Contact us

0800 389 9918

Redbridge has one major facility where you can dispose your domestic waste.  The Redbridge Reuse and Recycling Centre or Chigwell Reuse and Recycling Centre is often known to locals as 'The Dump' or 'The Tip'.  The Tip is neither owned or run by Redbridge Council, its managed by Shanks East London. The site does not accept business waste.  There is further information on business waste on our business waste page.

Location and opening times

  • Chigwell Road Reuse and Recycling Centre (map) , Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge IG8 8PQ Telephone: 0800 389 9918
  • Open week days: Monday to Fridays 7.30 am to 4.30 pm
    Open Weekends:  Saturday and Sunday, 8 am to 4 pm
  • Not open on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or New Years Day.

You must now show ID when you visit the site

All residents of the East London Waste Authority boroughs (Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Newham) are entitled to use Chigwell Road RRC to tip their household waste.  In order to tip your household waste free of charge please bring along a driving license or a recent Council Tax bill as proof of address.

Please note at present it is not possible to visit the site on foot due to health and safety reasons. 

What waste can you bring

Other sites 

There are other sites in which you can recycle some of your waste.  Find out more on our other recycling centres pagefind your nearest recycling point on our map

Related pages and documents

 

Useful websites

Shanks

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