Christmas and New Year information
Find out all the information you need about our services over the Christmas and New Year period. This includes our opening times, waste collection days, and how to contact us out of hours.
Find a household waste recycling centre
There are a number of household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) across Cumbria. They take a range of items for recycling, household waste and some hazardous waste.
How to find a household waste recycling centre
Find all the HWRC's in Cumbria, where they are and what you can take there.
You can search for a HWRC by using the:
- search box; search by address, place name or postcode
- map; look for a blue pin on the map, click on it for a link to information about that HWRC
- specialist recycling items tick box; click on the tick boxes to find sites that will take these items
You'll see the HWRC sites found for your search as pins on the map and in a list underneath the map.
Before visiting a HWRC please read our HWRC visitor rules
Our Household Waste Recycling Centres will be open as normal over the festive period, with the exception of Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day when all sites are closed.
HWRCs that are open on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve will close at 4pm.
Other HWRCs across Cumbria
You can use any HWRC in Cumbria, wherever you live - for example if you live in Keswick your nearest recycling centre might be at Flusco, near Penrith in the Westmorland and Furness Council area.