Household Recycling In Your Area

[Murdochcat]

Something that Boris Johnson said which was plastic recycling isn’t the answer, reducing plastic use has to happen - when he said this he was criticised

What really happens to your plastic recycling?

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www.greenpeace.org.uk

 

[diy_fun_uk]

I'm in Fife. The following are accepted across various recycling centres (i.e. not all accept all if that makes sense.)

Bathroom suites	All (except Cupar) (rubble)
Bikes	All (except Cowdenbeath and Cupar)
Books	All
Cans and plastics	All (except Cupar)
Carpet	All (except Cupar)
Computers	All (except Cupar) (small WEEE)
Computer screens	All (except Cupar) (TV and monitors)
Donation drop-off station	Dunfermline & Glenrothes only
Duvets and pillows	All (except Cupar)
Empty gas cylinders (LPG, Butane, and Propane only)	All (except Cupar)
Fires (small - gas with no bottle/cylinder)	All (except Cupar)
Fire extinguishers (must be empty - please speak to a member of staff, for advice on where these should go)	All (except Cupar)
Fluorescent light bulbs/tubes	All
Glass panes, including fish tanks	All (residual/landfill)
Green garden waste	All
Household batteries	All (except Cupar)
Independent Living Equipment (e.g. walking frames, sticks and aids)	All (except Cupar and Ladybank)
IT reuse collection	Dunfermline only
Large quantities of broken crockery (plates, cups, etc.)	All (except Cupar) (rubble)
Mattresses	All (except Cupar)
Metal	All
Mirrors	All (residual/landfill)
Mixed Glass bottles and jars (broken or whole)	All (except Cupar)
Paint cans (empty)	All
Paper and cardboard	All
Residual waste, including bulky waste such as mattresses, that: are not suitable for reuse cannot be recycled	All
Small electrical and electronic equipment - If it has a plug or a battery, then bring it in (including smoke alarms)	All (except Cupar)
Soil and rubble	All (except Cupar)
Textiles (more information is available on our Recycling Points page)	All (except Cupar)
Tiles	All (except Cupar) (rubble)
TVs and monitors	All (except Cupar)
Upholstered furniture	All (except Cowdenbeath, Cupar, Dalgety Bay, St Andrews)
Vehicle batteries	All (except Cupar)
Vehicle oil	All (except Dunfermline-temporarily)
White goods such as washing machines and fridges	All (except Cupar)
Wood (including MDF and logs)	All

 

[algas]

Poor old Cupar !

 

[Brigadier]

Poor old Cupar !

Perhaps the dump is the highlight of the town

 

[ellal]

The big question is how much is actually recycled ?

Our council has a single bin recycling collection system taking all types of recyclable items...

A neighboring council has multiple recycling bins which people are supposed to separate certain types of recyclable materials...

They all go to the same processing plant...

Go figure!

 

[securespark]

We have bins for

Non recyclable
Garden and food
Plastics, tins and glass
Paper and card

They are collected in various combinations each week.

If we had one bin for all, it would be chaotic and it would be overflowing before the week was out.