HRCs - Opening Hours and Conditions of Use
Read more at New Online HRC Booking System | Ards and North Down Borough Council
Please read our Recycle Guide to help you manage your recycling and waste:
AND Recycling Guide (updated September 2023)
Household Recycling Centres Opening Hours (Times shown indicate first and last available booking times)
- Bangor - Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.40pm, Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 4.40pm
- Comber - Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.40pm, Saturday from 8am to 4.10pm, Sunday: Closed
- Holywood - Monday to Wednesday from 8am to 4.40pm, Thursday: Closed, Friday and Saturday from 8am to 4.40pm, Sunday from 10am to 3.40pm
- Kircubbin - Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.40pm, Saturday from 8am to 4.10pm, Sunday: Closed
- Ballygowan - Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.40pm, Saturday from 8am to 4.10pm, Sunday: Closed
- Donaghadee - Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.40pm, Saturday from 8am to 4.10pm, Sunday: Closed
- Millisle - Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.40pm, Saturday from 8am to 4.10pm, Sunday: Closed
- Newtownards - Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.40pm, Saturday from 8am to 4.10pm, Sunday: Closed
- Portaferry - Monday to Friday from 8am to 4.40pm, Saturday from 8am to 4.10pm, Sunday: Closed
Please note, there is no pedestrian access to our HRCs – entry in a vehicle only.
Household Recycling Centres - Conditions of Use
Ards and North Down Borough Council has made a commitment to STAND for Sustainability. Our HRCs are recycling centres, not dumps!
- Full recycling participation will be required and disposal of recyclable waste in landfill skips will not be permitted. From week commencing 25 May 2020, all HRC visitors will be required to retrieve blue bin recyclable waste items and glass bottles/jars from any black bags they wish to dispose of in landfill skips, and place them in the blue bins/glass caddies provided beside the skips.
- We have increased capacity for mixed dry recyclable materials (items that go into the blue bin). If you have extra such blue bin materials for disposal keep them separate and put them into the blue bins at the HRC. DO NOT PUT BLUE BIN RECYCLABLES IN THE LANDFILL SKIPS.
- Cars, and cars with small single axle trailers, will be permitted with the full range of materials normally accepted at our HRCs.
- Van Permits. Following the introduction of the HRC booking system (September 2023) please note, the system will recognise if you have a van and double-axle trailer or another vehicle that normally would have required a permit once you enter it online. There will be no need to separately apply for a permit. As previously, if you use a form of transport that normally would have required a permit, such visits will still be limited to six visits per residential address in a calendar year.
- You must sort your waste before you come to the site. A bit of extra time at home will save you a lot of extra time on site – and this benefits everyone.
IMPORTANT: Please ensure you bring ID as proof of residency in the Borough e.g. Driving Licence, Utility Bill showing address. Show this to attendant at entrance to site.
Our kerbside collection services, if used to their full potential, should be sufficient to allow you to manage the majority of your waste and recycling at home. If you plan to visit one of our HRCs, please remember:
- Sort your waste before you leave the house - separate all recyclables from non-recyclable (landfill) waste items.
- You will not be allowed to dispose of recyclable waste in landfill skips.
Please respect our staff and the instructions they give you. We will take a zero tolerance approach to any verbal or physical abuse and will report any incidents to the PSNI.