Car chemicals are accepted, free of charge, at all of our household waste recycling centres.
The following are examples of car chemicals that can be disposed of in the waste for energy recovery container:
- anti-freeze;
- brake fluid;
- body filer;
- car polish;
- car shampoo;
- de-icer;
- engine additives;
- grease;
- paints;
- screen wash;
- used oil filters; or
- wheel cleaner.
If you have no use for these items, please pass them on to someone who can use them.
Tins, bottles and sprays containing these must be firmly secured to prevent leakages.
If you have the following, please ask site staff for assistance as these items are stored separately on site:
- diesel; or
- petrol.
You need to dispose of your diesel or petrol in a five litre (or less) container that meets the requirements of Schedule 3 of The Petroleum (Consolidation) Regulations 2014.
Find out more about engine oil.
Car chemicals from a business or charity must be disposed of through a private licensed contractor.
Select your local household waste recycling centre below for more information about other items you can take to the sites, location, opening hours and any restrictions that apply.
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Alternatively, select your nearest centre below:
- Mobile household waste recycling centres
- Burniston household waste recycling centre
- Catterick Bridge household waste recycling centre
- Harrogate household waste recycling centre
- Leeming Bar household waste recycling centre
- Leyburn household waste recycling centre
- Malton and Norton household waste recycling centre
- Northallerton household waste recycling centre
- Ripon household waste recycling centre
- Seamer Carr household waste recycling centre
- Selby household waste recycling centre
- Settle household waste recycling centre
- Skipton household waste recycling centre
- Sowerby household waste recycling centre
- Stokesley household waste recycling centre
- Tadcaster household waste recycling centre
- Tholthorpe household waste recycling centre
- Thornton-le-Dale household waste recycling centre
- West Harrogate household waste recycling centre
- Whitby household waste recycling centre
- Wombleton household waste recycling centre