Forthbank Household Waste Recycling Centre
Forthbank (Alloa) tip, Bowhouse Rd, Alloa, FK10 1DA. Run by Clackmannanshire Council.
No booking needed
No booking needed for residents. Online booking is only for commercial customers and for more than 7 containers or bags of soil or rubble.
Opening times
Summer (1 April to 30 September)
| Monday to Sunday | 8.30am to 8pm |
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Winter (1 October to 31 March) · now
| Monday to Sunday | 8.30am to 6pm |
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Last entry 15 minutes before closing
Vans, trailers and permits
- Vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes gross (including any trailer and occupants); may be checked on the weighbridge.
- Allowed within the 3.5 tonnes gross limit.
What Forthbank takes
Batteries - car · Batteries - household · Bikes · Cans - food and drinks · Cardboard · Carpets · Electricals - small appliances, fridges and freezers, monitors, white goods · Engine Oil - max 10 litres · Fire extinguishers · Fluorescent Tubes · Garden Waste · Gas bottles · Glass jars and bottles · Mattresses, beds, divans · Metal · Paper · Plastics - bottles, pots, tubs and trays · Plastics - large patio furniture, toys etc · Soil/rubble · Textiles and clothes · Vapes · Plasterboard
Before you visit
- For Clackmannanshire and Kincardine residents: drivers must show photo ID and proof of residency. Free to residents.
- Soil and rubble: up to 7 containers without an appointment, one such visit per day. Plasterboard: about one standard board per visit.
- Asbestos, tyres and general builders' waste are not accepted.
Nearest other tips
- Polmaise (Fallin) 5.4 km, Stirling
- Auchterarder 21.2 km, Perth and Kinross
- Kinross 25.0 km, Perth and Kinross
- Crieff 28.6 km, Perth and Kinross
- Callander 29.2 km, Stirling
Bin day near Forthbank
Clackmannanshire Council collects the bins here.
Source: clacks.gov.uk, checked 2 October 2026. All Clackmannanshire tips