Waste Aware Scotland | Information about how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle your waste across Scotland. Practical information on recycling plastic, cans, paper, glass and other materials

Waste Aware Scotland provides you with helpful advice on how and why to reduce, reuse and recycle your household waste.

Have a Waste Aware Christmas

We all tend to produce more waste over Christmas so it’s even more important to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Follow our top tips for a Waste Aware festive season

Get ideas for great Christmas gifts that don't cost the Earth

Visit our Love Food Hate Waste website for hints, tips and recipe ideas for reducing food waste over the holidays.

For local seasonal information please visit the ‘Where you live’ pages.

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News

2009 Christmas card recycling scheme launched

As the festive season gets well and truly underway, Waste Aware Scotland has again teamed up with leading conservation charity the Woodland Trust More...

Where you live

Read about what’s happening in your local area.

Click here to find out about campaigns that are running in your area.

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