Where to recycle plastic bags in Scotland

Below are places in Scotland that accept plastic bags 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

Found: 8

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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

Laurel Drive☆

Recycling container

PaperPlastic bottlesPlastic bagsGlass bottlesCansClothes

5 Barrack Street☆

Recycling container

Plastic bagsBatteries

38 Comely Bank Road☆

Recycling container

Plastic bags

8 McDonald Road☆

Recycling container

Plastic bags