Sighthill Tip is owned and operated by Edinburgh City Council, Sighthill Recycling Centre allows you to dispose of the following items here:

• Garden waste: flowers, plants, garden weeds, grass clippings, hedge trimmings and leaves
• Bricks, rubble and loose soil
• Solid wood
• Laminates
• Packaging: empty aerosols, aluminium foil, cans, any cardboard, envelopes, food tins and plastic bottles
• Paper: magazines, newspaper, shredded paper, telephone directories and all other types of white paper
• Carpet
• Books, films, music: originals only
• Textiles and bras: all clothing, paired footwear, handbags and belts
• Metal
• Hard plastics: toys, garden furniture and plastic boxes
• Car batteries
• Gas bottles which must be empty
• Light bulbs – only energy saving or fluorescent tubes
• Large electrical equipment: washing machines, dishwashers and cookers
• Fridges and freezers
• Small electrical equipment: irons, hairdryers, IT or telephone equipment, tools and game consoles
• Glass jars and bottles
• Household batteries
• Mattresses
• Paint pots – paint must be dried out by adding sand, sawdust or cat litter until solid
• Plasterboard
• Tyres
• TV and monitors
• Oil
• Household waste that cannot be recycled known as non recyclable waste