Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire County Council (CCC) provides a weekly co-mingled collections service for recycling. This means it collects most 'dry' recyclable materials combined in a single container, that is, metals, plastics, cardboard and paper.

It collects:

• food waste every week, from a kerbside green bin using kitchen caddy liners provided by the Council for free;
   
• dry recycling every week, in single-use blue sacks, for:
  • metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, 
  • plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, 
  • food and drink cartons such as Tetra Pak,
  • cardboard, and
  • paper; and
     
• glass bottles and jars every three weeks, from a black box. For homes where this service isn't currently available, residents must take their glass bottles and jars to their local glass bank to be recycled, or if they have a communal glass collection point for their property, they should recycle their glass bottles and jars in this way.

CCC also collects:

• hygiene and nappy waste every two weeks, in single-use purple sacks, if residents have registered for this free service; 
   
• garden waste every two weeks between March and November, from a green wheelie bin, if residents have registered for this chargeable service; and
   
• non-recyclable waste every three weeks, in up to three single-use black sacks. When buying sacks, residents must ensure they don’t exceed a 60-litre capacity.

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.

There are four Recycling Centres in the county, which residents may use for free. Residents should visit the Council's website to check opening times, site rules, if they need a permit to attend in a large vehicle, and if they need to book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Carmarthenshire County Council's website.