The Waste Cycle
Find out what happens to household waste and enter our Zero Waste World.
Where your waste goesZero Waste Project Site
Find out more about the project site near Millerhill in Midlothian.
More on the project siteManaging waste for the future
Learn more about what the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils are doing to reduce, reuse, recycle and recover value from waste.
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Zero Waste Edinburgh and Midlothian
Latest News
Zero Waste food treatment down to final two
Zero Waste: Edinburgh and Midlothian has down-selected two of the four bidders for a contract to treat all food waste collected by the councils of the City of Edinburgh and Midlothian by 2015.
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One recycled glass bottle would save enough energy to power a computer for 25 minutes
The Waste Cycle
Just one recycled aluminium can saves enough energy to run a television set for 3 hours
Waste Treatment Technology
Recycling two plastic bottles saves enough energy to boil enough water for 5 cups of tea...
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Every year, the average dustbin contains enough unrealised energy for 500 baths, 3500 showers or 5000 hours of television
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover