Oil Waste Collection in Stansted Mountfitchet
Oil can't go in a skip, a bin or a drain. We collect waste oil across Stansted Mountfitchet, no account needed, and take it to a licensed recovery facility.
Oil Waste prices in Stansted Mountfitchet
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 Stansted Mountfitchet: what to know
Stansted Mountfitchet is a large village in Uttlesford beside the M11 and Stansted Airport, with older terraces and cottages on the hills around Lower Street and Chapel Hill and newer estates such as Foresthall Park and Walpole Meadows. There is no Essex recycling centre in the village: the nearest are Saffron Walden (about 10 miles) and Harlow (about 13 miles).
Stansted Mountfitchet has two main shopping areas: Cambridge Road, with convenience stores, takeaways and cafés, and Lower Street near the station, with restaurants and a food store at Castle Maltings. Station Road adds several more restaurants. Visitor attractions at Mountfitchet Castle and the House on the Hill Toy Museum bring seasonal trade, and the M11 Business Link, built in 2008, provides modern business units. London Stansted Airport lies about two miles to the south-east. Waste is mainly food, glass and packaging from hospitality, plus office and warehouse waste from the business park.
We collect from Cambridge Road and Foresthall Park and everywhere else in CM24. As Stansted Mountfitchet is about 50 minutes from our Wickford yard, oil collections go onto a planned run, normally within the week.
Local knowledge: Stansted Mountfitchet
Oil Waste across Stansted Mountfitchet
- Postcodes
- CM24
- From our yard
- Stansted Mountfitchet is about 50 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A130 and A12 past Chelmsford, B1008 to Great Dunmow, then A120 west and B1383. Stansted Mountfitchet oil collections go onto a planned run, normally within the week.
- We cover
- Lower Street, Chapel Hill, Cambridge Road, Silver Street, Bentfield Green, Foresthall Park, Walpole Meadows and Mountfitchet Castle
- Access
- Older cottages and terraces on the hilly streets around Lower Street and Chapel Hill with limited parking, newer estates such as Foresthall Park and Walpole Meadows, and farms and hamlets on rural lanes.
- Council
- Uttlesford District Council · about 8,621 residents
Nearest tip to Stansted Mountfitchet
- Site
- Saffron Walden Recycling Centre, Thaxted Road, Saffron Walden, CB10 2SG
- 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: Harlow Recycling Centre, Temple Bank, CM20 2DY (about 13 miles) also takes booked vans. Hertfordshire's Bishop's Stortford Recycling Centre (Woodside Industrial Estate, off Dunmow Road, CM23 5RG, about 4 miles) can be used by Essex households that hold a free annual Hertfordshire ePass permit, in a car only; it is closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Waste oil collection in Stansted Mountfitchet: your questions
Do you collect waste engine oil in Stansted Mountfitchet?
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 Stansted Mountfitchet?
Clean cooking oil in quantity is usually collected free and sometimes paid for. Small or contaminated amounts are charged.
Which areas near Stansted Mountfitchet do you cover?
All of Stansted Mountfitchet (CM24) plus Dunmow, Saffron Walden, Harlow and Epping. See every area we cover.
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