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Crunch service

The Crunch Service provided by Allerdale Borough Council is a service designed to assist residents with the disposal of additional domestic waste. The service was introduced a number of years ago to towns in parts of the borough where there were no existing Household Waste Recycling Centres.

The area to be used for the crunch will be cordoned off allowing convenient access to the refuse vehicle and ensuring a steady flow of vehicles in and out of the site. This we hope, will save you time as well as making the service as safe as possible. Please do not attempt to place materials in the vehicle yourself; a trained crew will be on hand to do this for you.

Please do not dump items at the crunch locations prior to the arrival of the vehicle. We ask that residents who arrive early with waste are patient and wait for the collection vehicle.

The long term future of the crunch is reliant on the public working within these guidelines, if incidents of fly-tipping continue in advance of the vehicle as they have in the recent past, Allerdale Borough Council may reconsider the location of the service.

A guide to what we accept:

Yes Please No Thanks
Household waste Commercial waste
Furniture Fridges
Carpets Microwaves
  Washing machines
  TVs
  Fluorescent tubes
  Batteries
  Liquids (oil, paint etc)
  Asbestos
  Bricks and rubble

2009/2010

Allerdale Borough Council operates a monthly clear-out service in Aspatria, Cockermouth, and Silloth on Saturdays:

  • Saturday 4 April 2009
  • Saturday 16 May 2009
  • Saturday 20 June 2009 
  • Saturday 11 July 2009
  • Saturday 8 August 2009
  • Saturday 19 September 2009
  • Saturday 17 October 2009
  • Saturday 14 November 2009
  • Saturday 5 December 2009
  • Saturday 16 January 2010
  • Saturday 6 February 2010
  • Saturday 6 March 2010

Crunch Times

Area Location Time
Silloth Skinburness Road Car Park 9.00 - 11.00
Aspatria Queen Street Car Park 11.30 - 14.00
Cockermouth Wakefield Road Car Park 9.00 - 14.00

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last updated 07 October 2009