Across all local authorities in Wales…
2019/20

65%
of waste was recycled 
£106m
saved by recycling instead of disposal 
403k
tonnes CO2 emissions was avoided Find your local authority
Recycling rate, value saved and CO2 emissions avoided (in tonnes) based on Recycling rate based on 2019/20
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Blaenau Gwent | 65% | £2m | 9k |
Bridgend | 68% | £4m | 17k |
Caerphilly | 63% | £6m | 16k |
Cardiff | 58% | £10m | 35k |
Carmarthenshire | 65% | £5m | 21k |
Ceredigion | 72% | £3m | 10k |
Conwy | 69% | £4m | 17k |
Denbighshire | 65% | £3m | 13k |
Flintshire | 66% | £5m | 18k |
Gwynedd | 65% | £5m | 17k |
Isle of Anglesey | 68% | £4m | 10k |
Merthyr Tydfil | 65% | £2m | 8k |
Monmouthshire | 66% | £3m | 11k |
Neath Port Talbot | 62% | £4m | 20k |
Newport | 66% | £5m | 21k |
Pembrokeshire | 72% | £5m | 19k |
Powys | 63% | £4m | 18k |
Rhondda Cynon Taf | 65% | £8m | 32k |
Swansea | 65% | £9m | 35k |
Torfaen | 64% | £3m | 15k |
Vale of Glamorgan | 70% | £5m | 19k |
Wrexham | 70% | £7m | 22k |