Recycling Map
| Item | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aluminium | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | |
| Aluminium Foil | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen Morrisons, Verwood | |
| Animal Waste | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | Must be double-bagged; max 2 bags a day |
| Baby Food Pouches & Caps | New Forest Live at Home | “Ella’s” brand only |
| Ballpoint & Felt-tip pens | New Forest Live at Home Downton Recycling | |
| Baths | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | |
| Batteries | Co-op Tesco Caxtons | Domestic only, not vehicle, leisure, powertool, etc. |
| Batteries | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | domestic, vehicle, power tools |
| Bedding & Sleeping bags | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | |
| Belts | St BonifaceChurch, Woodgreen | Leather and canvas only |
| Biscuit Packets | New Forest Live at Home Kerrie Grove Downton Recycling | See below for acceptable brands |
| Bottle Tops – Plastic | St Mary’s Church St Boniface Church, Woodgreen Downton Recycling Wilton Riding for the Disabled | Clean milk bottle tops only |
| Brassieres (Bras) | Downton Recycling | Clean and in usable condition |
| Bread Bags | New Forest Live at Home Kerrie Grove | Plastic bags only |
| Cans, Tins & Metal Aerosols | Domestic Waste Recycling Car park recycling bins | |
| Cardboard | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | |
| Carpets | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | |
| CDs and DVDs | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen | |
| Christmas Trees | Car park Recycling Bins Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | Real trees only |
| Clothing | Car park Recycling Bins Charity Shops Clothes swap Charity bags | |
| Coffee Pods | Nationwide | Tassimo and L’Or only |
| Coins | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen | |
| Contact Lens Containers | AJ Bass | |
| Cooking Oil | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | |
| Corks | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen Recorked UK | |
| Egg Boxes | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen | |
| Elastic bands | Royal Mail | Post Office bands only |
| Electrical Equipmentand Appliances | Somerley Waste recycling Centre Sue Ryder – for working items | |
| Engine Oil | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | Sealed container; max 10 litres/month |
| Fire Extinguishers | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | Only if manufacturer does not take them back |
| Fridges and Freezers | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | |
| Furniture | Sue Ryder | |
| Garden Waste | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | |
| Gas bottles | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | Max 15 kg |
| Glass bottles and jars | Domestic monthly collection Car park recycling bins | |
| Inhalers | Any pharmacy | |
| iPods | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen | |
| Light Bulbs | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre Downton Recycling | Low-energy (CFL) only |
| Mattresses | British Heart Foundation British Red Cross https://www.collectyouroldbed.com | If useable If useable Will collect and recycle; costs from £11.99 |
| Metal foil | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | Including take-away containers |
| Milk bottle foil tops | Kerrie Grove | |
| Mobile Phones | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | |
| Neckties | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen | |
| Paint | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | Sealed container, max 5 litre/month |
| Pet food pouches | New Forest Live at Home Purr and Miaow | |
| Plant pots | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen Downton Recycling B&Q | Small only Small only, clean |
| Plant pots | Stewarts Garden Centres | Only if marked PS(6) or PP(5) – NOT if marked PETE(1), HDPE(2), V(3), LDPE(4), or Other (7) |
| Plaster board | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre | Not free; see website for charges |
| Plastic food wrapping/ containers | Co-op recycling bins (in store) | This situation is evolving as the Co-op develops its in-shop recycling policy; see group posts. Clean and dry! |
| Popcorn packet | Gourmet Grocer Kerrie Grove New Forest Live at Home | |
| Postage Stamps | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen Downton Recycling | |
| Pringles tubes | Gourmet Grocer New Forest Live at Home | “genuine” Pringles only |
| Printer and Toner Cartridges | Somerley Waste Recycling Centre Downton Recycling | |
| Records (LPs and 45s) | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | |
| Ring Pulls (from drinks cans) | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen Downton Recycling | |
| Rubble | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | Not free; see website for charges |
| Scrap metal | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | |
| SCUBA air bottles | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | |
| Sinks and toilets | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | Not free; see website for charges |
| Snack packets | New Forest Live at Home Kerrie Grove | See respective URLs (below) for which brands are accepted |
| Soil | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | Not free; see website for charges |
| Spectacles | AJ Bass Downton Recycling | Also accept broken spectacles |
| TetraPaks | Car park recycling bins | |
| Textiles | Somerley Waste recycling Centre ?? | |
| Tooth brushes | New Forest Live at Home Downton Recycling | |
| Tooth paste tubes | New Forest Live at Home Downton Recycling | |
| Wallpaper | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | |
| Water filter cartridges | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen Downton Recycling | |
| Wood | Somerley Waste recycling Centre | |
| Wool | St Boniface Church, Woodgreen | yarn, not fleece! |
| Links and Addresses: |
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| Downton Mini-Recycling Centre: Downton Baptist Church, South Lane, Downton, SP5 3NA |
| Kerrie Grove: https://www.facebook.com/groups/590795834697587/permalink/695916324185537/ |
| New Forest Live at Home: 6 Fridays Court, Ringwood, Hampshire. BH24 1AB. If we are out running an activity the office is unmanned But we do have a letterbox if it’ll fit through. Or you can label them and leave it under the windows to the right of the double doors |
| Purr and Meeow: https://purrandmiaow.com/products/purrcycle-pre-paid-pouch-recycling-bags |
| Royal Mail Elastic Band Freepost: Royal Mail, Rubber Band Recycling Department, Freepost, Tomb Street, Belfast BT1 1AA |
| Somerley Waste Recycling Centre: https://www.hants.gov.uk/wasteandrecycling/recyclingcentres/hwrcfinder/Somerley |