Oil Waste Collection in Harwich
Waste oil collection in Harwich for garages, kitchens and yards: engine oil, hydraulic oil, coolant and used cooking oil, collected in drums or IBCs with the consignment note your records need.
Oil Waste prices in Harwich
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 →Before you book
- How it's priced
- Someone from our team prices it by volume and type and sends a free estimate, usually the same working day. No obligation.
- What's included
- The collection and a hazardous waste consignment note. Cooking oil gets a waste transfer note.
- Who loads it
- We collect it in your sealed drums or IBCs, or in containers we leave with you.
- When we come
- Harwich oil collections go onto a planned run, normally within the week.
- What could cost extra
- Nothing unless you agree it. If the job turns out different on the day, such as more waste or harder access than described, we agree any change with you before we start.
- What happens next
- We talk it through by phone or WhatsApp (or text or email, if you prefer), come and look first if the job needs it, and agree the price before anything is booked. Payment is taken by card when we confirm your booking, by phone or a secure payment link.
Trade accounts are invoiced monthly on 14-day terms once agreed in writing. Our terms
Waste oil collection in Harwich: what to know
Harwich sits at the tip of a peninsula at the mouth of the Stour and Orwell, with narrow streets in the old town, Victorian terraces in Dovercourt and port-related industry at Parkeston and Harwich International Port. The local tip at Dovercourt takes cars only, closes on Thursdays and Fridays and does not accept DIY waste or rubble.
Harwich International Port at Parkeston handles roll-on roll-off passenger and freight ferries, and Navyard Wharf adjoins the old town, so port operators, hauliers and marine trades are a major source of commercial waste. Retail is centred on Dovercourt High Street, with supermarkets and discount stores at Harwich Gateway Retail Park in Parkeston. Pubs, a hotel and restaurants cluster around The Quay and Ha'penny Pier in Old Harwich, where streets are narrow and collections suit smaller vehicles or timed stops. Typical loads include packaging, pallets, food waste and glass.
We collect from Parkeston, Harwich International Port and Harwich Quay and everywhere else in CO12. As Harwich is about 65 minutes from our Wickford yard, oil collections go onto a planned run, normally within the week.
Local knowledge: Harwich
Oil Waste across Harwich
- Postcodes
- CO12
- From our yard
- Harwich is about 65 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A130, A12, then A120. Harwich oil collections go onto a planned run, normally within the week.
- We cover
- Dovercourt, Upper Dovercourt, Parkeston, Harwich International Port, Bathside, Harwich Quay, Main Road and Dovercourt High Street
- Access
- Narrow streets of period houses in old Harwich, Victorian and Edwardian terraces with on-street parking in Dovercourt, and post-war estates and bungalows in Upper Dovercourt.
- Council
- Tendring District Council · about 18,798 residents
Nearest tip to Harwich
- Site
- Dovercourt Recycling Centre, West End Lane, Dovercourt, CO12 3SF
- Hours
- 9am to 5pm from 1 March to 15 October, 9am to 4pm from 16 October to the end of February. Closed every Thursday and Friday, and on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- Rules
- Every car visit must be booked in advance (Blue Badge holders, pedestrians and cyclists are exempt). Cars only: vans, pick-ups and large trailers are not accepted, and the site does not take DIY waste or rubble. Alternative: The nearest site that takes booked vans and household DIY waste is Clacton Recycling Centre, Rush Green Road, CO16 7BL, about 18 miles away. Lawford Recycling Centre (Greensmill, about 12 miles) is cars only with no DIY waste and is closed Wednesday and Thursday.
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Waste oil collection in Harwich: your questions
Do you collect waste engine oil in Harwich?
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 Harwich?
Clean cooking oil in quantity is usually collected free and sometimes paid for. Small or contaminated amounts are charged.
Which areas near Harwich do you cover?
All of Harwich (CO12) plus Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Tiptree and Witham. See every area we cover.
Get a oil waste estimate in Harwich
Harwich (CO12). Tell us where and what, and we price it.