Barrow - Household Waste Recycling Centre

Find details of the Barrow HWRC, when it is open and what you can take there

Before visiting please check our HWRC visitor rules

Items we will take

We take many household items including some hazardous waste. Items include:

• asbestos (please contact the site before your visit)
• car batteries
• household batteries
• cardboard
• chemicals such as weedkiller, paint stripper or oil based paint (on arrival report to the site staff with these items)
• clothes and textiles
• fluorescent tubes
• fridges and freezers
• furniture (but not upholstered seating) such as wooden furniture, mattresses, carpets and rugs
• garden waste
• gas bottles
• general household waste
• glass
• gypsum or plasterboard (please telephone first to confirm that there is enough space)
• hardcore and rubble
• large appliances such as washing machines and ovens
• newspapers and magazines
• emulsion paint and dry empty metal paint cans (oil based paints need to be reported to staff and stored with chemicals)
• scrap metal
• small appliances such as microwaves, toasters, vacuum cleaners or battery powered toys
• TV's and monitors
• tyres
• used engine oil
• wood and timber

Items we don't take

• upholstered domestic seating like sofas, office chairs or beanbags
• household plastics
• trade waste
• clinical wastes
• acetylene
• boat flares
• car air bags
• fireworks

Ulverston HWRC takes upholstered seating and household plastics. Read the Ulverston HWRC page for more details.

HWRC permits

Our HWRCs are only for householders to use. The waste permit scheme helps to prevent trade waste from being taken to our HWRCs.

If you're driving a larger vehicle, like a utility vehicle or van or if you use a large double axled trailer you will need to apply for an HWRC permit

If you're walking to one of our sites you'll need a pedestrian's permit so we can keep you safe.

Find out when you need a permit and how to apply for one.

Other HWRCs across Cumbria

You can use any HWRC in Cumbria, wherever you live. You can visit sites at Millom, Frizington, Workington, Maryport, Wigton, Carlisle and Brampton, for more information go to the Cumberland Council website.

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