Hazlehead Recycling Centre
Address
Hazlehead Avenue
Hazlehead
AB15 8BJ
Opening times
Note - We apologise that we are currently unable to accept tyres at Hazlehead HWRC (9th April). You can still take these to our recycling centre at Tullos. An update will be provided when the service is back in operation.
Summer hours (from 30 March 2025)
Monday – Friday 10am to 7.45pm
Saturday – Sunday 9am to 7.45pm
Winter hours (from 26 October 2025)
Monday – Friday 10am to 4:45 pm
Saturday – Sunday 9am to 4:45 pm
Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day (open on all other public holidays)
The Reuse Shop Summer Opening Times (from 30 March 2025)
Monday - Sunday 10am - 5pm
The Reuse Shop Winter Opening Times (from 26 October 2025)
Monday - Sunday 10am - 4pm
For more information on the shop visit The Reuse Shop page
Items accepted
- Aerosols
- Bulky waste (including beds and mattresses; living room furniture; and kitchen furniture etc)
- Car battery
- Cardboard
- Carpet
- Ceramics
- Cooking oil
- Electrical items
- Engine oil
- Fire extinguishers
- Fluorescent tubes
- Food and drink cans
- Fridge and freezers
- Garden waste (garden cuttings, weeds, leaves) *no food waste
- Gas canisters
- General bagged household waste
- Glass bottles and jars
- Household batteries
- Household chemicals *booking required
- Items for reuse
- Lightbulbs
- Paint *booking required
- Paper
- Plasterboard
- Plastics (including bottles, pots, tubs, trays and empty deodorant containers)
- Rubble (including stone, brick or concrete)
- Sand
- Scrap metal
- Soil and compost
- Televisions
- Turf
- Tyres
- Wood
Please note
You must book an appointment to visit a Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) if you are taking:
- Paint or chemicals in any size of vehicle (these materials are only accepted at Hazlehead)
- Transit-type vans
- Cars with trailers
- People carriers above 7 seater capacity
- Pick up trucks
- Vans with a capacity above 4 cubic metres
Cars and small vans can continue to access the sites without a booking but will need to bring proof of address.
Commercial waste is not permitted at any time.