offer a delivery service for local customers. Contact the site for more information about this service.
Asbestos: Residents can bring properly bagged cement bonded asbestos to the Alconbury site for deposit in a special collection skip (see below for process).
Alconbury Waste Transfer Station, Stangate Park, Alconbury Hill, Alconbury, Weston, Huntingdon, PE28 4JH, Telephone: 01487 831658
Opening hours: Monday - Friday: 7am - 5pm, Saturday: 7am - 12noon, Sunday: Closed
March Transfer Station: The transfer station at March takes waste and recycling collected by Fenland District Council residents' bin collections. It is then transferred on to Waterbeach Waste Management Park.
Asbestos: Residents can bring properly bagged cement bonded asbestos to the Alconbury site for deposit in a special collection skip (see below for process).
March Waste Transfer Station, Melbourne Avenue, March, PE15 0EN, Tel: 01354 652563
Opening hours: Monday – Friday: 7am - 5pm, Saturday: 7am - 12noon, Sunday: Closed
Asbestos: We provide a facility for household cement-bonded asbestos only at Waterbeach, March and Alconbury waste transfer stations.
If you wish to dispose of cement-bonded asbestos, you must first complete an online form on Cambridgeshire County Council's website.
Once you have done this and placed your asbestos in a special bag provided by the council, you must then call the transfer station you intend to visit to agree a delivery time and to provide your authorisation code:
Alconbury: 01487 831658
Waterbeach: 01223 861856
March: 01354 652563
The asbestos can then be taken to the transfer station, where a special skip is provided.
