Recycling

Recycling Local and National Information e-mail Rosie Updated 26 August 2009 Photo above and at the bottom of the page: our local recycling centre at Whitburn, (Dixon Terrace, Burnhouse Industrial Estate) opposite Buildbase on the first turning right after Lidl, when travelling south through Whitburn. Monday - Friday: 8am - 8pm; Saturday - Sunday: 8am - 6pm; closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day. From 6 October 2008: Sunday opening changes to 9am - 6pm The Centre takes: Glass, Paper, Cans, Textiles, Cardboard, Plastic Bottles, Bicycles, Building Waste, Car Batteries, Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Engine Oil, Fridges / Freezers, Furniture, Garden Waste, Gas Cylinders, Wood.
Sort It Website with useful information on how household waste can be reduced, reused, recycled, in Scotland.	Material specific labels Know what packaged material you can recycle and how.
May 2008: As part of West Lothian's latest green initiative, cloth, textiles, food and drink cartons ( often known as Tetrapack) can now be deposited in the blue bins kerbside recycling collections. Please note that items such as belts, shoes, duvets and blankets cannot be collected at present. The recycling site in Armadale is at Watson Park (near the tennis courts). It provides facilities for the collection of brown, green and white glass for recycling.
West Lothian Council Recycling Hotline: 01506 777810 Recycling collection sites with useful links; bulky collections; General Info including info re Armadale Wastewise; General Bulky Uplift.
Bathgate Freecycle If you have something that is no longer needed, but you would like to pass it on to someone who can use it, why not join this group?
Surplus Furniture? Do you have surplus furniture that could be useful to others in West Lothian? Contact Home Aid at 12-14 Gideon Street, Bathgate EH48 4HD or phone 01506 652230 or email: jackie@homeaid.freeserve.co.uk 2007: Jackie Agnew received an MBE from the Queen for her services to recycling in Scotland
Local Auto Recycling Campbell's Auto Salvage, Colinshiel Road, Armadale EH48 3HE, phone 01501 731876

OTHER USEFUL Reduce, Reuse and Recycle LINKS
Have you visited 'Love Food Hate Waste' site yet?
Have you seen Too Good to Waste: The A to Z of Practical Ways to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in Edinburgh, the Lothians and the Scottish Borders? www.changeworks.org.uk Below are just a few of the many websites where you can find information on recycling. If you have a favourite one that has not been mentioned, e-mail Rosie
Go Real: The Real Nappy Information Service	Efreeko Give away unwanted items or receive unwanted items for the cost of postage	Give empty printer toners and cartridges, old mobile phones and used stamps, foreign coins and old postcards to charity, e.g Hearing Dogs for Deaf People	If you want to raise money for a local charity, school or community group, why not set up a scheme to recycle mobile phones?	Reduce Junk Mail register with The Mailing Preference Service register with Royal mail to opt out of its Door-to-Door Service optout@royalmail.com
Wasteaware Scotland	Lothian and Edinburgh Energy Efficiency Advice Centre	Furniture/Electrical Items Re-use Centres Scotland	Using recycled paper in your company	Recycling Spectacles
Armadale Environment	Read it Swap it: Free book exchange site	Equip Scotland: Donations of unwanted items of value to the voluntary community	West Lothian Environment Links	Community Webnet