Redbridge Recycling Centre

I know it’s sad getting excited over a recycling centre, but this site is so good to use, and I love to think that so much of my rubbish can be recycled. In the past, I’ve had to put redundant computers into landfill, but now there’s a special container where they can be left for refurbishing or stripping for parts. It’s good to have somewhere to take small electrical goods which will be reused if they can be, rather than landfill. Each section of the site is now well-​labelled, and there are always staff around who can advise on where things should be disposed of. I hadn’t realised quite how much can be recycled there till I drove round the site — long-​life light bulbs, for example. Tools can be refurbished and used by charities, bicycles ditto. Redbridge isn’t the easiest site to access by car, since you can only exit one way onto the ring road, but having something constructive to do with all that unwanted clutter feels very good!

I was just wondering if anyone had reviewed the dump and I find not only has it been done but they’ve used exactly the same phrase I was going to use.
I too get excited about visiting the dump. As Mushtiff says you can recycle so much stuff and the staff are very helpful. Mushtiff hasn’t mentioned you can now even recycle tetra packs, plus the normal paper, plastic and glass. thereare shoe banks and clothes banks for reasonable quality stuff.
And things that are too good to go into landfill get left near the skips for you to pick up and take home with you.
They no longer take paint but Orinocco probably do. They are over the other side of Oxford and not open all the time but you can checkout their website. They take stuff that could be used by community groups, school groups and individuals. So they’ll take paint and other scrap.
I’ve recently realised that you can get onto the other side of the ring road by going under the bridge towards Kennington and taking the first left — this gets you onto the ring road going towards the A34 and avoids you having to go all round the roundabout and the traffic lights.
Now I’m off to see if anyone has reviewed Ardley dump which has dinosaur footprints and newts!