Recycling centres
We operate a number of recycling centres where we accept a wide range of items. We also provide many glass and textile recycling points across Aberdeenshire.
Alford recycling centre is closed until summer 2020 for improvement works.
Before you visit a recycling centre, find out what items can and cannot be recycled. You can also view a list of materials accepted at recycling centres (pdf 69.1KB).
Please make sure you allow sufficient time for your visit as our licence agreements state that all members of the public must be off site by closing time. Our opening times might change over Christmas and New Year. Some centres have different opening times during winter months.
To move business waste away from recycling centres and to create more space for new recyclable materials we are introducing recycling centre permits in 2020.
Find your nearest recycling centre with its opening times and list of accepted items:
Banff and Buchan
| Location | Opening times, site layout and items accepted |
| Fraserburgh Anderson Place AB43 9SU |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Fraserburgh recycling centre layout (pdf 65KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
| Macduff Old Gamrie Road AB44 1QD |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Macduff recycling centre layout (pdf 74KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), furniture and household goods re-use section, garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. |
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| Portsoy Station Yard AB45 2QX |
Opening times: Tuesday and Saturday 9am to 12pm and 12.30pm to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Portsoy recycling centre layout (pdf 84KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, garden waste, glass bottles and jars, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
Buchan
| Location | Opening times, site layout and items accepted |
| Peterhead Damhead Road Dales Industrial Estate AB42 3JF |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Peterhead recycling centre layout (pdf 100KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), furniture and household goods re-use section, garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, rubble and ceramics, rigid plastic (laundry baskets, buckets, toys, plant pots, drainage pipes and hard hats), scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
Formartine
| Location | Opening times, site layout and items accepted |
| Ellon Balmacassie Commercial Park Balmacassie Brae AB41 8BY |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Ellon recycling centre layout (pdf 84KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), furniture and household goods re-use section, garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, rubble and ceramics, rigid plastic (laundry baskets, buckets, toys, plant pots, drainage pipes and hard hats), scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
| Turriff Markethill AB53 4AZ |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Turriff recycling centre layout (pdf 64KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
Garioch
| Location | Opening times, site layout and items accepted |
| Insch Market Street AB52 6LA |
Opening times: Tuesday and Saturday 9am to 12pm and 12.30pm to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Insch recycling centre layout (pdf 87KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, scrap metal, untreated wood and non-recyclable waste. | |
| Inverurie Souterford Road AB51 0TP |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Inverurie recycling centre layout (pdf 91KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
| Westhill Westdyke Avenue AB32 6QX |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Westhill recycling centre layout (pdf 66KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
Kincardine and Mearns
| Location | Opening times, site layout and items accepted |
| Laurencekirk Market Road AB30 1DG |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Laurencekirk recycling centre layout (pdf 71KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
| Stonehaven Redcloak AB39 3SR |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Stonehaven recycling centre layout (pdf 68KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, polystyrene, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
| Portlethen Badentoy Drive Badentoy Industrial Estate AB12 4ZD |
Opening times: Monday 9am to 4.30pm Tuesday closed Wednesday closed Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm Site layout: Portlethen recycling centre layout (pdf 56KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, polystyrene, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
Marr
Alford recycling centre is closed until summer 2020 for improvement works. We will be upgrading and extending the facility, including more recycling options and increased opening hours.
Temporary mixed recycling facilities (cardboard included) are available next to the glass recycling containers in the car park behind Grampian Transport Museum. From April, we will provide a seasonal garden waste drop off point in this location on Saturdays. Residents can continue to access other glass collection points in the village.
Other nearby recycling centres are also available, including Insch, Inverurie, Westhill, and Huntly.
| Location | Opening times, site layout and items accepted |
| Alford Mart Road AB33 8BZ |
Closed from 16th January 2020 until summer 2020 Opening times: From 1st September to 30th April, open Wednesday 10am to 12 noon and 12.30 to 5.30pm and Saturday 10am to 5pm only From 1st May to 31st August, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 5pm to 8pm, Wednesday 10am to 12 noon and 12.30 to 8pm, Saturday 10am to 5pm Site layout: Alford recycling centre layout (pdf 94KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, scrap metal, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
| Ballater Church Square car park | Opening times: Saturday 9am to 3pm (from first weekend of November until the weekend before Easter included) |
| Items: Household waste disposal | |
| Ballater Roads Depot, South Deeside Road | Opening times: Saturday green waste vehicle 8am to 11am, household waste vehicle 9am to 3pm (from 6th April to 2nd November) |
| Items: Household waste disposal, garden waste. | |
| Banchory Crow's Nest Upper Lochton Road AB31 4EQ |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Banchory recycling centre layout (pdf 67KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), furniture and household goods re-use section, garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, polystyrene, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |
| Huntly Steven Road AB54 8SX |
Opening times: Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm Friday 9am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday 9am to 4.30pm From 1st April to 30th September additional opening hours on Tuesday, 4.30pm to 7pm Site layout: Huntly recycling centre layout (pdf 65KB) |
| Items: Batteries (household and car), blue bin recycling, cooking oil, electrical appliances (anything with a plug or batteries), engine oil, fluorescent tubes (including energy-saving light bulbs), garden waste, gas cylinders, glass bottles and jars, plasterboard, rubble and ceramics, scrap metal, soil and turf, textiles, wood (including treated) and non-recyclable waste. | |