Want to get rid of something that's cluttering up the house or garage - but hate the thought of just throwing it on the tip? Or maybe you need something and hope there's a kind person who would be happy to give you one they no longer want?

If you live in the Walmer area, the White Cliffs Freegle Recycling Forum could provide the answer. This is the successor to the earlier Dover Freecycle Forum and it's FREE to use. To find out more CLICK HERE.
 

Walmer's Nearest Household Waste Centre

Kent County Council's Deal Household Waste Recycling Centre is in Southwall Road, Deal, Kent. It provides comprehensive free waste disposal and recycling facilities for use by householders.

Items accepted include: paper, cardboard, glass, textiles, plastics, cans and metal, garden waste, general household items, soil and hard core, engine oil and unwanted d.i.y materials.

Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday: 8am to 4.30pm
Sunday and Bank Holidays: 9am to 4pm
Late Night Opening every Wednesday (April to September): open until 7pm.
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

For more on local recycling: see the KCC website at: www.kent.gov.uk/environment_and_planning/recycling_and_rubbish.aspx
 

Dover District Council operates a kerbside collection service for a range of recyclable materials.

From September 2011 a new style service was introduced and now accepts paper and card, cans, plastics, glass and food waste. Residents in areas where the scheme operates need to put out items for recycling in a specially provided containers.
There's a blue-lidded wheelie bin for the cans, plastics and glass.
The existing black box is used for paper and card.
Green garden waste is also collected in some areas (see details below).
Anything that can't be recycled goes into a grey wheelie bin.

Collections of all the above items are once a fortnight.

For food waste there's a small kitchen caddy for use indoors and a larger storage container for outside. The council collects food waste every week.

All items need to made available by 7am on the morning of collection.
To check the arrangements for your street see the Dover District Council website's waste services.
 

Dover District Council operates a free fortnightly garden waste collection service in a number of areas including much of Walmer. For details, see the Dover Council website. Elsewhere, the Council removes garden waste if placed in authorised green sacks and left out with the weekly refuse. Green sacks may be purchased from Dover Council offices.
 

Recycling skips are located at the following points in and around Walmer: