In 2008/09 households in Aberdeen City recycled or composted 23.4% of their waste (SEPA, 2009). This is a great achievement.
About the Scheme
Aberdeen City has replaced some of the on-street bins by tenement properties with recycling points. Householders have been provided with reusable bags to store recyclates in the home, prior to depositing them in the recycling points.
Blue Lidded Recycling Point
Please note: your local authority Blue Lidded Recycling Point may differ slightly in appearance
Yes Please
- Thin cardboard (e.g.
cereal boxes, toilet roll tubes)
- Magazines
- Newspaper
- Office paper
- Envelopes (please remove windows)
- Unwanted mail
- Brochures
- Catalogues
- Leaflets
- Telephone directories
- Yellow pages
No Thanks
- Food boxes with residual food waste
- Food & drinks cartons
- Food & drinks cans
If you would like to know more about the scheme, please contact Aberdeen City Council’s recycling helpline on
08456 08 09 19 or visit their or visit their
website.
Don’t have a kerbside scheme?
There are a number of recycling centres and point across Aberdeen City. You can use our
Sort It website to find your nearest.
Want to recycle something else?
If you live within the Aberdeen City Council area and want to recycle something that is not collected by the kerbside scheme
there are still several things that you can do.
- Recycle – Your local recycling centres and points often accept a wider range of items than your kerbside scheme. You can find your nearest recycling centre or point on our Sort It website.
- Reuse – A wide range of items from books to bookcases can be reused. You can find reuse outlets (e.g. Charity shops and Furniture charities) on our Sort It website.
- Reduce – Why not go even further and try to reduce the amount of waste that you produce in the
first place. Find out how by visiting the Reduce section of this website.
Where your recycling goes:
The paper in the blue-lidded bins are taken to a paper recycling mill and recycled into a range of different products such as newspaper, packaging, stationary and tissue paper.
Find out what happens to other materials by clicking on the link:
