
Do you want to recycle more but don't know where to go?
See a list of recycling locations in South Tyneside
South Tyneside display a list of recycling sites in the area showing what can be recycled at each.
The Recycling Village
You can also use The Recycling Village at Throckley Way on the Middlefields Industrial Estate. It has containers on site to allow you to recycle:
- Cardboard
- Plastic bottles
- Green waste (grass, prunings from gardens etc.)
- Rubble, bricks and concrete
- Scrap metal
- Used high grade timber
- Low grade wood products (such as MDF, chipboard, laminates and hardboards)
- Mixed or bulky waste
- Waste mineral oil
- Car batteries
- Household batteries
- Paper
- Glass bottles
- Cans
- Electronic equipment (white goods such as cookers, washing machines and fridges)
- Electronic equipment (Televisions and PC monitors)
- Electronic equipment (Computers and peripheral equipment such as printers and scanners)
- Electronic equipment (other items such as hi-fis DVD / video players, toasters, hair-dryers and microwaves)
- Fluorescent tubes
- Cartons
- Carrier bags
- Greetings cards
- Clothes and textiles
- Books, CDs, DVDs, videos and tapes
- Mixed Plastics- plastic garden furniture, children's plastic toys, PVC pipes etc
Bulky or mixed waste
You can also dispose of your bulky or mixed waste at The Recycling Village.