From 11 to 19 October 2025, Bristol Waste Company is carrying out essential maintenance and refurbishment work at our Albert Road depot in St Philips.

From 20 October 2025 all sites will be open and functioning as normal.

What work is being carried out?

The recycling baler, a big machine that is key for Bristol’s household recycling being compacted and baled ahead of being going on to be recycled, is in need of a refurbishment.

Until earlier in 2025, when we opened our £5m Materials Recycling Facility in Avonmouth, the Albert Road recycling baler had been solely processing all of Bristol’s household recycling.

Now we can redirect recycling to Avonmouth for a week, we are able to do some essential maintenance and refurbishment on our hardworking Albert Road baler.

This maintenance at our Albert Road site will mean we will have both recycling processing sites in the city running at full capacity, with less likelihood of breakdowns or issues, from October 20.

What does this mean for Bristol’s residents?

All recycling processed in Avonmouth for the week

We are closing Bristol Waste’s Albert Road recycling processing station from 11-19 October and sending all of Bristol’s household recycling to our new £5million Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) in Avonmouth.

We have extensive plans in place to minimise disruption to residents, but there may be some delays with recycling collections during this time.

If your collection is missed on your scheduled collection day, please check kerbside collection updates page for news and leave your bins and recycling containers out.

Avonmouth HRRC closed for 3 days

Our Avonmouth Household Reuse and Recycling Centre (HRRC) including the Reuse Shop will be closed Monday 13, Tuesday 14 and Friday 18 October to allow for the redirected recycling trucks to enter the site safely.

Residents can book Bristol Waste’s other HRRCs in St Philips and on Hartcliffe Way, which will have additional capacity to ensure no one misses out on their visit.

Our Reuse Shops at Hartcliffe Way and St Philip’s will be open for additional days.

• Hartcliffe Way Reuse Shop will be open 9:30-3:30 on extra days: Monday 13, and Tuesday 14 October, as well as the standard opening days. No booking needed for those just visiting the shop.
• The St Philips Reuse Shop will be open an additional day on Friday 18, 9:30-3:30

When will everything be back to normal?

This maintenance at our Albert Road site will mean we have our two recycling processing sites running at full capacity from Monday 20 October 2025.