where can I recycle?

Gremista Waste Management Facility

Opening hours

• Monday - Friday 8.00 am - 7.00 pm (last entry at 6.45 pm) Apr - Sep
• Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am - 4.00 pm (last entry at 3.45 pm)

You can take the following recycling directly to the Gremista Waste Management Facility in Lerwick:

Mixed glass bottles and jars, food tins and drink cans, plastic bottles, cooking oil, tv's and monitors, fridges and freezers, small appliances, fluorescent tubes, mixed textiles and clothes, shoes, batteries, used engine oil, car batteries, used engine oil, car batteries, scrap metal, large appliances, low energy bulbs.

• What can I recycle in Shetland?
• A-Z of waste and recycling

Banks around Shetland

We have lots of recycling banks throughout Shetland:

• Central, East Mainland and Whalsay
• Lerwick and Bressay
• North Isles
• North Mainland
• Outer Isles
• Scalloway, Burra and Trondra
• South Mainland
• West Mainland

The clothes and shoe banks are provided and emptied by the Salvation Army.

	Batteries	Cans	Glass	Oil	Plastics	Textiles
Central, East Mainland & Whalsay
Andersons, Whiteness	Batteries
John I Herculeson, Vidlin	Batteries	Cans	Glass			Textiles
JWJ, Whalsay	Batteries
Robinson & Morrison, Weisdale	Batteries	Cans	Glass			Textiles
Shoard Charity Shop, Whalsay						Textiles
South Nesting (opposite old school)		Cans	Glass			Textiles
Symbister Ferry Terminal, Whalsay		Cans	Glass
Tingwall Community Hall		Cans	Glass			Textiles
Lerwick & Bressay
Bolts Minimarket	Batteries
Bressay Ferry Terminal		Cans	Glass
Camera Centre	Batteries
Clickimin Leisure Centre						Textiles
Co-operative	Batteries	Cans	Glass		Plastics	Textiles
Frank Williamson						Textiles
Gremista Waste Management Facility	Batteries	Cans	Glass	Oil	Plastics	Textiles
Rudda Park		Cans	Glass		Plastics	Textiles
R W Bayes	Batteries
South Lochside		Cans	Glass		Plastics
Tesco	Batteries	Cans	Glass		Plastics	Textiles
Victoria Pier Car Park		Cans	Glass		Plastics
North Isles
Aywick Shop, Yell	Batteries
Baltasound Hotel, Unst		Cans	Glass
Baltasound Public Hall, Unst		Cans	Glass
Burravoe Public Hall, Yell			Glass
Colvister Quarry, Yell				Oil
Cullivoe Hall, Yell		Cans	Glass
Fetlar Hall		Cans	Glass
H Henderson, Unst	Batteries
Linkshouse Stores, Yell	Batteries
Mid Yell Hall		Cans	Glass
North Unst Public Hall			Glass
Reafirth Hall, Yell						Textiles
R S Henderson, Yell	Batteries
Saxavord, Unst			Glass
Skibhoul Stores, Unst		Cans	Glass			Textiles
Ulsta Ferry Terminal, Yell		Cans	Glass			Textiles
Uyeasound Hall, Unst		Cans	Glass
North Mainland
Brae Co-operative	Batteries	Cans	Glass			Textiles
Hillswick Fire Station		Cans	Glass			Textiles
Hillswick Shop	Batteries
Mossbank Public Hall		Cans	Glass			Textiles
Mossbank Shop	Batteries					Textiles
Mulla, Voe		Cans	Glass
Ollaberry Shop	Batteries	Cans	Glass
Sullom Hall		Cans	Glass
Outer Isles
Fair Isle School		Cans	Glass
Foula Pier		Cans	Glass
Out Skerries Pier		Cans	Glass
Papa Stour Pier		Cans	Glass
Scalloway, Burra & Trondra
A Halcrow, Hamnavoe	Batteries
Blydoit, East Voe		Cans	Glass		Plastics	Textiles
Bridge End Outdoor Centre		Cans	Glass
Burn Beach Car Park, Scalloway		Cans	Glass		Plastics	Textiles
Hamnavoe Hall		Cans	Glass
Scalloway Meat Company	Batteries
Trondra Hall		Cans	Glass
South Mainland
Bigton Community Shop		Cans	Glass			Textiles
Cunningsburgh Industrial Estate		Cans	Glass			Textiles
Gulberwick Hall		Cans	Glass			Textiles
John Goudie, Toab	Batteries		Glass
Mainlands, Dunrossness	Batteries	Cans	Glass			Textiles
Sandwick Crossroads		Cans	Glass			Textiles
West Mainland
Aith Public Hall		Cans	Glass
Auld Skule Charity Shop, Aith						Textiles
Bixter Hall		Cans	Glass			Textiles
C G Williamson, Bixter	Batteries
Eid Community Co-op	Batteries
Sandness Public Hall		Cans	Glass
Walls Shop	Batteries	Cans	Glass			Textiles
Skeld Public Hall		Cans	Glass