Recycling resources
Here is a page of downloads to help you Reduce, Reuse, Recycle at home, school or work.
What's happening with waste
A newsletter about waste initiatives across Lothian and Borders in pdf format.
Household waste leaflets
Full details of how your Waste Collections and Kerbside Recycling works.
Although this leaflet is for Berwickshire, the information is current for all areas of the Scottish Borders.
Trade Waste Recycling Leaflet
Details of how the Trade Waste Recycling Service works.
Recycling Posters
What goes in your kerbside recycling bags (householders)
What goes in your recycling bags at work, in the office, in school (Trade Waste customers)
Home Composting Leaflet
How to make garden compost using your Compostabin. This leaflet also explains how composting works and answers some frequently asked questions on composting.
Composting Posters
Please help us to make householders aware of the benefits of composting to their garden and to the environment and how to get advice. Download and print the posters and display them where you can.
Waste Aware Schools
Waste Aware Schools - Recycling Journey
Other Useful Pages
- Services for householders
- Services for businesses and commercial operations
- Latest News
- How we are performing
- Waste Awareness
Other Useful Links
Garden Waste
Waste at Work
Waste and Recycling in Scotland
- Waste Aware Scotland
- Lothian & Borders Waste Area
- Lothian & Borders Area Waste Plan
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme)
- CRNS (Community Recycling Network for Scotland)
National campaigns
- It’s our Future ten steps to a greener Scotland
- Love Food Hate Waste
- Unwanted Mail
- Stop Dumb Dumpers
- Sort it find simple and practical ways to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your household waste in your local area.
- www.saynotoplastic.co.uk supporting a plastic bag free environment.
- Abolish Plastic Bags campaign to change the shopping culture in the UK.
Online ‘free trading’
- Freecycle a grassroots movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free.
- Recycle.co.uk a website to recycle your unwanted items for free to people in your are a.
Online eco-directory
- Allthingseco lists thousands of genuine eco, green and ethical companies from across the UK.
Contact us
Telephone Helpline: 01835 825128
Email: The Recycling Team
By post: The Recycling Team, Scottish Borders Council, Newtown St Boswells, Melrose, TD6 0SA
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