What to do with household waste
Find out how to reduce, recycle and dispose of your household waste.
Aerosol Cans
Reduce your waste
Try refillable or package free alternatives, like solid deodorant bars.
Recycle your waste
Cannot be recycled at a Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC)
Can be recycled in your home recycling
Recycle empty aerosol cans in your recycling bin at home or in communal recycling.
Dispose of your waste
Aerosols marked with a skull and cross bones or black cross on an orange background are not accepted for recycling and should be placed in your household waste bin for disposal.
What happens to your waste?
The contents of your household waste bin will be sent to one of three Energy Recovery Facilities (ERFs) in Hampshire, where it will be safely incinerated. Each year, the three ERFs generate enough electricity to power 53,000 Hampshire homes!
Mixed recycling collected from Hampshire households is sorted at one of two Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) in Hampshire. The MRFs sort your recycling into different material streams to be recycled into new items.
Less than 5% of Hampshire's household waste is sent to landfill.
Find out more about what happens to your waste
It is your duty of care to dispose of your waste correctly. You could be fined an unlimited amount by your local council if your waste ends up fly tipped. Find out more