Recycle:
Edinburgh
The multi-material red and blue box kerbside recycling service collects recyclable material from 135,000 households.
The following items are accepted:
Blue box: food and drink cans and tins; empty aerosol cans; clean tinfoil; glass bottles and jars; paper in the blue bag (including magazines, newspapers and all telephone directories, including Yellow Pages); textiles in the textiles bag and household batteries in a sealed clear bag such as a sandwich bag.
Red box: card; cardboard; cardboard food and drink cartons, cereal
boxes and plastic bottles.
Over 120,000 households receive the Garden Waste kerbside service
(See GARDEN WASTE).
For further information contact:
| T: | 0131 529 3030 |
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East Lothian
The multi-material green and blue box kerbside recycling service currently collects recyclable material from almost 96% of households, and the recycling bins from 3% of households.
The following items are accepted:
Blue box/blue lidded bin: newspapers; magazines; paper; catalogues; contents of
unwanted mail; telephone directories; Yellow Pages, cardboard and envelopes.
Green box/green lidded bin: glass bottles & jars; food & drink cans; plastic bottles, pots, tubs, trays, tops & straws (removed from containers); empty aerosol cans & clean aluminium foil.
A garden waste kerbside collection is available 92% of households. See GARDEN WASTE.
For more information contact East Lothian Council:
| T: | 01875 824 305 |
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Midlothian
The multi-material red and blue box kerbside recycling service collects recyclable material from all households.
The following items are accepted:
Blue box: newspapers; magazines; paper; catalogues; contents of unwanted mail; telephone directories; Yellow Pages, cardboard, envelopes (please ensure plastic window and glue tab are removed) and plastic bottles (type 1 (PET/PETE) and type 2 (HDPE) only).
Red box: glass bottles and jars; food and drink cans.
A garden waste kerbside collection is available to about 96% of householders.
For more information contact:
Midlothian Council's Recycling Helpline:
| T: | 0845 130 2322 |
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Scottish Borders
The multi-material kerbside recycling service uses bags or blue-lidded wheeled bins.
The following items are accepted:
Food and drink cans; plastic bottles (all types); clean plastic wrapping/film; clear plastic food trays; plastic carrier bags (clean, empty, not black bags); empty aerosols (no lids); cardboard packaging (including cereal boxes, kitchen roll tubes and cardboard boxes); cardboard food and drinks cartons (e.g. Tetra Pak); envelopes; paper (including catalogues, brochures, unwanted mail, magazines and newspapers) and telephone directories (including Yellow Pages).
In urban areas green-lidded wheeled bins have been provided to recycle garden waste. In rural areas free home compost bins can be provided to compost garden and kitchen waste at home. See GARDEN WASTE.
For more information contact:
The Scottish Borders Council's Recycling Team:
| T: | 0300 100 180 |
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West Lothian
The following items are accepted:
Food and drink cans; food and drink cardboard cartons; empty aerosols; paper (including newspapers, magazines, brochures, catalogues and unwanted mail but no envelopes); telephone directories (including Yellow Pages); lightweight card (card food packaging, cereal boxes, kitchen and toilet roll tubes); and plastic bottles - type 1 (PET/PETE) and type 2 (HDPE) only.
A garden waste kerbside collection is available to over 68,000 households. See GARDEN WASTE.
For more information contact:
West Lothian Council's Recycling Helpline:
| T: | 01506 777 810 |
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