Waste and Cleansing Services
Welcome to the Waste and Cleansing Services home page. Here you will find information on waste collection, disposal and prevention. Use the menu on the right to navigate through the pages, if you have any questions or cannot find what you are looking for please contact us.
Upcoming Events and News
The New Kerbside Recycling Calendar
For a copy of the 2010 Kerbside Recycling Calendar click here, recycling bags should be put out alongside your black bags/wheeled bin on the normal collection day for the weeks shown. For further information on the Kerbside Collection please click here.
Order Your Household Wheeled Bin Online
The Council has launched an opt-in Wheeled Bin waste collection service for householders in Lerwick and Scalloway.
If you’d like to opt-in you can now order your green 240 litre wheeled bin for £23, which will be delivered within a fortnight. Bins can be ordered from the Infrastructure Services office at Grantfield in Lerwick, or you can order your bin online.
Please note: Not every location will be suitable for wheeled bins, areas that already have a communal refuse store will not have their waste collected if presented in wheeled bins and If you have a wheeled bin you are entirely responsible for presenting it in a safe manner on collection day, and for it’s security and upkeep.
If you have any questions or would like to know if your address is suitable and accessible for wheeled bins please contact the Cleansing Service on 01595 744800 or email cleansing@shetland.gov.uk.
Tidy Business Standards
Sixty-five businesses from all over Shetland successfully achieved a Tidy Business Standard award this year in recognition of their contributions to waste minimisation and greening the local environment.
For more information on the Tidy Business Standards programme and a full list of 2009/10 recipients, click here. Any business interested in applying for an award is very welcome to contact Environmental Services on 01595 744850.
To view archived news and events please click here
Newsletters
To view the most recent version of our Compost Newsletter click here.