Recycling rate
71%
Total waste per person
453kg
Residual waste per person
133kg

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. 

Reuse and recycling centres

Gofer Household Recycling Centre, Abergele

Gofer Household Recycling Centre, Abergele
53.2826, -3.54216

Mochdre Household Recycling Centre

Mochdre Household Recycling Centre
53.2981, -3.75959

In total
All materials
37k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
15k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Waste Recycling Group
Llanddulas, Wales
5,053t
Garden waste
2
Biogen
St Asaph, Wales
4,144t
Food waste
3
SC Composting
Conwy, Wales
4,047t
Garden waste
4
3,728t
Glass
5
3,346t
Rubble and Aggregate

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2024/25

Batteries

Batteries

Amount recycled
17t
CO2 avoided
10t
Estimated disposal saving
£2,155
Reported as exported
40%

Top destinations

Food waste

Food waste icon

Amount recycled
5,382t
CO2 avoided
90t
Estimated disposal saving
£699,690
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Garden waste

Garden waste icon

Amount recycled
9,253t
CO2 avoided
462t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,202,943
Reported as exported
2%

Top destinations

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
3,753t
CO2 avoided
2,834t
Estimated disposal saving
£487,949
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

Metal icon

Amount recycled
2,026t
CO2 avoided
5,145t
Estimated disposal saving
£263,349
Reported as exported
34%

Top destinations

Paper

Paper and cardboard icon

Amount recycled
4,213t
CO2 avoided
2,305t
Estimated disposal saving
£547,721
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
1,674t
CO2 avoided
897t
Estimated disposal saving
£217,655
Reported as exported
1%

Top destinations

Textiles

Textil icon

Amount recycled
572t
CO2 avoided
3,334t
Estimated disposal saving
£74,373
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Waste electrical and electronic equipment icon

Amount recycled
227t
CO2 avoided
41t
Estimated disposal saving
£29,466
Reported as exported
27%

Top destinations