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Bickenhill tip and recycling centre
You can visit Bickenhill Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC), to dispose of and recycle things that can’t fit in your bins/sacks or that we can’t collect through your kerbside collection service.
Bickenhill HWRC is only available to people who live in Solihull, so if you pay your council tax to another authority you should not use the site.
Each appointment slot is 15 minutes. This is to try to make sure that every household that needs to use the service can book a slot.
The booking week runs from Monday to Sunday.
If there are no slots available please check again at a later date as new slots are released daily and on a rolling 3 week basis.
Please pre-sort recycling and waste at home for a quick turnaround time to help the site remain on schedule.
There is a different form if you are visiting the site in a permitted vehicle.
Book an appointment - visiting in a permitted vehicle
Help with booking an appointment or cancelling can be found in our FAQ's section.
If you are planning to use a hire vehicle to visit the site, please contact us on 0121 704 8000.
Address:
Bickenhill Household Waste and Recycling Centre
Coventry Road
Solihull
B92 0DY
You can get directions to the site using Google Maps.
Before visiting Bickenhill tip please check our opening times.
Our summer hours are from 1 April to 31 October.
Our winter hours are from 1 November to 31 March.
You can take the following items to the recycling centre:
Sorting your recycling before you visit the recycling centre can help you save time.
We will not accept:
If you plan on visiting site in a commercial-type vehicle such as a van or a pick-up, camper-type van or if you are towing a large trailer you will need a permit.
Visit our permits page to apply or find out if your vehicle needs a permit.
The waste you take to the HWRC must come from a Solihull address.
You will also need a permit if you have hazardous household waste, to dispose of such as pesticides.
If your furniture is still in good condition why not donate it to charity or post your unwanted items on a reuse network.
Please refer to our Asbestos Permit page for details of how to safely dispose of asbestos, alternately you can use an approved contractor to do this.