Recycling rate
Total waste per person
Residual waste per person
Recycling Service
Ceredigion County Council operates a weekly co-mingled recycling system. Clear recycling bags provided by the council take paper, cardboard, tins and cans, Tetra Pak cartons, aerosols and plastics.
Food waste is collected weekly and residents are provided with 7-litre internal kitchen caddies for food waste as well as a 23-litre external caddy for use on collection days. 7-litre liners are free and the council sells 23-litre compostable liners at £1.30 for a roll of 25.
A fortnightly garden waste service is provided all year round, with residents being charged £1.20 per bag collected. A bulky household waste service is available at the kerbside collecting furniture and small and large WEEE for a cost of £42 for up to six items, and £42 for each further six items after that. Large outside furniture and household fittings such as doors or bathroom suites can be collected with a minimum fee of £50, with the total amount dependent on items to be collected.
Residual waste is collected from black bin bags or waste bins every fortnight. The council says that all reasonable amounts of waste in black bags will be collected if sufficient effort has been made to recycle as much waste as possible.

Household waste recycling centres in Ceredigion
In total
All materials

tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials

saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials

tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided
Top 5 UK recycling destinations
1 | Cwmistir Uchaf, Buan, Wales |
2,569t Rubble and aggregate |
2 | Severn Trent Green Power, Cynffig, Wales |
2,266t Organic Waste |
3 | Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling Limited, Ilkeston, England |
1,862t Incinerator Bottom Ash |
4 | Knauf Insulation Ltd, Cwmbran, Wales |
1,805t Glass |
5 | MD Recycling Ltd, Llangoedmor, Wales |
1,790t Organic Waste |
Where is your recycling going to?
Top 10 countries (selected materials)

Where is your recycling going to?
Top 10 countries (selected materials)

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