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Recycling points

There are a number of locations in Aberdeenshire where you can recycle glass, textiles and small electrical items.

You can also visit one of our recycling centres where we accept a wide range of items.

Small electrical items containers

You can recycle any unwanted, damaged or broken electricals at our small Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) containers available at these locations:

  • Inverurie: Davidson Park, Port Elphinstone
  • Insch: leisure centre car park

WEEE containers are also available at most of our recycling centres.

Glass and textiles recycling points

View recycling point for your area:      

View glass and textile points on a map

If you have any suggestions for sites for new recycling points please contact Wasteline, or put them forward via your local community council

Find out how to recycle your items including what condition they should be in. 

Buchan

Town Location Items accepted
Auchnagatt Auchnagatt Village Hall car park Glass
Boddam Buchan Braes Hotel car park Glass
Seaview Hotel Car Park Glass
Crimond Car park, Logie Avenue West (A90) Glass
Cruden Bay Council car park, Main Street Glass and textiles
Fetterangus The Fishie Pub, Gaval Street Glass
Hatton Village hall car park (adjacent to public conveniences) Glass and textiles
Kininmonth Kininmonth School car park Glass and textiles
Longhaven Community Hall car park Glass and textiles
Longside Main Street car park Glass
Maud Station car park Glass and textiles
Mintlaw Council depot car park Glass and textiles
Co-op car park, Mintlaw Industrial Estate, Station Road Glass
New Deer Car park adjacent public hall Glass
Parkhill Stores, Greens Glass
New Leeds Les Taylors Yard, St Mary Terrace Glass and textiles
New Pitsligo Car park, High Street Glass and textiles
Old Deer Kemp Hall, Abbey Street Glass
Peterhead Morrisons Car Park, Hay Crescent Glass and textiles
Asda car park, Longside Road Glass and textiles
New Hope Trust, Faith Acres Glass and textiles
Grange Inn car park Glass and textiles
The Tavern car park, Kinmundy Road Glass
Meethill Shopping Centre (rear), Berryden Road Glass
Blackhills Community Centre, Blackhills Glass
St Fergus Village hall car park Glass and textiles
Strichen Old Hydro Board Depot, Baird Road Glass
Stuartfield Crichie Inn car park Glass

Banff and Buchan

Town
Location
Items accepted
Aberchirder Old Roads Depot, North Street Glass and textiles
Alvah Brydock Cottages Glass
Banff St Mary's car park Glass and textiles
Boyndlie Community hall Glass
Cairnbulg/Inverallochy Adjacent to bus turning circle Glass
Cornhill Cornhill Playing Fields car park Glass and textiles
Fordyce Community hall car park Glass
Fraserburgh The Original Factory Shop car park, Park Street Glass and textiles
Co-op car park, Albert Street Glass and textiles
Tesco car park Glass and textiles
Leisure centre car park         Glass
Gardenstown Gardenstown - not accessible from 25th November to 13th December 2024 due to repair works to seawall Glass
King Edward King Edward School car park Glass
Macduff McKay Road car park Glass
Macduff Harbour (opposite public toilet) Glass
Memsie Memsie Garage Glass
New Aberdour Elphin Street car park Glass and textiles
New Byth Old School Road car park Glass and textiles
Rathen Rathen Church car park Glass
Rosehearty Harbour car park, Shore Street Glass
Sandend Seaview Road car park Glass
Sandhaven Runcie's Brae Glass
Tyrie Primary School Glass
Whitehills Harbour Place next to the Galley restaurant Glass

Formartine

Town
Location
Items accepted
Auchnagatt Arnage Primary School (overflow car park) Glass
Auchterless Village hall car park Glass
Balmedie Eigie Road Glass and textiles
Co-op car park, Rowan Drive Glass
Balmedie Country Park Glass
Belhelvie Playing fields Glass and textiles
Collieston Cransdale viewpoint car park Glass
Cuminestown Commercial Hotel car park Glass
Daviot Daviot Hall car park, Wellbrae Glass and textiles
Ellon         Royal British Legion, Station Yard Glass
Co-op Store, Esslemont Circle Glass and textiles
The New Inn, Market Street Glass and textiles
Park and Ride car park Glass and textiles
Co-op store car park, Meiklemill Glass and textiles
Tesco car park, Castle Road Glass and textiles
Aldi car park, Ythan Terrace Glass
Fintry Fintry School Glass
Foveran Foveran Public Hall car park Glass
Fyvie Playing fields car park Glass
Greeness Site of former Greeness School Glass
Methlick Car park at public conveniences Glass
Newburgh Forvie Nature reserve car park  Glass
Oldmeldrum Car park behind public conveniences Glass and textiles
Pitmedden Public car park adjacent health centre (Tarves-Aberdeen road) Glass
Potterton Playing fields Glass and textiles
Rothienorman Main Street car park Glass
Tarves Adjacent to public conveniences, Tolquhon Avenue Glass
Turriff High Street car park (adjacent Tesco) Glass and textiles
Bowling Club car park, Bowling Green Road Glass
The Royal Oak, Deveron Street (at side of building) Glass
The Crown Inn Pub, Crown Street Glass
Udny Green Eat on the Green (at side of building) Glass
Woodhead Woodhead Community Centre Glass
Ythanbank Ythanbank Hall car park Glass

Garioch

Town
Location
Items accepted
Blackburn Woodburn Road Glass
Cluny Cluny Primary School Glass
Dunecht School car park Glass and textiles
Fetternear Fetternear Hall Glass and textiles
Garlogie Garlogie Inn Glass and textiles
Hatton of Fintray Lairds Park, beside hard court facility Glass and textiles
Insch         Car park next to leisure centre Glass and textiles
Carriages Hotel, Commercial Road Glass
Inverurie Tesco car park, Harlaw Road Glass and textiles
Strathburn Park, Burghmuir Drive Glass
Kellands Park, Manse Road/George Square Glass and textiles
Gordon House car park, Blackhall Road Glass
Morrisons car park Glass and textiles
Davidson Park, Port Elphinstone Glass and textiles
Kemnay Aquithie Road car park Glass and textiles
Kintore Kintore Public Hall, School Road Glass
Pavilion on Castle Road Glass and textiles
Kirkton of Skene The Red Star Glass and textiles
Logie Durno Public hall Glass and textiles
Lyne of Skene Public hall Glass and textiles
Meikle Wartle Playpark Glass and textiles
Midmar Upper car park, Midmar Hall Glass
Newmachar Axis Centre car park Glass and textiles
Old Rayne Opposite school Glass and textiles
Oyne Archaeolink car park Glass
Parkhill Parkhill Nurseries and Garden Centre (restricted hours: available 7am to 5pm, 7 days a week) Glass
Sauchen Main Street Glass and textiles
Westhill Shopping centre (main car park), Old Skene Road Glass
Costco Glass
Tesco Glass and textiles

Kincardine and Mearns

Town
Location
Items accepted
Auchenblae Football pitch car park Glass and textiles
Arbuthnot Grassic Gibbon Centre Car Park Glass
Drumlithie Bowling club car park Glass and textiles
Edzell Edzel Woods, Perry Road Glass and textiles
Fettercairn Public park, Burnside Glass and textiles
Fordoun Redhall Arms Glass
Glensaugh Glensaugh Research Station Glass
Gourdon         Warehole, next to Harbour Bar Glass and textiles
Inverbervie Beach front car park, off Kirkburn Glass and textiles
Bervie Church Centre Textiles
Co-op car park, King Street Textiles
Johnshaven Village hall, Mid Street Glass
Laurencekirk Library car park, Johnston Street Glass and textiles
Maryculter Deeside Holiday Park Glass
Marykirk Marykirk Hotel Car Park Glass
Newtonhill Community hall car park Glass and textiles
Tesco Glass and textiles
Portlethen ASDA Glass, textiles and books
Bourtree Community Hall Glass
Roadside of Catterline A92 lay-by (beside telephone exchange) Glass and textiles
St Cyrus Public park, Ecclesgreig Road Glass and textiles
Stonehaven Leisure centre car park, Queen Elizabeth Park Glass and textiles
Backies car park, The Harbour Glass
Car park, 98 Brickfield Road Glass
Community Centre car park, Robert Street Glass
Forest Drive Car Park Glass
West Cairnbeg West Cairnbeg Development Glass

Marr    

Town Location Items accepted
Aboyne Old Station Yard car park Glass and textiles
Boat Inn Glass
Alford Grampian Transport Museum car park Glass and textiles
Ballater Church Square car park  Glass and textiles
Banchory Dee Street car park Glass
Morrisons car park, North Deeside Road Glass and textiles
Tesco, Hill of Banchory Glass and textiles
Bellabeg Car park at public conveniences Glass and textiles
Lonach hall Glass
Braemar Balnellan Road car park Glass and textiles
Cairnie Ashgrove Filling Station Glass
Clatt Clatt Village Hall Glass and textiles
Crathes Crathes Hall Glass and textiles
Crathie Coach car park Glass and textiles
Dess Howie Irvine Deeside Activity Park Glass and textiles
Finzean Finzean Hall car park Glass and textiles
Forgue Scotts Hall Glass
Gartly Gartly Hall Glass
Glass Glass Hall Glass
Huntly Asda store car park Glass and textiles
Marketmuir car park, George V Avenue Glass and textiles
Park Street car park Glass
Tesco Store car park Glass and textiles
Inchmarlo Inchmarlo Hall, Bridge of Canny Glass
Inverey, Braemar Walkers car park Glass
Kennethmont Rannes Public Hall car park Glass and textiles
Kincardine O'Neil Football pitches/pavilion, North Deeside Road Glass and textiles
Logie Coldstone Logie Coldstone Village Hall Glass
Lumphanan Public park Glass and textiles
Lumsden Lumsden Community Hall, The Square   Glass
Montgarrie Near telephone box Glass
Monymusk Monymusk Village Hall Glass and textiles
Muir of Fowlis Craigievar Hall Glass and textiles
Potarch Potarch Green car park Glass and textiles
Rhynie Essie Road car park Glass and textiles
Strachan Strachan Hall car park Glass and textiles
Tarland Public park Glass and textiles
Tornaveen Tornaveen Hall Glass and textiles
Torphins Torphins Park car park Glass and textiles
Towie Towie Hall Glass and textiles