Kirkby Recycling Centre

Depot Road
Knowsley L33 3AR
United Kingdom

Opening Times

1 April - 30 September: 8:00 - 20:00

1st October - 31st March: 8:00 - 17:00 

Closed: Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day

Service Categories:

  • Aerosols
  • Batteries
    • Car batteries
    • Lithium-ion, rechargeable batteries
    • Household batteries
  • Bikes (reuse point)
  • Cardboard
  • Cooking oil
  • Disposable vapes and e-cigarettes
  • Fluorescent tubes and mixed light bulbs
  • Food and drink cartons
  • Fridges and freezers
  • Garden waste
  • Glass bottles & jars
  • Hard plastics
  • Hardcore & rubble
  • Large domestic appliances
  • Mixed recycling
    • Food and drink cans
    • Paper and cardboad
    • Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
    • Aluminium foil and trays
  • Mobile phones and printer cartridges
  • Non-recyclable household waste
  • Oil fliters
  • Plasterboard
  • Plastic bottles
  • Reusable items
  • Scrap metal
  • Small domestic appliances
  • Textiles and clothes
  • TVs and monitors
  • Tyres
  • Upholstered domestic seating
  • Used engine oil
  • Wood & timber

Your Visit

Residents visiting in a car do not need to book. 

You must book an appointment if you are using a van, whether hired or owned or for a trailer between 2m and 3m in length. 

Bicycles (with/without trailer): Follow the same route as vehicles and follow the highway code. 

Pedestrians: Follow the pavement to access through the pedestrian gate and follow marked walkways.

Paint is NOT accepted at this site. Paint is accepted at Bidston, Huyton, Old Swan, Ravenhead, Sefton Meadows & Southport HWRCs.

If there are queuing vehicles towards closing time, site staff will notify any vehicles that may not be able to gain access and stop additional vehicles from joining the queue.

layout map for kirkby recycling centre showing locations of containers

This site is operated by Veolia on behalf of Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority.