- Kerbside Recycling in Urban Areas
- Kerbside Recycling in Rural Areas
- Items for Recycling - Recycling Box
- Items for Recycling - Blue-Lidded Paper Bin or White Sack
- Items for Recycling - Recycling Point or Centre
- Recycling Points and Centres
- Recycling and Refuse Collection Calendars
- Collection Times (Recycling & Refuse)
- Replacement Recycling Boxes & Nets/Covers, Paper Sacks, Battery Bags, & Paper Bins.
- Recycling, Waste & Home Composting Surgeries
- Food Waste Kerbside Recycling Trial
- Garden Waste Recycling
Recycling & Refuse Calendars
You can download Recycling and Refuse Collection Calendars from the Waste Aware Grampian guide page (section 3 urban routes, sections 3 and 7 rural routes). Collection times depend upon your location.
Urban Collection Routes
Urban Communities (300 or more households) receive a fortnightly collection of a black recycling box and white paper recycling sack, except in the case of Fyvie and Rothienorman which were moved from rural to urban collection routes after an expansion in house numbers.
- Recycling Box – collected fortnightly
- Paper Recycling Sack – collected fortnightly
List of Urban Communities:
| Aberchirder | Insch | Pitmedden |
| Aboyne | Inverallochy | Portlethen |
| Alford | Inverbervie | Portsoy |
| Ballater | Inverurie | Port Elphinstone |
| Balmadie | Johnshaven | Potterton |
| Banchory | Kemnay | Rosehearty |
| Banff | Kintore | Rothienorman** |
| Blackburn | Laurencekirk | Sandhaven |
| Boddam | Longside | Stonehaven |
| Braemar | Macduff | Stuartfield |
| Crimond | Maud | Strichen |
| Cruden Bay | Mintlaw | St Combs |
| Drumoak | Muchalls | St Cyrus |
| Ellon | Newburgh | Tarland |
| Fraserburgh | Newmachar | Tarves |
| Fyvie** | Newtonhill | Torphins |
| Gardenstown | New Deer | Turriff |
| Gourdon | New Pitsligo | Westhill |
| Hatton | Oldmeldrum | Whitehills |
| Huntly | Peterhead |
** - Fyvie and Rothienorman will receive a Wheeled Blue-Lidded Paper Recycling Bin collection, instead of a Recycling Box and Paper Recycling Sack collection.
Rural Collection Routes
Communities not in the list above are classed as Rural Communities (less than 300 households). These households will receive a four-weekly collection of a Wheeled Blue-Lidded Paper Recycling Bin. They are also supplied with a Recycling Box but this is NOT collected. It is provided to store recyclates or transport them to Recycling Points or Centres.
Collection Times
The map below indicates when your recycling containers or refuse bin should be put out for collection:
- Blue Area: 6:30am
- Green Area: 7:30am
Replacement Recycling Boxes & Nets/Covers, Paper Sacks, and Battery Bags
Please contact us first when you need new or replacement containers or covers. These are free of charge.
For your convenience, we have arranged a number of collection points throughout Aberdeenshire for Recycling Boxes (and nets or covers for these), Kerbside Paper Recycling Sacks, and Battery Recycling Bags. These are shown on the 'Container Collection Points' PDF below. Telephone numbers are included in case you wish to check that a collection point is open before you call in.
Paper Recycling or Refuse Bins
For Blue-Lidded Paper Recycling Bins or Refuse Bins, please contact us.
