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 Blackhill 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, batteries and furniture.
Local recycling points
There are also a number of local recycling points across Helensburgh and Lomond - 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
Household recycling collections
To check the dates for all your household recycling collections, you can find your calendar using our postcode lookup - Helensburgh and Lomond bin collections
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.
Grey bin for glass recycling
Your grey bin is collected every 4 weeks, and is for recycling of glass bottles and jars.
Food waste collection
Your food waste bin is collected every week, and is for food waste, used kitchen towel, tea and coffee grounds and pet food.
