Bridgend

Bridgend County Borough Council (BCBC) provides a weekly kerbside-sort collections service for recycling. This means it collects recyclable materials in separate containers.

It collects:

• food waste every week, from a brown caddy using caddy liners provided by the Council for free; and
   
• dry recycling every week,
   
  • from a black caddy for glass bottles and jars,
     
  • from a reusable blue bag for metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, and plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays,
     
  • from a reusable orange bag for cardboard, and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak), 
     
  • from a reusable white bag for paper, and
     
  • in separate single-use plastic bags for: 
    • small electrical items, 
    • batteries, mobile phones and spectacles, and 
    • textiles.

BCBC also collects:

• garden waste every two weeks between March and November from reusable green bags, from residents that subscribe to the chargeable service. If residents prefer not to subscribe to the collections service, they may take their garden waste to their local Community Recycling Centre for free or compost it at home; and
   
• non-recyclable waste every two weeks in up to two single-use blue sacks.

The Council provides a bulky 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 three Community Recycling Centres in the county. Residents should visit the Council's website to check if they need to book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Bridgend County Borough Council's website.