We operate four recycling centres at Polmadie, Shieldhall, Dawsholm and Queenslie. These facilities are available to dispose of and recycle a wide stream of materials that are not currently collected within the domestic waste bins.
Dawsholm Recycling Centre
75 Dalsholm Road
Glasgow
G20 0TB
Easter Queenslie Recycling Centre
90 Easter Queenslie Road
Glasgow
G33 4UL
Polmadie Recycling Centre
425 Polmadie Road
Glasgow
G42 0PJ
Please Note: Unfortunately there is no access to vehicles above 1.8m at Polmadie Recycling Centre. Please use one of the other HWRC's for access with vehicles above this height.
Shieldhall Recycling Centre
Renfrew Road
Glasgow
G51
All four sites currently operate 8am-8pm, 7 days a week. Last entry is 7.45pm.
Please note that the centres are closed on Christmas Day and New Year's Day and close at 6pm on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.
The following items can be disposed/recycled at the recycling centres:
Sites may close for short periods intermittently for service / health and safety reasons.
Shieldhall and Dawsholm HWRC have dedicated storage areas/bays for placing household items that are suitable for re-use. Collection partners have been appointed for furniture, bikes and electrical equipment and only these partners are permitted to remove items from the sites for re-use. The collection partners also visit Polmadie and Queenslie, although at present there are not dedicated areas/bays for re-usable items.
There is a height restriction of 1.8m for vehicles entering the sites. This is to stop trade vehicles from entering.
Please note: if your vehicle is in excess of 1.8 metres and you require access out with the commercial hours for the deposit of household waste up to 8.00pm (last entry 7.45pm). For information on booking vans into the recycling centres please see Weighbridge Information.
Are not accepted at the HWRC. Householders with tyres should pay the disposal fee at the garage where they are buying new ones.
Disposal of confidential waste or asbestos requires an appointment. Please contact 0141 287 2042 for further information. The facility for these waste streams is currently located at the Shieldhall HWRC.
Commercial waste is not accepted at the HWRC. Commercial waste is chargeable and requires to be disposed of at a waste transfer station or collected by your waste contractor.