The presents have been opened and the turkey eaten, next comes the big clean-up. If your bins are usually overflowing during the festive period, here’s when you can take a trip to the tip over Christmas.

Along with being “the most wonderful time of the year”, Christmas is also a time of accumulating rubbish and recycling – from wrapping paper to old electrical items, in with the new generally means out with the old.

With all this waste, it’s handy if you can get rid of some of it without having to wait for the next kerbside collection.

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You must book an appointment ahead of time when visiting Isle of Wight recycling centres and take your reference number with you - without it you will be turned away.

The Isle of Wight Council have issued a warning though, saying: "Site staff reserve the right to decline access to any vehicles carrying excessively large volumes of waste due to current high demand.

"Waste must be from your household only."

You can book a recycling centre slot online or over the phone by calling the council’s waste services team on 01983 823777.

Booking Slots are in 15-minute windows and must be made at least 24 hours before visiting.

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Christmas and new year Isle of Wight recycling sites opening times

Lynnbottom Household Waste Recycling Centre
Where:  Briddlesford Road, Newport, PO30 2PD

  • Friday, December 24: 10am to 6pm
  • Saturday, December 25: closed
  • Sunday, December 26: 10am to 6pm
  • Monday, December 27: 10am to 6pm
  • Tuesday, December 28: 10am to 6pm
  • Wednesday, December 29: 10am to 6pm
  • Thursday, December 30: 10am to 6pm
  • Friday, December 31: 10am to 6pm
  • Saturday, January 1: closed

Afton Marsh Household Waste Recycling Centre
Where: Afton Road, Freshwater, PO40 9TP 

  • Friday, December 24: closed
  • Saturday, December 25: closed
  • Sunday, December 26: 10am to 6pm
  • Monday, December 27: 10am to 6pm
  • Tuesday, December 28: closed
  • Wednesday, December 29:  closed
  • Thursday, December 30: closed
  • Friday, December 31: closed
  • Saturday, January 1: closed

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What items can you recycle at Isle of Wight recycling sites?

Lynnbottom recycling centre

  • Bicycles
  • Bonded asbestos (permit required) 
  • Cans
  • Car batteries
  • Card
  • Cooking oil
  • DIY waste
  • Engine oil
  • Food waste
  • Fluorescent tubes and CFLs
  • Fridges, freezers, dishwashers and cookers (you must be able to unload unassisted)
  • Furniture for reuse
  • Gas bottles
  • General waste you would normally place in your kerbside waste bin or reusable sacks
  • Glass
  • Green waste
  • Household and hazardous chemicals
  • Household batteries
  • Household furnishings and bric a brac
  • Mattresses
  • Metals (ferrous and non-ferrous)
  • Paint
  • Paper
  • Plasterboard (permit required) 
  • Plastics
  • Rubble and inert waste
  • Soil
  • Tetrapaks
  • Textiles
  • Tyres excluding agricultural
  • WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
  • Wood

Afton Marsh recycling centre

  • Bicycles
  • Cans
  • Car batteries
  • Card
  • Cooking oil
  • DIY waste
  • Engine oil
  • Fluorescent tubes and CFLs
  • Fridges, freezers, dishwashers and cookers (you must be able to unload unassisted)
  • Furniture for reuse
  • Gas bottles
  • General waste you would normally place in your kerbside waste bin or reusable sacks
  • Glass
  • Green waste
  • Household batteries
  • Household furnishings and bric a brac
  • Mattresses
  • Metals (ferrous and non-ferrous)
  • Paint
  • Paper
  • Plastics
  • Rubble and inert waste
  • Soil
  • Tetrapaks
  • Textiles
  • WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
  • Wood