Looking for a bottle bank near you in Dublin? Below you'll find council bottle bank and recycling centre locations. If you're only searching because you need to get rid of glass at home, GlassBag can collect it from your doorstep instead.
Dublin has a network of recycling centres and unmanned bottle banks (also called bring banks) spread across the city and county. Glass cannot go in your household recycling bin in Ireland — it must be brought to a bottle bank or recycling centre. Below are the main locations across Dublin's four local authority areas.
For a full, up-to-date list of every bottle bank in Ireland, visit mywaste.ie.
If you're only searching for a bottle bank because you need to recycle glass, GlassBag can collect from your doorstep across all Dublin postcodes. Compare the alternative first, then choose a plan if it fits your area.
Yes. Dublin bottle banks and recycling centres are free for household glass, but you still need to store, sort, load and drop it off yourself.
No. In Ireland, glass bottles and jars must go to a bottle bank, recycling centre, or a doorstep collection service such as GlassBag.
GlassBag collects from homes across all Dublin postcodes, so you can recycle your glass without driving to a bring bank or sorting by colour.
Use these pages if you want the doorstep option, local coverage details, or the next collection date.
Recycling centres and bring banks across Dublin 1–24
Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin 4
Recycling CentreShamrock Terrace, North Strand Road, Dublin 1
Recycling CentreCarton Way, Dublin 11
Recycling CentreUpper Grangegorman Road, Dublin 7
Bring CentreDublin City Council operates 80+ bottle bank sites. View full list
Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan and surrounding areas
Ballymount Avenue, Greenhills, Dublin 12
Recycling CentreLevel 3 Car Park, The Square Shopping Centre, Dublin 24
Bring BankThe Mill Shopping Centre Car Park, Dublin 22
Bring BankOff Naas Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
Bring BankFull map of SDCC bring banks at sdcc.ie
Swords, Malahide, Blanchardstown and North Dublin
Coolmine Industrial Estate, Dublin 15
Recycling CentreSeatown Park, Swords, Co. Dublin
Recycling CentreMalahide Castle, Malahide, Co. Dublin
Bring BankSwords Manor, Swords, Co. Dublin
Bring BankFingal operates 59 bring bank sites. View full list
Dún Laoghaire, Stillorgan, Dundrum and South Dublin
Ballyogan Road, Dublin 18
Recycling CentreShanganagh, Shankill, Dublin 18
Recycling CentreStillorgan, Co. Dublin
Bring BankGrange Road Car Park, Dublin 16
Bring BankDLR operates 34+ bring bank sites. View full list
You need a car, and finding parking at busy recycling centres can be a challenge.
Glass is heavy. Loading bottles into the car and carrying them to the bank is hard work.
Bottle banks are loud. You can't use them early morning or late evening without disturbing neighbours.
Bottle banks often overflow after bank holidays and busy weekends — meaning a wasted trip.
Most bottle banks require you to sort glass into clear, green and brown — one more chore.
Recycling centres have set hours. Bring banks are 24/7 but you still need to make the trip.
GlassBag collects glass bottles and jars from your doorstep across all of Dublin.
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Yes. All bottle banks and bring banks across Dublin are free to use for household glass recycling. Civic amenity centres (recycling centres) are also free for glass, though some charge for other materials like bulky waste.
No. In Ireland, glass cannot go in your kerbside recycling bin. It must be recycled at a bottle bank, recycling centre, or through a doorstep collection service like GlassBag.
Most Dublin bottle banks have separate openings for clear, green and brown glass. With GlassBag's doorstep collection, no sorting is needed — we accept all colours mixed together.
GlassBag is a doorstep glass collection service that operates across all Dublin postcodes, as well as North Wicklow, North Kildare and South Meath. We collect glass bottles and jars from your door monthly, starting from €8/month. See our bottle bank alternative page for more details.
Some recycling centres accept broken glass, but transporting it yourself is awkward and potentially dangerous. GlassBag accepts broken glass bottles and jars as part of our regular doorstep collection — just place them carefully in your bag.
Each Dublin council publishes their own list. You can also search all Irish bottle bank locations on mywaste.ie. For GlassBag's doorstep collection areas, check our Dublin glass collection page.
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