Household waste recycling centres

What you can bring

You must use Stobhill Recycling Centre to dispose of:

• Mattresses
• Sofas and all other upholstered seating
• Waste that is larger than the boot of your car with the back seats still up
• Waste being transported in a van or trailer

You can visit a Recycling Centre to dispose / recycle the following items:

• Bathroom sanitary ware - a bathroon suite, for example, one each of a bath, basin, pedestral, toilet and cistern per visit
• Bicycles (Stobhill Recycling Centre only) - if in good condition consider donating for reuse instead
• Books/CDs/DVDs
• Car batteries
• Cardboard
• Cooking oil (Stobhill Recycling Centre only)
• E-cigarettes and vapes
• Electrical items - one of each type of large domestic kitchen appliance on each visit (we do not accept commercial or trade appliances)
• Engine oil - up to 10L (Stobhill Recycling Centre only)
• Food and drink cans and cartons
• Fridges and freezers - one of each type of large domestic kitchen appliance on each visit (we do not accept commercial or trade appliances)
• Garden hand tools
• Garden waste
• Gas cylinders (Stobhill Recycling Centre only)
• Glass bottles and jars
• Household batteries
• Laminate
• Mattresses - up to 2 mattresses on each visit (Stobhill Recycling Centre only)
• Mixed food and drink plastic packaging
• Non-recyclable household waste
• Paper
• Paint - all paint must be dried out or have sand or cat litter added (Stobhill Reycling Centre only)
• Rubble / plasterboard - up to 4 bags of rubble or plasterboard on each visit. (Stobhill Recycling Centre only)
• Scrap metal
• Sofas and seating - up to 2 unmatched sofas or one matching 3-piece suite on each visit. (Stobhill Recycling Centre only)
• Textiles
• Wood

What you can't bring

We can't accept any:

• asbestos or materials containing asbestos
• commercial appliances eg: retail or display fridges or freezers
• explosives - eg: fireworks or flares
• firearms
• fuel - petrol or diesel
• heavy metals - eg: mercury thermometers or barometers
• oxygen tanks - eg: for scuba diving

If you have any of these items, please contact a licenced specialist waste management company for safe disposal.

Why can't I bring large items to Penicuik Recycling Centre?

To reduce the number of times we need to close the site to swap a full container with an empty one, general waste is compacted or squashed on site. Mattresses and large items will block the compactor. Paint and oil will leak out. Gas canisters pose an explosion risk if compacted.