Argyll and Bute tips and recycling centres

Argyll and Bute Council runs 11 household waste recycling centres.

Opening times

Hours for the current season; each tip's page has the full year.

Argyll and Bute tips and their opening hours
Tip Open
Blackhill (Helensburgh) Mon to Fri 9am to 4pm; Sat and Sun 10am to 4pm
Bogleha (Dunoon) Mon to Fri 9am to 5.15pm; Sat 10am to 4pm; Sun 11am to 4pm
Bonaveh (Colonsay) Wed 12 noon to 4.45pm
Cliad (Coll) Sat 8.30am to 10.30am
Gartbreck (Bowmore) Mon to Thu 8am to 4.30pm; Fri 8am to 4pm; Sat 10am to 4pm
Glengorm (Tobermory) Mon to Thu 10am to 4.30pm; Fri 10am to 3.30pm; Sat 9am to 12 noon
Gott Bay (Tiree) Mon 7.30am to 9am, 3pm to 4pm; Tue 10am to 11am; Wed and Thu 2pm to 4pm; Fri 7.30am to 9.30am, 2.30pm to 3.30pm; Sat 9am to 1pm
Lingerton (Lochgilphead) Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm; Sat and Sun 11am to 4pm
Moleigh (Oban) Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm; Sat and Sun 11am to 4pm
The Roading (Campbeltown) Mon to Fri 10am to 5.30pm; Sat and Sun 11am to 4pm
Westlands (Rothesay) Mon to Fri 9am to 4.45pm; Sat and Sun 11am to 4pm

What Argyll and Bute tips take

Batteries (car and household) · cardboard and paper · electrical items · engine oil · fluorescent tubes · food and drink cartons · garden waste · light bulbs · textiles · glass bottles and jars · metal (cans, tins, aerosols and scrap) · plastic (bottles, pots, tubs and trays)

Listed for most Argyll and Bute tips. Each tip's page says what it takes.

Bin collection days nearby

Argyll and Bute

Read from argyll-bute.gov.uk on 2 October 2026. We list the tips whose details we could check against the council's own pages.