Recycling

Under the Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012, all materials collected separately for recycling must be recycled, so all the materials we collect from your property or that you take to a bring site will go to be recycled.

Our most commonly recycled materials include:

• Aerosols, drinks cans and food tins: After collection, they are separated into aluminium and steel and sent to a recycling plant in Lanark
• Batteries: Sent to a recycling plant in Perth
• Card, cardboard and paper: After collection it is sent to a recycling plant in Dundee
• Cartons: After collection, they are separated and sent to a recycling plant in Halifax
• Clothing, shoes and textiles: These banks are emptied by the Salvation Army for sorting and recycling
• Cooking oil: Sent to a recycling plant in Glasgow, where it is turned into bio-fuel
• Electrical appliances: Sent to a recycling plant in Perth
• Energy saving bulbs and fluorescent tubes: Sent to a recycling plant in Perth
• Glass: Sent to a recycling plant in Motherwell
• Plastic bottles: After collection, they are separated and sent to a recycling plant in Lanark
• Tyres: Sent to a recycling plant in Dunbar/Motherwell