Where to recycle plastic in Scotland

Below are places in Scotland that accept plastic for recycling: street containers, collection points and recycling centres. The data comes from OpenStreetMap and is kept up to date by the community — if a point is missing, add it yourself in a couple of minutes.

Recycling points

AllGlass bottles 777Paper 742Cans 691Clothes 482Plastic 458Glass 365Plastic bottles 318Organic 267Electronics 74Scrap metal 67Batteries 66Wood, rubble 43Engine oil 34Low energy bulbs 33Car batteries 27Hazardous waste 24Plastic bags 8Tyres 7

Operators:AllCity of Edinburgh Council 53Fife Council 6Aberdeenshire Council 5Fyne Futures 4Glasgow City Council 2Scottish Borders Council 2

Found: 458

Lochgelly Recyling Point (Bank Street)☆

Hall Lane · Recycling container

PlasticPlastic bottlesGlass bottlesCansClothes

Craigmillar Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Old Dalkeith Road · Recycling centre · City of Edinburgh Council

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesElectronicsBatteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Western Road Recycling Centre☆

Western Road · Recycling centre · East Ayrshire Council

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble

Forthbank Household Waste Recycling Centre☆

Bowhouse Road · Recycling centre · Clackmannanshire Council

🕒 Apr-Sep Mo-Su 08:30-20:00; Oct-Mar Mo-Su 08:30-18:00

PaperPlasticGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Chanonry Recycling Centre☆

Moycroft Road · Recycling centre

PaperPlasticGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsHazardous wasteEngine oilWood, rubble

Kinross Recycling Centre☆

Clashburn Way · Recycling centre

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble

Dunbar Recycling Centre☆

Broxburn · Recycling centre

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble

Peterhead Recycling Centre☆

Damhead Road · Recycling centre · Aberdeenshire Council

🕒 Mo-Th 09:00-16:30; Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:30; Apr 01-Sep 30 Tu 16:30-19:00

PlasticGlass bottlesClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Lochgelly Recycling Point (Playing Fields car park)☆

58-64 Melville Street · Recycling container

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassCans

Rejig☆

Whin Park · Recycling container

🕒 Mo-Fr 09:30-16:30

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesPlastic bagsGlass bottlesCansClothesElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsHazardous wasteTyres

Laoigan Place, Keills☆

Laoigan Place · Recycling container

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesPlastic bagsGlassGlass bottlesCansClothes

Back Road, Port Ellen☆

Back Road · Recycling container

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesPlastic bagsGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesBatteries

Gartbreck Landfill Site & Recycling Centre☆

Bowmore · Recycling centre

🕒 Mo-Fr 08:00-16:30; Sa 10:00-16:00; Su,PH off

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesPlastic bagsGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalEngine oilTyresWood, rubble

Dalgety Bay Recycling Centre☆

Ridge Way · Recycling centre · Fife Council

🕒 Apr-Sep: Su-Th 09:00-12:30, 13:15-17:45; Oct-Mar: Su-Th 09:00-12:30, 13:15-17:00; Fr off

PaperPlasticGlassGlass bottlesCansClothes

Kirkcaldy Recycling Centre☆

Denburn Road · Recycling centre · Fife Council

PaperPlasticGlassGlass bottlesCansClothes

Stonehaven Recycling Centre☆

Redcloak · Recycling centre · Aberdeenshire Council

🕒 Mo-Th 09:00-16:30; Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa-Su 09:00-16:30; Apr 1-Sep 30 Tu 16:30-19:00

PlasticGlass bottlesClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Market Stance Waste Transfer Station☆

A865 · Recycling centre

PaperPlasticGlassCans

Hamilton and Blantyre Waste and Recycling Centre☆

East Avenue, Blantyre Industrial Estate · Recycling centre

PaperPlasticGlass bottlesClothesElectronics

Arbroath Recycling Centre☆

Cairnie Loan · Recycling centre

🕒 Th-Tu 09:15-16:00, Apr-Sep We 09:15-19:00, Oct-Mar We 09:15-16:00

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesLow energy bulbsScrap metalHazardous wasteCar batteriesEngine oilWood, rubble

Moleigh Recycling Centre☆

Soroba Road · Recycling centre · Shanks

PaperPlasticPlastic bottlesGlassGlass bottlesCansClothesOrganicElectronicsBatteriesScrap metalWood, rubble