Recycling rate
70%
Total waste per person
412kg
Residual waste per person
122kg

Recycling service

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.

Household waste recycling centres

Nantycaws Household Waste Recycling Centre, Carmarthen

Nantycaws Household Waste Recycling Centre, Carmarthen
51.8358, -4.21636

Trostre Household Waste Recycling Centre, Llanelli

Trostre Household Waste Recycling Centre, Llanelli
51.6743, -4.13671

Wernddu Household Waste Recycling Centre, Ammanford

Wernddu Household Waste Recycling Centre, Ammanford
51.82, -3.96398

Whitland Household Waste Recycling Centre

Whitland Household Waste Recycling Centre
51.8207, -4.62144

In total
All materials
55k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£6m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
22k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
CWM Environmental Ltd
Llanegwad, Wales
7,165t
Organic Waste
2
Knauf Insulation Ltd
Cwmbran, Wales
5,337t
Glass
3
3,883t
Organic Waste
4
CWM Environmental Ltd
Llanegwad, Wales
3,863t
Rubble and aggregate
5
Kronospan Ltd
Ruabon, Wales
3,509t
Wood

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2023/24

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
5,738t
CO2 avoided
4,332t
Estimated disposal saving
£648,357
Reported as exported
3%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
2,675t
CO2 avoided
6,795t
Estimated disposal saving
£302,296
Reported as exported
12%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
16,881t
CO2 avoided
844t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,907,565
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
8,289t
CO2 avoided
4,534t
Estimated disposal saving
£936,671
Reported as exported
95%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
3,473t
CO2 avoided
1,862t
Estimated disposal saving
£392,491
Reported as exported
90%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
381t
CO2 avoided
2,220t
Estimated disposal saving
£43,048
Reported as exported
85%

Top destinations