South Ayrshire Council
Waste Management
and Recycling
Burns House
Burns Statue Square,
Ayr KA7 1UT

Customer Services
Tel: 0845 601 2020
cst@south-ayrshire.gov.uk

Each householder with a wheeled bin will receive a blue bin and those with a garden will receive a brown bin. A black box will also be provided to each household.

1. The current green bin is for general domestic refuse.
2. The blue bin is for papers, magazines, cans, cardboard and plastic bottles.
3. The brown bin is for organic garden waste.
4. The black box is for glass bottles and jars.

Your collection day will not change and every second week will be your recycling week.

The contents of the blue bin will be processed at a materials recycling facility and the wastes passed on for recycling. Note: we will take plastic bottles but not butter containers, plastic bags, yoghurt cartons etc.

The contents of the brown bin will be processed at a centralised composting facility and the compost utilised for landscaping, derelict land re-development, agriculture, or for sale.

The contents of the black box will be recycled into new bottles and jars.

The housing stock in South Ayrshire also lends itself to a wheeled bin type of recycling service and it is estimated that over 90% of houses will be able to accommodate the system. For those remaining, 10% of houses, an alternative type of kerbside recycling service will be offered, e.g. survival bags, a box collection or other appropriate method.

For any enquiries or assistance abouth the Council's new kerbside recycling services please call the Recycling Helpline telephone number: 0845 601 2020.