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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 these headings:
Latest news
Here are the latest news items in Waste Management -
- Food waste collection trial in Culbokie
- Plastic bottle recycling facilities
- Expansion of the kerbside recycling service to rural areas
- Changes to the bulky uplift service as of 1 April 2009
- New textile recycling banks available at various recycling points
- Buy home compost bins at a reduced price!
- Plastic bottle recycling bank in Kingussie!
Where is my nearest recycling facility?
The following links will help you find information about recycling centres, recycling points and kerbside recycling services in your area. Or alternativelty, visit the Sort It website to search where you can recycle different materials throughout the Highlands.
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.
Annual waste data report
For an in-depth look at the facts and figures on waste management in the Highlands take a look at our latest (2007/2008) Waste Data Digest report (PDF 1.4Mb).
If you would like a PDF version of past Waste Data Digest reports, please email us on recycle@highland.gov.uk