Craigmillar Tip is owned and operated by Edinburgh City Council, Craigmillar 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
