Recycling and Refuse Collection

Local Tenterden Recycling

Tesco Supermarket Tenterden
Tenterden Leisure Centre Car Park- accepts cardboard
Station Road Car Park
Tenterden Golf Club
The Crown, St Michaels

Local Blue Box Scheme

"Blue box" recycling boxes are in use in Tenterden and are collected once a fortnight. The scheme is run by Ashford Borough Council.  Blue boxes are used to recycle glass, paper, cans and textiles. Check here to find out which day of the week your blue box will be collected.

To join the blue box scheme or if your blue box has been lost, damaged or stolen you can request a replacement blue box here

Blue Box Smart phone app

To find out how to download the Ashford Borough Council smartphone app click here . Available for iPhone and Android phones

• Find the blue box collection dates for your area each month, and find out what items can be recycled

• Search all recycle and disposal points throughout the borough (using GPS) and find out which are suitable for your waste

• Set reminders for when your recycling is due for collection

Black Sack Domestic Refuse Collection

Domestic refuse should be placed in black sacks or dustbins and will be collected from residential properties weekly Monday to Friday between 7am and 6pm. Please do not put your bags or bin out for collection before 6.30pm on the evening before your collection day. Ashford Borough Council do not operate Wheelie bin collections.  To find out which day of the week your collection will be click here 
 
Refuse collected in the borough of Ashford does not go to landfill. Instead it is used to generate electricity at a power from waste facility outside Maidstone. For further information please go to the Kent Enviropower website www.kentenviropower.co.uk

Bulk Refuse Collection

Ashford Borough Council can collect bulk items from domestic premises that are not collected on the normal weekly refuse service. For more information click here .

Household Waste Recycling Centre

Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate
Brunswick Road
Ashford
TN23 1EL

Tel: 0845 3450210

Monday - Saturday 8 am - 4.30 pm
Sunday 9 am - 4 pm
Bank Holidays 9 am - 4pm
Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day

Wednesday and Saturday: the height barrier will be opened to give access to vehicles over 2 metres high, carrying domestic waste

Owned and managed by Kent County Council

Materials accepted for recycling:

Automotive
Car batteries, Used engine oil, Tyres

Electrical
Batteries, Fluorescent tubes, Fridges and freezers, Low energy light bulbs, Mobile phones, Printer cartridges, Small electrical appliances, Televisions and monitors

Glass
Bottles and jars

Household hazardous waste
Gas bottles

Household organic waste
Garden waste

Metals
Aluminium foil, Food and drink cans, Scrap metal

Other recyclables
Cooking oil, Spectacles

Paper and cardboard
Books, Cardboard, Mixed paper and card

Textiles and clothing
Mixed textiles and clothing, Shoes

Wood and building materials
Plasterboard, Rubble and soil, Wood and timber

Materials accepted for disposal
Asbestos, Household chemicals, Furniture, Paints, Pesticides, Plastic bottles 

Materials not accepted
Business waste, Clinical waste, Petrol