Community Recycling Centres


As well as several hundred recycling banks dotted around the city, Edinburgh City Council runs four Community Recycling Centres (CRC) where Edinburgh households can take recyclable materials and toxic waste such as old car batteries.

These include:

  • bottles (glass and plastic)
  • paper
  • packaging
  • cans
  • car batteries
  • engine oil
  • garden waste
  • scrap metals
  • solid wood
  • electrical and electronic goods

CRC Locations

  1. Bankhead Avenue, Sighthill, EH11 4EA
  2. Braehead Quarry; Craigs Road (near Edinburgh Airport)
  3. Old Dalkeith Road, Craigmillar (just past Cameron Toll Shopping Centre)
  4. Fillyside Road, Seafield

CRC Times

April to September, Monday to Friday 10.00am - 7.30pm; Saturday and Sunday 10.00am - 6.00pm.

October to March, 10.00am - 4.00pm all week.

Map

Map of recycling points around the city