Ellar Ghyll waste sorting site accepts only household waste. It is on Bradford Road, Otley, LS21 3DN. A location map can be found at the bottom of the page
Opening times
- April to October: 8am - 6pm (British summer time)
- November to March: 8am - 4pm (Greenwich mean time)
The site will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Years Day.
We only accept household waste from Leeds' residents at our household waste sorting sites.
If you want to use a van to dispose of your own household waste you can only do so on a Wednesday or a Saturday. This is to help ensure that trade waste is not being disposed of illegally by businesses at household waste sorting sites. Business waste is not accepted at this site.
To dispose of asbestos or other hazardous waste, there is a special procedure you must follow to protect the Health and Safety of our customers and staff. Please see our dangerous and poisonous waste advice.
At this site you can recycle:
- cardboard
- garden waste
- scrap metal
- wood
- paper
- cans, aerosols and foil
- plastic bottles and bags
- glass
- hardcore, rubble and soil
- textiles
- shoes
- books
- engine oil
- vegetable oil
- TVs and monitors
- fridges and freezers
- large electrical appliances
- small electrical appliances
- mobile phones
- household batteries
- fluorescent tubes and energy saving bulbs
- printer cartridges
- car batteries
- tyres
- paint
- gas bottles - please return cylinders to the supplier in the first instance
For a list of what can be recycled at each site, see the download on the right