Rubbish and recycling

Find out about our policy on excess waste

Find out more information about our policy on excess waste.

Find out about delays to your waste and recycling collections

You can find out about what services and collections are running behind in you area.

Find opening times for Community Recycling Centres

Edinburgh has three community recycling centres where you can deposit household waste and recycle.

Request a collection/uplift of bulky waste items

Find out how you can dispose of bulky refuse that's too big for your bin using our special uplift service or Community Recycling Centres.

Find out about recycling

Information on what can be recycled and where. Use our online directories to find your recycling collection days and your nearest recycling point.

Street Care

Report dog fouling, graffiti, problems with litter bins and other street care services.

Zero Waste Future

Learn more about how we will reduce the amount of rubbish going into landfill sites.

Zero Waste Scotland

More practical advice about how to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Greener Scotland

Advice on greener living from Scottish Government's one-stop website.