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Barnsley refuses tyres at every recycling centre and in every bin. Its own A-Z says contact a tyre dealer. Your actual options,…

North Yorkshire takes household and commercial tyres at every site at £3.50 each, because tyres are not household waste. The full band…

Wakefield lists tyres with no cap and no charge, while flagging limits on rubble in the same list. For once the missing…

Kirklees publishes no quantity limit for domestic tyres and needs no booking, unlike plasterboard and rubble. What that means in practice, and…

Calderdale takes 4 tyres a visit at Halifax and Todmorden, not Brighouse, and says your garage should have taken them. Why that…

Bradford takes 4 tyres at Bowling Back Lane and Keighley only, then charges £8 a car tyre at the weighbridge. What that…

Leeds takes 4 car tyres and 4 motorcycle tyres, and refuses forklift, caterpillar, earth moving and industrial tyres outright. The rules, and…

Barnsley's published rubble limit is “a car boot full”, judged at the gate rather than measured. What that means for a real…

North Yorkshire has the best rubble allowance in the area, accepts tarmac, and charges £3.80 a bag over it. Registration is compulsory.…

Wakefield accepts brick and rubble but publishes no quantity limit at all. What the six neighbouring councils allow as a guide, and…