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You can get rid of household rubbish at one of the waste recycling centres (rubbish tips) provided by Oxfordshire County Council. 

Oakley Wood is the recycling centre in South Oxfordshire and has now re-opened.  The centre is signposted off the A4130 Nettlebed road 1.5, miles east of Wallingford. View a map of Oakley Wood

Other waste recycling centres in Oxfordshire include:

• Alkerton - Nr Banbury
• Ardley Fields - Ardley
• Dean - Nr Chipping Norton
• Dix - Stanton Harcourt
• Redbridge - Oxford
• Drayton - Nr Abingdon
• Stanford in the Vale - Faringdon

Visit the County Council's website for a full list of waste and recycling centres in Oxfordshire and for maps on their location.

Opening hours

Monday to Sunday - 8am to 5pm
Thursday late night opening until 8pm, from 1 April to 30 September

The recycling centres accept a wide range of household recyclables and waste for landfill for no charge, except tyres and DIY waste.

What you can recycle:

• household batteries
• Juice cartons (eg tetrapak at dedicated banks for recycling)
• car batteries
• televisions
• fridges and freezers
• computer monitors
• plastics
• soil
• rubble
• green waste
• cardboard
• paper
• shredded paper
• light bulbs
• fluorescent tubes
• glass
• metals
• foil
• cans
• engine oil
• timber
• textiles

If you need to dispose of dangerous waste, such as asbestos, go to our dangerous waste page for further information.

Go to the business waste section if you need to dispose of business waste.