Oil Waste Collection in Colchester
Oil can't go in a skip, a bin or a drain. We collect waste oil across Colchester, no account needed, and take it to a licensed recovery facility.
Oil Waste prices in Colchester
Quoted by volume and type. Used cooking oil in good condition is often collected free or paid for; engine oil is charged per drum. Get a price.
How we price oil waste →Waste oil collection in Colchester: what to know
Colchester is the largest settlement in north Essex, with narrow streets inside the Roman walls, Victorian terraces in New Town and around the Hythe, and large estates and new-build districts at Greenstead, Highwoods, Mile End and Stanway. Commercial premises are concentrated at Severalls Business Park, the Hythe and Tollgate.
Retail is focused on the High Street, the pedestrianised Culver Square and the Lion Walk shopping centre, where deliveries use service areas and on-street loading bays. To the west, Stanway's Tollgate area and Stane Retail Park hold large-format stores. Severalls Industrial Park, beside the A12 and A120 interchange, is the main industrial location, with further trade units on the Whitehall Industrial Estate about two miles south of the centre and along Cowdray Avenue. Between them these sites produce packaging, pallets, shop-fit strip-out and trade waste in quantity.
We collect from Severalls Business Park and everywhere else in CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4. As Colchester is about 40 minutes from our Wickford yard, oil collections go onto a planned run, normally within the week.
Local knowledge: Colchester
Oil Waste across Colchester
- Postcodes
- CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4
- From our yard
- Colchester is about 40 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A130 then A12. Colchester oil collections go onto a planned run, normally within the week.
- We cover
- Lexden, Shrub End, Greenstead, Mile End, Highwoods, The Hythe, Tollgate, Stanway and Severalls Business Park
- Access
- Narrow streets in the walled centre and Dutch Quarter, Victorian terraces with on-street parking in New Town and around the Hythe, flats on the former garrison and riverside sites, and large estates and new-build districts at Greenstead, Highwoods, Mile End and Stanway.
- Council
- Colchester City Council · about 130,248 residents
Nearest tip to Colchester
- Site
- Colchester Recycling Centre, 221 Shrub End Road, Shrub End, Colchester, CO3 4RN
- Hours
- 9am to 5pm every day from 1 March to 15 October, 9am to 4pm every day from 16 October to the end of February. Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- Rules
- Every visit must be booked in advance (Blue Badge holders, pedestrians and cyclists are exempt). Vans, pick-ups and large trailers are accepted with a separate van booking, and limited amounts of DIY waste from your own home are accepted. Alternative: West Mersea Recycling Centre, Upland Road, CO5 8DX is cars only, takes no DIY waste or rubble and is closed every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Waste oil collection in Colchester: your questions
Do you collect waste engine oil in Colchester?
Yes, from garages, workshops, haulage yards, farms and home mechanics with a drum's worth, with a hazardous waste consignment note each time.
Do you pay for used cooking oil in Colchester?
Clean cooking oil in quantity is usually collected free and sometimes paid for. Small or contaminated amounts are charged.
Which areas near Colchester do you cover?
All of Colchester (CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4) plus Tiptree, Witham, Halstead and Braintree. See every area we cover.
Oil Waste in Colchester: a free estimate the same day
Colchester (CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4). Tell us where and what, and we price it.