What happens to your recycling
We collect mixed recycling from your kerbside, glass and textiles from recycling points and various materials at our recycling centres.
We have contracts with several reprocessing companies who collect these recyclables and transform them into new products and materials. On this page you can view a list of the companies we work with, as well as the items and materials they produce with their services.
Cooking oil
goes to Olleco in Mosstodloch.
Once the cooking oil is unpacked, heated, cleaned and filtered, it is then transported to Olleco’s main plant in Liverpool to be converted into biodiesel.
Engine oil
goes to Safetykleen in Montrose.
during recycling Cleaned and reused as a grease alternative.
Electrical appliances
goes to GAP Group (North East) Ltd in Gateshead for large and small domestic appliances such as hairdryers, kettles, fridges, freezers, washing machines and cookers and also WEEE Solutions in Linkwood for TVs and small domestic appliances such as kettles, hairdryers on behalf of Repic. Recolight for Fluorescent tubes.
They are dismantled, and hazardous materials are removed. Recyclable elements are then recycled.
Food waste
goes to Keenan Recycling in New Deer.
Food waste separated from the bags, the bags are then composted and the food is liquidised and sent for Anaerobic Digestion, providing combined heat and power with the remaining digestate used as a fertiliser for agriculture.
Food waste is also converted into compost via an In Vessel Composting Plan and used by local agricultural farms.
Garden waste
goes to Keenan Recycling in New Deer.
Converted into compost, which is used by local agricultural farms.
Gas canisters
Remaining gases are disposed of and the metal canisters are recycled.
Glass
goes to Dryden Aqua in Bonnyrigg, Edinburgh.
Used as a replacement product for sand in water filtration units (green and brown glass) or recycled back into glass containers (clear glass).
Household batteries
goes to WEEE Solutions in Linkwood on behalf of REPIC.
Batteries are sorted before undergoing a recycling process to recover materials from each battery type. These are converted into a variety of products, including more batteries and materials for the steel industry.
Mixed containers (plastic bottles, pot, tubs, trays, drinks cartons, cans)
goes to Wyllie Recycling in Perth.
Converted into various new products and materials.
Mixed fibre (paper and cardboard)
goes to Smurfit Kappa in Glasgow.
Recycled into brown paper reels for use in packaging for retail and manufacturing.
Mixed recycling
goes to Enva at Linwood, Glasgow.
Converted into various new products and materials.
Polystyrene
goes to Styropack in Aberdeen.
Heat treated and blown back into tiny balls. This recycled material is mixed with new material and then formed into new boxes used for pharmaceuticals, fish, horticulture, agriculture, home delivery and white goods.
Scrap metal
Panda Rosa in Aberdeen.
during recycling Bulked together and sent to a foundry in Matlock for reprocessing.
Soil, earth and rubble
goes to Either Bridgend Sand and Gravel in King Edward or David Smith in Savoch and Smiddyburn (location dependent on its proximity to the recycling centre).
All inert soil and stone are screened and recycled into usable soil, topsoil or aggregate.
Textiles
Collected by Salvation Army or Nathan's Wastesavers.
Sorted and sent to charity shops for the public to buy and reuse. Textiles unfit for reuse are converted into cloths or rags for garages or used in soundproofing or mattress fillings.
Tyres
Collected by Murfitt Industries.
Recycled by Sapphire Energy Recovery at Dunbar Sapphire, East Lothian.
Vehicle (lead acid) batteries
goes to Panda Rosa in Aberdeen.
Sent to a foundry in Matlock for reprocessing.
Wood waste
goes to SUEZ.
Used as fuel for the RWE Markinch Biomass plant.