Household Waste Recycling Centres and Points are available at various locations across the region allowing householders to sort household waste items. In Dumfries and Galloway there are 11 Household Waste Recycling Centres and over 40 Recycling Points.

The household waste recycling centres and recycling points detailed in this section of the website are provided by our Council.

For details of all household recycling banks in Dumfries and Galloway (including those provided for householders by community groups, private recycling companies and retailers) visit http://www.sort-it.org.uk.

• Recycling Centres
  There are 11 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) in Dumfries and Galloway for householders to use which provide recycling, composting and recovery for a large range of household materials.
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• Recycling Points
  There are over 40 Recycling Points, for example in car parks at supermarkets and village halls, for household recycling across Dumfries and Galloway which are operated by Shanks Dumfries and Galloway on behalf of the Council. These are available to help householders recycle resources and divert them from landfill.
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• Resources Journeys
  Waste materials separated for recycling/reuse or energy from waste are processed in different ways, depending on the type of material and where it is collected. Find out about the journeys of waste collected from Household Waste Recycling Centres and Recycling Points in Dumfries and Galloway, based on where the waste was processed in 2011.
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