Vale of Glamorgan

Vale of Glamorgan Council (VoGC) provides a weekly kerbside-sort collections service for recycling.

It collects:

• food waste every week, from a green caddy using caddy liners provided by the Council for free; and
• dry recycling every week,
  • from a grey caddy for glass bottles and jars,
  • from a reusable blue bag for metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak),
  • from a reusable orange bag for cardboard,
  • from a reusable white bag for paper, and
  • from a reusable small white bag for household batteries.

VoGC also collects:

• garden waste every two weeks between March and November from reusable green bags, from residents that subscribe to the chargeable service. Subscribed residents may request a garden waste collection between December and February. If residents prefer not to subscribe to the collections service, they may take their garden waste to their local Household Waste Recycling Centre for free or compost it at home; and
• non-recyclable waste every three weeks. Residents may put out up to three black bags every three weeks.

Residents can recycle small electrical items by placing them loosely on top of one of their caddies or bags. They should not put them in any type of container, including any single-use plastic bags.

The Council provides a bulky household waste collections service for large items. To find out how much this service costs, or to book a collection, residents should visit the Council’s website.

The Council manages two Household Waste Recycling Centres in the county – one in Barry and one in Llandow. Residents must book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Vale of Glamorgan Council's website.