Waste Management

Welcome to the Waste Management pages.  Here you will find all you need to know about waste and recycling in the Highlands under the following chapters

• About Waste Management
• Recycling 
• Refuse Collection and Disposal
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 
• Flytipping

Click here to view the 2011 Recycling Newsletter (1137kb pdf)

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Quick links.....

• Garden Waste
• New Refuse and Recycling Collection Service
• Refuse and recycling collections during adverse weather conditions
• Skye and Lochalsh waste collection trial
• Home Composting
• Household kerbside recycling collection
• Commercial collection & disposal
• Waste Data Digest Report 2010-11
• Waste Awareness events calendar

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Where is my nearest Recycling Centre & Recycling Point?

The following links will help you find information about Recycling Centres and Recycling Points in your area.  Or alternativelty, visit the Recycle for Scotland  website to search where you can recycle different materials throughout the Highlands.  

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Latest news

Here are the latest news items in Waste Management - 

• Council to run garden waste campaign
• Councillor praises public over new bin collections
• New refuse and recycling collections in Sutherland to begin in July
• Blue bins delivered in advance of new Inverness refuse and recycling collections
• New Refuse and Recycling Collections in Inverness and remainder of Wester Ross to begin in April
• Recycling rate tops 40% for the first time thanks to public support
• Pupils promote the recycling message
• New Refuse and Recycling
• New Refuse and Recycling Service begins in Ross-shire and parts of Wester Ross next week
• Ross and Cromarty new refuse and recycling service – calendar and blue bin distribution begins
• Councillor praises residents for success of new refuse and recycling collections
• Chance to view award winning film - Ronnie Rubbish

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Waste education & information

There are a number of simple things we can do to help protect the environment.  Take a look at these useful tips for the home and school, as well as information about home composting, junk mail, food waste, real nappies and less packaging to help get you started to reduce,  re-use and recycle your waste. 

Watch this short video that shows our recycling services in operation throughout the Highlands. 

Are you interested in a visit by one of our Waste Aware team?  Click here to find out more. 

 

 

 

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Waste Awareness events calendar

The Waste Awareness Team will be attending the following events over the next couple of months so if you would like to come along and have a chat about Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling your waste then please do so.

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