{"id":31798,"date":"2025-07-29T19:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/31798\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T19:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T19:48:13","slug":"when-are-the-next-hazardous-waste-amnesties-at-norfolk-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/31798\/","title":{"rendered":"When are the next hazardous waste amnesties at Norfolk tips?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  But members of the public have\u00a0been warned they cannot just turn up at recycling centres to get rid of household hazardous waste in the amnesty events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They will need to book slots to get rid of rubbish not usually accepted at Norfolk County Council-run tips, such as paint and paint cans, fertilisers, lawn treatments, bleach, weed killer and insecticides.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Conservative-controlled council introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/24714451.controversial-norfolk-recycling-centre-booking-system-starts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the controversial\u00a0money-saving booking system for its recycling centres in November last year<\/a> &#8211; and it will\u00a0apply for the hazardous waste days.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It was used for the first time for hazardous household waste events in the spring.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"James Bensly, Norfolk County Council cabinet member for environment and waste\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>James Bensly, Norfolk County Council cabinet member for environment and waste (Image: Norfolk Conservatives)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  James Bensly, the council&#8217;s cabinet member for environment and waste, said the system\u00a0had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/24941447.extra-hazardous-waste-days-norfolks-recycling-centres\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">prevented the long queues which had previously built up at such events<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Bensly said: &#8220;It\u2019s great to see the return of household hazardous waste days at Norfolk&#8217;s recycling centres.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our extra spring events this year were efficient and well-organised, demonstrating the benefits of our booking system.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;No customer waited more than 10 minutes to gain access, with most entering without delay.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;These are free events put on by Norfolk County Council, which give residents across the county the opportunity to safely dispose of hazardous waste items such as flammable liquids or pesticides.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I encourage anyone with these items to book a free slot.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The events take place at:\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Norwich South: Friday, October 3 and\u00a0Saturday, October 4\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  King\u2019s Lynn: Friday, October 10 and Saturday, October 11\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Caister: Friday, October 24\u00a0and\u00a0Saturday, October 25\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dereham: Friday, October 31 and\u00a0Saturday, November 1\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Thetford: Friday, November\u00a07 and\u00a0Saturday, November 8\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Hempton: Friday, November 21 and Saturday, November 22\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Norwich North: Friday, November 28 and\u00a0Saturday, November 29\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Regular household waste bookings will be suspended at those centres during those events.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bookings will open a week before each event and can be made at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.norfolk.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.norfolk.gov.uk\/wasteandrecycling<\/a> or by calling 0344 800 8020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But members of the public have\u00a0been warned they cannot just turn up at recycling centres to get rid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-31798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}