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Recycling in Islay and Jura

Find out what you can recycle in your household bins, and what other recycling facilities are available in your area.

Reducing the amount of rubbish that goes to landfill is at the heart of what we do, so we encourage people to do what they can to use all the recycling options in their area:

Recycling centre

Your local household recycling centre is Gartbreck recycling centre, where you can take many types of items that can't be recycled in your household bins - including your garden waste, textiles, small and large electrical items and  batteries.

Local recycling points

There are also a number of local recycling points across Islay and Jura - where households and visitors can easily recycle lots of items such as paper and card, cans and plastics, glass and textiles.

Soft plastic recycling

Soft plastics such as carrier bags, food bags and wrapping and pet food pouches can't be recycled in your household blue mixed recycling bin, but there are many recycling points for these in your local area (often at supermarkets) - to find your nearest soft plastic recycling points, check out the

Free electrical goods collections

Between November and March each year, free collections of electrical goods for recycling on Islay and Jura are available - check the free electrical collections calendar here

Household recycling collections

To check the dates for all your household recycling collections, you can find your calendar using our postcode lookup - Islay and Jura bin collections

Blue bin info - new

Blue bin for mixed recycling

Your blue bin is collected every 2 weeks, and is for mixed recycling of paper, card and cardboard; plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays; and cartons.

Find out more about what goes in your blue bin here

Blue wheelie bin
Garden waste and food waste recycling

Green garden waste and food waste

We encourage residents wherever possible to recycle their food and garden wastes. One option is to  which supports the environment and saves money by providing free compost for next year’s gardening.

Alternatively, you can take your garden waste to your local recycling centre where it will be sent for composting or recovery.

The website has lots of tips on how to reduce your food waste.

Example of food waste
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