Ceredigion County Council website

Ceredigion County Council currently provides four Household Waste Sites in the county.  They are provided solely for the purposes set out below.  We work hard to try to provide the services our residents need and to do so as cost effectively as possible.  Please help us by complying with these site rules.

• Household Waste Sites in Ceredigion are for use by Ceredigion residents only. You may be asked to provide proof of your address when visiting a site. Proof of Ceredigion residency include official documents with a name and address such as a Council Tax bill, utility bill (no older than 3 months) or driving licence.
  
  
• Only domestic waste from your home may be deposited at this site.
  
  
• Trade waste is not accepted at the site. You may be asked to sign a disclaimer form where there is any doubt about the origin of the waste.
  
  
• Ceredigion County Council is committed to recycling as much of the county’s waste as possible. The Household Waste Sites offer residents many recycling opportunities.  You are required to separate your waste before coming to the site. This ensures waste is managed in the most cost effective and environmentally sound way possible. If you have not separated your waste before entering the site, you should, and may be asked to, sort any unsorted waste at the site.
  
  
• On condition that waste is of a genuine domestic source and has been correctly sorted for recycling, there is no restriction on the amount of waste that can be taken to the site, other than the restrictions set out in these site rules.
  
  
• All waste must be placed in the correct containers.
  
  
• Some of the sites offer an area where materials are set aside for reuse. Please discuss specific arrangements with the site operator.  For health and safety reasons, no items should be removed from any container or from the site without the express permission of the site operator.
  
  
• It is not permitted to carry any items into the Household Waste Site from vehicles parked outside the boundary of the site.
  
  
• Children and pets must remain in vehicles at all times.
  
  
• Site users should behave responsibly at all times, and not cause a danger to themselves or others.
  
  
• Abusive behaviour towards staff or anyone using the site will not be tolerated. This may result in individuals being banned from using the site and/or the matter being reported to the Police.
  
  
• Waste is not permitted to be left outside the site gates - there is surveillance in operation at all sites.
  
  
• We are not obliged to accept DIY waste at the Household Waste Site; however, the sites are being made available for the deposit of small amounts that arise from DIY activities.
  
  
• The sites are provided to offer a way for residents to dispose of small quantities of household waste.  They should not be used as a means of avoiding disposal costs where large quantities of waste are being generated.  For this reason, some restrictions apply to the type and quantity of waste, and to the size and type of vehicle allowed on site.  Vehicle restrictions are managed through the issue of Day Permits.
  
  
• The Council and its Household Waste Site operators reserve the right to refuse waste which doesn’t conform to the site rules, or which in their opinion is unreasonable either by its type or quantity.

Is someone else taking your waste to the site?

• Did you know that as a householder you have a legal duty to check that the person accepting your waste is licenced to do so and where they are taking it.
  
  
• If you pay someone to carry your waste it is no longer classed as domestic waste and it will not be permitted at the Household Waste Site.
  
  
• It may be acceptable for a friend, family member, neighbour etc. to take your waste on a voluntary basis. However the producer of the waste remains responsible for it and must ensure that the waste is managed legally.  You are advised therefore to accompany the person carrying the waste to the site.  If this happens on a regular basis, the carrier of the waste is advised to apply to Natural Resources Wales for a lower tier waste carrier’s licence. If any payment is made to the waste carrier, the waste becomes trade waste, as the activity is commercial, and the waste shall not be permitted.
  
  
• All of the Household Waste Sites in Ceredigion are managed on behalf of Ceredigion County Council by private waste management companies. Where there is any dispute regarding the site rules, officers of Ceredigion County Council shall consider the matter, and any decision made by an officer of the Council will be final.