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Reuse and recycling centre, Garth Road, Morden
The Reuse and Recycling Centre at Garth Road, Morden is available for Merton residents to drop off their waste for reuse, recycling or disposal to landfill.
This service is free to Merton residents and is primarily accessible by car.
If you are a resident with a van or trailer there is a restriction of up to 250kgs of waste brought in every 6 months, and a charge will be made to dispose of any waste in excess of this limit. For separated recyclables, no charge applies.
- Where to find us
- Identification
- Opening times
- What you can recycle here
- Items that we cannot accept
- Reclaiming abandoned trolleys
- See also
- Contact us
Where to find us
63-69 Amenity Way, off Garth Road
Morden
SM4 4AX
Map of Garth Road (Streetmap website).
Identification
You must bring proof of address (such as your driving licence, Residents Pass or recent council tax statement) to prove you are a Merton resident.
Opening times
- Open 8am to 4pm, seven days a week for cars.
- Closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.
- For residents in vans and with trailers, there will be no access into the centres:
- from 1pm on Saturdays
- all day on Sundays
- all Bank Holidays.
What you can recycle here
You can now bring even more items to the centre for recycling or reuse. See items listed marked with NEW:
- Aluminium foil NEW
- Asbestos sheets (please dampen, double wrap and secure with tape for safety)
- Batteries (car batteries)
- Batteries (small household batteries)
- Bric a brac (for reuse including furniture and ornaments)
- Bicycles (for repair and reuse)
- Books
- Cans (metal food and drinks cans)
- Car batteries
- Cardboard
- Carpet (hessian backed only) NEW
- Cartons (please empty and flatten)
- Compact fluorescent light bulbs (household low energy bulbs)
- Electrical goods/appliances (including TVs, videos, PCs, Hi-Fis)
- Engine oil
- Furniture (in suitable condition for reuse)
- Glass bottles and jars
- Glass - plate/sheet glass NEW
- Green waste (for composting)
- Hand tools (for reuse) NEW
- Hardcore/rubble and soil (small quantities)
- Mobile phones
- Oil -car engine
- Oil - cooking NEW
- Paper (including directories)
- Plasterboard NEW
- Plastic bottles
- Plastic - other (all rigid plastic items and all other plastic containers numbered 1-19 or showing the recycling triangle. No plastic bags/sheets/film and no PVC window frames) NEW
- Printer cartridges NEW
- Scrap metal (ferrous)
- Scrap metal (non-ferrous)
- Spectacles NEW
- Textiles and shoes
- Video tapes NEW
- White goods (such as fridges/freezers and washing machines)
- Wood and timber
If you are at all unsure which container to use, please ask a member of staff on site who will be able to assist you.
Items that we cannot accept
There are some items that we cannot accept at our reuse and recycling centres. This list is not exhaustive but includes:
- Waste not defined in law as "Household Waste" such as vehicle parts including tyres.
- Trade Waste - this is waste created or resulting from any form of employment or commercial enterprise undertaken by a resident.
- Oil based paint and chemicals
Reclaiming abandoned trolleys
Abandoned trolleys are stored here after we collect them.
Trolleys are available for inspection and claiming on Thursdays between 10am and 12 noon.
The trolleys will be stored for 10 days and then, if not claimed by the owner, will be disposed of and recycled.
See also
Contact us
Waste Services
63-69 Amenity Way
Morden
SM4 4AX
Waste Helpline: 020 8274 4902
Weighbridge Office: 020 8545 4772
Email: esenquiries@merton.gov.uk
This page was last updated on Tuesday 29 June 2010