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Recycling rate
61%
Total waste per person
498kg
Residual waste per person
196kg

Recycling service

Caerphilly County Borough Council collects a co-mingled brown bin from each household every week.

The bin can be used for recycled paper, plastic bottles, tubs and pots, cans, cardboard and glass bottles and jars. Recycling bins are monitored and if a bin is found to be contaminated with non-recyclable materials it will not be collected and will receive a sticker explaining the issue.

Food and garden waste is collected weekly from a 7-litre caddy and green sack, respectively. The council provides a bulky household waste recycling service on request. There is a charge for all other items, ranging from £16 for up to three items and £31 for six items. If the furniture or electrical items are in a good reusable condition, the Furniture Revival will collect them free of charge. 

Bulky garden waste and larger items will need a quote before being collected. 

A green (sometimes black) 240-litre wheeled bin is used for residual waste and is collected fortnightly.

There are six household waste recycling centres across the county at Aberbargoed, Wattsville, Hengoed, Pontllanfraith, Llanbradach and Rhymney.

Visit Caerphilly council 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
10,109t
Organic Waste
2
Day Aggregates Ltd
Bristol, England
5,752t
Incinerator Bottom Ash
3
Bryn Group Limited
Gelligaer, Wales
4,661t
Rubble and aggregate
4
URM Ltd
North Elmsall, England
3,797t
Glass
5
Kronospan Ltd
Ruabon, Wales
3,459t
Wood

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
4,475t
CO2 avoided
3,379t
Estimated disposal saving
£505,680
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
2,918t
CO2 avoided
7,411t
Estimated disposal saving
£329,717
Reported as exported
15%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
10,109t
CO2 avoided
505t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,142,282
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
7,390t
CO2 avoided
4,042t
Estimated disposal saving
£835,032
Reported as exported
54%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
2,115t
CO2 avoided
1,134t
Estimated disposal saving
£239,045
Reported as exported
41%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
358t
CO2 avoided
2,089t
Estimated disposal saving
£40,504
Reported as exported
25%

Top destinations

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