Recycling rate
60%
Total waste per person
510kg
Residual waste per person
203kg

Recycling service

Caerphilly County Borough Council (CCBC) provides a single-stream kerbside collections service for recycling. This means that all dry recycling is co-mingled in a single container.

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 brown bin or box, which includes:
    • glass bottles and jars,
    • metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil,
    • plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays,
    • cardboard, and
    • paper;

CCBC also collects:

  • garden waste every week, from a reusable green bag
     
  • hygiene waste, such as colostomy/stoma bags, adult incontinence pads, plastic gloves and disposable aprons, every two weeks from a bin, from homes registered for this free service; and
     
  • non-recyclable waste every two weeks, from a green (or black) bin.

The Council provides a bulky items 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 six Recycling Centres. Residents must book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Caerphilly County Borough Council's website.

Household waste recycling centres

Aberbargoed Household Recycling Centre

Aberbargoed Household Recycling Centre
51.6827, -3.21568

Full Moon Household Recycling Centre

Full Moon Household Recycling Centre
51.6163, -3.13763

Penallta Household Recycling Centre

Penallta Household Recycling Centre
51.6573, -3.24467

Penmaen Household Recycling Centre

Penmaen Household Recycling Centre
51.6583, -3.18507

Trehir Household Recycling Centre

Trehir Household Recycling Centre
51.5988, -3.22468

Rhymney Household Recycling Centre

Rhymney Household Recycling Centre
51.758, -3.28274

In total
All materials
54k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£6m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
20k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Bryn Group Limited
Gelligaer, Wales
10,300t
Organic Waste
2
Day Aggregates Ltd
Bristol, England
5,531t
Incinerator Bottom Ash
3
Bryn Group Limited
Gelligaer, Wales
4,686t
Rubble and aggregate
4
Kronospan Ltd
Ruabon, Wales
4,492t
Wood
5
2,879t
Rubble and aggregate

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2023/24

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
3,856t
CO2 avoided
2,911t
Estimated disposal saving
£435,719
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

Metal icon

Amount recycled
3,262t
CO2 avoided
8,286t
Estimated disposal saving
£368,635
Reported as exported
19%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
10,303t
CO2 avoided
515t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,164,225
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

Paper and cardboard icon

Amount recycled
7,786t
CO2 avoided
4,259t
Estimated disposal saving
£879,775
Reported as exported
83%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
1,997t
CO2 avoided
1,071t
Estimated disposal saving
£225,707
Reported as exported
37%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
311t
CO2 avoided
1,815t
Estimated disposal saving
£35,198
Reported as exported
34%

Top destinations