These are the Christmas opening times for tips and local recycling centres in Darlington.

As Christmas fast approaches, it is time to start thinking of how to get rid of the rubbish that accumulates over the festive period. 

From wrapping paper to Christmas food shopping or plastic left behind from toy packaging, waste can really add up.

If you live in Darlington, you can use any local recycling centre.

You do not need to book.

Christmas tip opening times in Darlington

In Darlington, Christmas tip opening times will be from 8am-6pm every day, except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

Tip opening times are weather permitting.

What can you get rid of at Recycling Centres?

Residents can use the household recycling centres free of charge and take most items such as cardboard, glass and plastic.

You must separate the waste and recycling to ensure you put it in the right container at the tip.

This is a list of some of the items, which is not exhaustive.

  • aerosols
  • batteries
  • cans
  • cardboard
  • drinks cartons
  • electrical goods
  • energy bulbs
  • fluorescent tubes
  • glass jars and bottles
  • garden waste (and Christmas trees)
  • handbags
  • hardcore and rubble
  • paint
  • paper
  • plasterboard
  • plastic bottles
  • scrap metal
  • shoes
  • soil
  • textiles
  • white goods
  • wood

You can recycle Christmas cards as long as they have no glitter, foil or beads etc. Some local supermarkets and stores will accept your old Christmas cards for their charities.

If wrapping paper is made with a sparkly or plastic coating it cannot be recycled.

When it comes to baking foil, trays and cases, these can all be recycled providing they are free from food and grease.

Wine bottles, beer bottles and cans can go all together in your recycling bin.

Christmas trees can be taken to your local household waste recycling centre or chopped up and put in your garden waste bin.