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Forthbank Recycling Centre 

The Forthbank Recycling Centre has been provided to allow you to recycle/dispose of household waste and some types of commercial waste.

Bowhouse Road, Alloa, FK10 1DA
Tel: 01259 216972

View location map

Opening Hours

Summer

• 1st April to 30th September
• 8.00am - 8.00pm (last admission 15 minutes before closing)

Winter

• 1st October to 31st March
• 8.00am - 6.00pm (last admission 15 minutes before closing)
• Closed on Christmas and New Year's Day

Recycling Facilities

A range of facilities in the form of skips, bays and banks exist for users of the site to conveniently sort materials out for recycling.

Banks

• Cans
• Clothes and textiles
• Glass
• Paper, including yellow pages
• Plastics that are colourless and marked HDPE 2 and PET 1
• Books, CDs and DVDs
• Tetra Paks / drinks cartons

Bays

• Car batteries and gas cylinders
• Garden waste
• Soil
• Stone and rubble
• Woodchip

Skips

• Metals including washing machines, cookers and prams
• Wood except worktops, creosote, MDF and hardboard
• Cardboard of all types that is clean and flat packed
• Bikes
• Electronic equipment

Additional facilities exist for the sorting of computers, mattresses, refrigerators, tyres, pesticides, paint and waste oil. Please ask at the gate house for assistance and direction.

Waste for landfill

In addition to the recycling skips there are also skips for general waste. All waste deposited in these skips will be land-filled.

Commercial Waste Charges

Cash is not handled at the recycling centre. These can be purchased in advance from Council Offices. Please consult the Commercial Waste Charges page for more information.

Waste not accepted

Waste of the following is not accepted:

• General builders' waste.
• Industrial waste from construction, demolition, excavation, alteration or repair work.
• Waste from workshops and vehicle maintenance premises.
• Hazardous commercial waste
• Asbestos Waste

Alternative Site for Green Waste

Alternatively, if you live in the Hillfoots area of Clackmannanshire and you are looking to dispose of green waste, then facilities also exist at Glenochil nursery, situated on the A91 between the towns of Menstrie and Alva.

View Glenochil nursery Location Map