Waste collections

Fri 2 Jan (door to door normal waste collections):  No collection, substitute collection will be on Sun 4th Jan.    Recycled waste will be collected as normal from Friday 2nd January

See here for Christmas tree collection details.

If you have extra materials for recycling and cannot wait for your next collection date, there are recycling points across the city, at supermarkets and in tenement areas, or see below for details of the Community Recycling Centres. Additional collections from Packaging banks have been arranged to ensure maximum capacity is available.

Edinburgh’s four Community Recycling Centres will be open every day between 10am and 4pm, EXCEPT 25 and 26 December 2008 and 1 and 2 January 2009.

There will be no Rapid Response service from 1 January until 4 January (inclusive).  Task Force Street Cleaning will operate in the city centre from 1-3 January.  There will be no service in other areas.