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Recycling rate
69%
Total waste per person
443kg
Residual waste per person
137kg

Recycling service

Conwy County Borough Council (CCBC) provides a weekly kerbside-sort collections service for recycling. This means it collects recyclable materials in separate containers.

It collects:

  • food waste every week, from a black caddy with green lid using caddy liners provided by the Council for free; 
     
  • dry recycling every week, from either a Trolibocs unit comprising three boxes, or reusable bags and a box, allowing residents to separate their:
     
    • glass bottles and jars and cardboard,
       
    • metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak), and
       
    • paper
       
  • household batteries every week, from a reusable white bag
     
  • small electrical items every two weeks, in single-use pink sacks
     
  • textiles every two weeks, in single-use purple sacks; and
     
  • coffee pods every two weeks, in single-use green sacks.

CCBC also collects:

  • absorbent hygiene products (AHP), such as disposable nappies and incontinence items, every week in single-use sacks from a caddy, from homes registered for this free service;
     
  • garden waste every two weeks, from a 240-litre brown wheelie bin, from homes registered for this chargeable service; and
     
  • non-recyclable waste every four weeks, from a 240-litre black wheelie bin.

The Council provides a bulky item collections service for large items (up to four items). To book a collection, or to find out how much this service costs, residents should visit the Council’s website.

The Council manages two Household Recycling Centres and operates a mobile recycling centre service at three locations on the first, second and third Saturdays of each month. Residents must book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Conwy County Borough Council's website. 

Household waste recycling centres

Mochdre Household Recycling Centre

Mochdre Household Recycling Centre
53.2981, -3.75959

Gofer Household Recycling Centre, Abergele

Gofer Household Recycling Centre, Abergele
53.2826, -3.54216

In total
All materials
36k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£4m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
16k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Waste Recycling Group
Llanddulas, Wales
6,801t
Organic Waste
2
Biogen
St Asaph, Wales
4,855t
Organic Waste
3
4,052t
Glass
4
3,432t
Rubble and aggregate
5
Smurfit Kappa
Darwen, England
2,638t
Paper

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
4,186t
CO2 avoided
3,160t
Estimated disposal saving
£472,984
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
1,859t
CO2 avoided
4,721t
Estimated disposal saving
£210,024
Reported as exported
31%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
12,664t
CO2 avoided
633t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,431,006
Reported as exported
1%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
4,551t
CO2 avoided
2,489t
Estimated disposal saving
£514,277
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
1,635t
CO2 avoided
876t
Estimated disposal saving
£184,743
Reported as exported
4%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
686t
CO2 avoided
4,000t
Estimated disposal saving
£77,554
Reported as exported
14%

Top destinations