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Rover - Mobile recycling unit

Last Modified November 09, 2022
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If you have any unwanted items at home whether they are in working order or not; you can now bring them to Rover.

All items brought will be either recycled or reused. The electrical workshop on Bristol Avenue will refurbish broken electrical items. 

We will fix any items that we can. After repair we will give them to local charities for use by residents in need of support.

If we can't repair items then we will take them to the tip for recycling.

Acceptable items

Items that Rover accepts, include:
  • Electrical items (TVs, toasters, hair dryers etc) 
  • Cans 
  • Glass bottles 
  • Plastic - Only small items of hard plastic
  • Spectacles- these will be donated to Vision Aid Overseas
  • Mobile phones
  • Paper/cardboard 
  • Wood - Small pieces of wood  
  • Scrap metal - Small items of metal
  • Batteries large and domestic 
  • Clothes and textiles 
  • Mobility aids
  • Waste fats, oils and greases
  • Paint

Any items left unattended will not be taken

Unacceptable items

Items that Rover can't accept, include:

  • No household ‘grey bin’ waste
  • UPVC items
  • Bricks 
  • Rubble 
  • Fence panels 
  • Chemicals 
  • Food waste 
  • Garden cuttings 
  • Asbestos
  • Sofas
  • Mattresses
  • Bed bases
  • Cookers
  • Chest of drawers

Collection locations

 

Collections

  • Monday

    Rover's Monday recycling routes (North)
    Time Location 
    9.00 - 9.20am Tarragon Drive, Fennel Close, Thyme Close, Coriander Close, Sage Close, Chive Close.
    9.25 - 9.35am Kingcraig Road opposite Dumfries Close covering Kilmory Place and Strathyre Close.
    9.40 - 10.10am

    Various stops on Briarwood Drive and roads in the vicinity of Ingleton Avenue, Pinewood Avenue, Beechwood Grove, Oakmoor Avenue, Cromer Road, Hastings Avenue, Rossington Avenue, Highcroft Avenue, Inglewood Grove, Longford Avenue, Stainforth Avenue, Ainsdale Avenue, Birkdale, Carnforth Avenue.

    10.15 - 10.35am

    Various stops on Glenfield Avenue, Frinton Grove, Silverdale, Fairfax Avenue, Cranbrook Avenue, All Saints Road.

    10.40 - 11.10am Various stops on Ashfield Road, Sevenoaks Drive, Anchorsholme Lane, Luton Road.
    11.15 - 11.35am Various stops on Fleetwood Road, Guildford Avenue, Shirley Crescent, Boston Avenue, Duncan Avenue, Everest Drive, Falkirk Avenue, Caxton Avenue.
    11.40 - 11.50am Fire Station Red Bank Road.
    11.55 - 12.15pm Hesketh Avenue, Edenvale Avenue.
    12.45 - 1.15pm Various stops on Warbreck Drive, Norfolk Avenue, Pembroke Avenue, Duchess Drive, Lowther Avenue, Wolverton Avenue, St Stephens Avenue, Carlin Gate, Shaftesbury Avenue, Knowle Avenue, Northumberland Avenue, Empress Drive, King Edward Avenue, King George Avenue.
    1.20 - 1.30pm Warbreck Hill Road with junction of Appleby Road.
    1.35 - 1.50pm Various stops on Benson Road, Oregon Avenue, Delaware Road.
    2.00 - 2.30pm Various stops on Holyoake Avenue, Ludlow Grove, Stopford Avenue, Jersey Avenue, Brough Avenue, Salcombe Avenue, Salmesbury Avenue, Washington Avenue, Low Moor Road and Elmridge Crescent.
    2.35 - 3.00pm Various stops on Normandie Avenue, Kylemore Avenue, Valencia Avenue, Galway Avenue, Limerick Avenue, Fitzroy Avenue, Inver Road, including Devonshire Road between Kylemore and Munster Avenue.
    3.05 - 3.30pm Various stops on Northgate, Bryning Avenue, Bromsgrove Avenue, Bethel Avenue, Landseer Avenue, Sunnybank Avenue and Cavendish Road.
  • Tuesday

    Rover's Tuesday recycling routes
    Time Location
    9.00 - 9.10am Junction of Marshdale Road and Millfield Road
    9.15 - 9.30am Junction of Lowfield Road and Holgate
    9.35 - 9.50am Moorview Close
    9.55 - 10.10am Aysgarth Court
    10.15 - 10.45am Various stops along Avondale Crescent and Helmsdale Road
    10.55 - 11.00am Junction of Lindale Gardens and Kingsmede
    11.05 - 11.15am Junction of Lindale Gardens and Faringdon Avenue
    11.20 - 11.35am Junction of Acre Gate and Lennox Gate
    11.40 - 11.55am Ayrton Avenue
    12.40 - 12.50pm Junction of Sandgate and Kimberley Avenue
    12.55 - 1.10pm Junction of Sandgate and Dalton Avenue
    1.15 - 1.30pm Junction of Scarsdale Avenue and Roslyn Avenue
    1.35 - 1.50pm Junction of Dunes Avenue and Stony Hill Avenue
    1.55 - 2.10pm Junction of Abercorn Place and Clifton Drive
    2.15 - 2.25pm Greystoke Place
    2.30 - 2.40pm Burlington Road
    2.45 - 3.00pm Junction of Broadway and Fourth Avenue
  • Wednesday

    Rover's Wednesday recycling routes
    TimeLocation
     8.50 - 9.05am Mansfield Road (opposite Tesco)
     9.10 - 9.20am Sherwood Avenue/Humber Avenue
     9.25 - 9.35am Annesley Avenue (Layton Cemetery end)
     9.40 - 9.50am Annesley Avenue (South)
     09.55 - 10.10am Mansfield Road (Cemetery end)
    10.15 - 10.25am Foxdale Avenue
    10.30 - 10.40am Coleridge Road and George Street
    10.45 - 10.55am Manchester Road
    11.00 - 11.10am  London Road
    11.15 - 11.25am Addison Crescent
    11.30 - 11.40am Dutton Road and Wayman Road
    11.45 - 11.55am Bryan Road
    12.40 - 12.55pm Knowlsey Avenue and Beechfield Road
    1.00 - 1.10pm Ferguson Road and Somerset Avenue
    1.15 - 1.25pm Knox Grove and Jeffery Square
    1.30 - 1.40pm Revoe Community Centre
    1.45 - 1.55pm Robinson Road, Mudie Place, Sir Stanley Matthews East
    2.00 - 2.10pm Taylor Terrace, Perry Place
    2.15 - 2.25pm Grasmere Road
    2.30 - 2.40pm Boardman Avenue and Baldwin Grove
    2.45 - 2.55pm Shetland Road and Falmouth Road
    3.00 - 3.10pm Saville Road and St Heliers Road
  • Thursday

    Rover's Thursday recycling routes
    Times Location
    8.50 - 9.00am Yew Tree Road near the underground recycling units
    9.05 - 9.20am @theGrange, Bathurst Avenue
    9.25 - 9.45am Furness Avenue at the junction of Chipping Grove
    9.50 - 10.10am Dingle Avenue
    10.20 - 10.40am Fordway Avenue at the junction of Deneway Avenue
    10.45 11.05am Kingscote Drive at the junction of Onslow Road
    11.10-11.40am Various stops on Broughton Avenue, Drummond Avenue, Larbreck Avenue and Rathlyn Avenue
    11.45 -12 noon Mather Street at the junction of Caledonian Avenue
    12.30- 1.00pm Various stops on Spencer Court, Althorp Close and Kyston Close
    1.10- 1.30pm Claremont Court
    1.35 - 1.55pm Egerton Road at the junction of Chesterfield Road
    2.00 - 2.20pm Warley Road at the junction of Sherbourne Road
    2.25 - 2.45pm Links Road outside Holy Family Parish Church
    2.50 - 3.20pm Various stops on Argyll Road, Gosforth Road, Cleator Avenue, Calder Road, Pierston Avenue, Antrim Road and Knowle Avenue
  • Friday

    Rover's Friday recycling routes
    Time Location
    9.00 - 9.20am Marton Drive at the junction with Powell Avenue
    9.30 - 10.10am various stops on Bostonway
    10.50 - 11.10am Penrose Avenue at the junction with Sedbergh Avenue
    11.15 - 11.35am Newhouse Road at the junction with June Avenue
    11.40am - 12 noon Sunningdale Avenue at the junction with Winton Avenue
    12.35 - 12.55pm Langdale Road at the junction with Bowness Avenue
    1.00 - 1.20pm Tarnside
    1.25 - 1.45pm Seathwaite Avenue at the junction with Castlerigg Place
    1.50 - 2.10pm Ribchester Avenue at the junction with Ribby Place
    2.15 - 2.40pm Kipling Drive near Kipling Court
    2.45pm - 3.00pm Worchester Road at the junction with Doncaster Road

 

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding your new mobile recycling unit then please email recycling@enveconw.co.uk.


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