Need to get rid of some junk? Look no further!…read more This place is way less cool than I think it is but for actual, socially acceptable cool points: You can bring your old electronics, furniture, cardboard, whatever (only if it's no good though! Otherwise maybe free cycle it!). The place itself is basically just a bunch of skips, each with a sign over it saying what can go in. You find the skip that matches your item, throw it in and bam. Job done. Your items have now been responsibly disposed of and the council will take care of the rest! For not quite as socially acceptable cool points: I got to smash a defunct microwave by throwing it into a skip and watching it smash. It made my day. Overall this is a great resource that your council tax pounds pay for. Although there's three such centers in Edinburgh I like this one as it's very accessible on the 35 bus. The 35 basically weaves around the city so in my mind this centre is probably the easiest to get to for most people. So be responsible and dispose of your electronics, mattresses and garden waste in the right place!

I visited this recycling centre today and met up with Kevin , Davie, Leon and Paul who were the…read morecheeriest operatives I've come across and who sprang into action when I turned up with a huge pile of cardboard some glass and hard plastic, for recycling, I've encountered Kevin before and gave him a 5star review a year ago because he was so upbeat, funny and helpful. His colleagues are just the same and were happy to help by carting armfuls of my recycling to the appropriate bins. I commented the last time that it would be helpful if the Edinburgh City Cleansing Department acknowledged when their staff demonstrated excellent customer service......they didn't do it then, so I hope they are listening and they make the effort to do it this time! Thanks guys. Carol

It's hard to rate a recycling centre with nothing to compare it against, but for my needs this…read morerecycling centre near Portobello was perfect enough. You might need a car to get to this centre off Seafield Road. There is one way in. Find a convenient place to park in the marked areas and dump/ throw your items into the "massive" bins meant for the recycling task. All the bins are marked clearly so that you know in which bin you have to throw which item, like electrical, mattresses, beds, plastic items, fabrics, anything you can think off, really. You can also dispatch off bottles, oils, batteries and cardboard, if needed.

I don't know how I haven't found this place until now. Hidden away in Bellshill in a massive old…read morewarehouse is the gem of diyers and upcyclers. This little social enterprise is primarily manned by volunteers they supply a great selection of new wood based products from fence posts and decking to Osb and plywood. In addition they are a sort of urban reclamation yard with doors, windows, ceiling tiles even bathroom suits. This is the sort of place you need to visit with and empty car if you are any sort of maker. To top it off there are some amazing wooden and reclaimed furniture and structures. I couldn't name what the do and don't have you just need to go along and dig around. However if you are looking for wood diy supplies this is your place to go. Great prices and an even better ethos.

more than happy to take old bits of scrap like washing machines etc. not sure if they'd pick up as…read morei usually have my stuff delivered to it. I have only gotten little or no money for my scrap, but i am just happy that these items have been disposed of in an enviromentally friendly way.

I love me a recycling centre. Over the past year, it's become a second home to me, from depositing…read morethe waste from renovations, to my weekly jaunt to commit my rubbish offerings to the recycling gods. I've noticed how quickly trying to recycle overtakes your life - and how much wasted resource ends up on your doorstep, from junk mail, to magazines, envelopes, medicine boxes, til receipts.... trying to make sure you recycle everything can become overwhelming. Don't get me started on composting... Anyway, I digress. The Musselburgh recycling depot is great - plenty of guys standing around ready to help you when you don't know which skip to launch your unwanted goods into. Metal, plastic, oil, electrical goods, standard recycling, garden waste, books, clothes, shoes, (the latter 3 donated to Salvation Army) I think they cover nigh on everything. It's a great one stop shop. It has comedy value stuffed toys waving you in and bright blue smurf-gnomes wishing you farewell. I just wish places like this didnt' get abused so much. As I walked down the path from the plastics skip, one gentleman, who had taken pains to drive to the centre, launched his plastics into the landfill skip (kinda at my head too, as he was a little too lazy to actually walk to the skip and threw it from his car). I saw another lady just dumping any old thing into a skip. It felt a little lazy - given the fact such pains are taken to give you as much opportunity to separate, it seems that for some, it's still a little too much effort. That makes me sadface, but it doesn't detract from the place itself. Given the volume of waste we produce each minute, hour and day, its good such places exist. It bothers me to think that sometimes it feels we will eventually drown in our own waste, the consumerists that we are, but that is the world we live in. At least if you are paying something back, it has to count for something, right? Just put it in the right skip, that's all I ask.