Terms and conditions for Oxfordshire County Council's DIY waste free visit

Before completing the booking form, please read the following terms and conditions.

Warning

Bookings are purely for your free DIY waste visits, bookings for ordinary household waste are not required, equally visits with chargeable DIY above your free allocation do not require a booking. A booking allows you to use a permitted vehicle to dispose of your own free allowance of non-household DIY waste only.

The booking

  • Bookings will only be issued to Oxfordshire households.
  • Bookings will only be issued to householders who intend to deposit their own free allowance of non- household DIY waste.
  • Bookings are valid for 1 visit only on your selected day.
  • Bookings are only valid for the selected HWRC in Oxfordshire.
  • Booking will expire if the booking is not used on the selected date and no further free visit can be booked within 7 days.
  • You will need to show the HWRC staff your confirmation of booking.
  • The booking is only valid for the vehicle registration on the booking confirmation.
  • If you visit the HWRC network more than once in one day, any additional DIY Waste will be chargeable.
  • Oxfordshire County Council reserves the right to cancel bookings or amend the operation of the HWRC booking scheme at any time.
  • Bookings are not required for any other household waste or any non-household DIY waste above your free allowance.

One booking per address and vehicle.

A household may be granted only one booking at a time within 7 days. It is not permissible to apply for a booking for multiple vehicles at the same address or for multiple addresses with the same vehicle.

If you have any questions about the terms and conditions contact us.

Free allocation 

To comply with the legislative changes and keeping with our current adopted approach for DIY wastes, your free allocation every seven days will consist of the following:

  • five 20-litre bags will be accepted for free.
  • A plasterboard sheet will be deemed a bulky item, under the legislation, and will be deemed as the equivalent of five 20-litre bags. 
  • Other bulky items (such as a bathtub) will be treated in the same way as a single 20-litre bag of waste. This is an enhanced service to residents which goes above the requirements of the legislation. 

Where mixed loads exceed the threshold, the cheapest items will be accepted first as free. The site team’s decision on this aspect is final.

Examples 

  • 5 items bath, sink, toilet, cistern and one bag of tiles, all items are free. 
  • 8 * 20-litre bags, 4 with rubble in and 4 with plasterboard:
    • the four rubble bags would be accepted free of charge and one plasterboard bag to make up the 5 free bags. The remaining 3 bags of plasterboard would be charged at the prevailing rate. 
  • A bath, toilet, sink and 3 bags of tiles (Classed as rubble)
    • All items are the same price so 5 items would be free and the final item charged for.
  • 3 bags of rubble and 1 sheet of plasterboard. 
    • 3 bags of rubble will be free, but the plasterboard sheet would be chargeable. 
  • 3 sheets of plasterboard 
    • 1 sheet of plasterboard would be free the remaining 2 will be chargeable. 
  • 3 bags of plasterboard and 1 sheet of plasterboard.
    • 3 bags of plasterboard would be free, and the sheet of plasterboard would be chargeable.
  • More than 1 visit in 7 days with DIY wastes.
    • All DIY materials on subsequent visits will be fully chargeable at the advertised rates.
  • More than 4 visits in 4 weeks with DIY wastes.
    • All DIY materials on subsequent visits will be fully chargeable at the advertised rates.