Recycling rate
68%
Total waste per person
425kg
Residual waste per person
138kg

Recycling service

Denbighshire County Council (DCC) 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 an orange caddy using caddy liners provided by the Council for free; 
     
  • dry recycling every week, from either a Trolibocs unit comprising three boxes, or reusable bags, allowing residents to separate their:
     
    • glass bottles and jars,
       
    • metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak), and
       
    • paper;
       
  • cardboard from a reusable blue bag;
     
  • small electrical items every week, when residents place items loosely on top of their Trolibocs or one of their reusable bags
     
  • household batteries every week, from a reusable pink pouch clipped onto their Trolibocs handle, or in a single-use plastic bag, tied securely, then placed on top of one of their reusable bags; and
     
  • textiles every four weeks, in single-use white sacks. The sacks and service are provided by DCC's partner, Co-Options Social Enterprise.

DCC also collects:

  • absorbent hygiene products (AHP), such as nappies and incontinence items, every week from a black caddy with purple lid, from homes registered for this free service;
     
  • garden waste every two weeks, either from a 140-litre green wheelie bin or green dumpy sack(s), from homes registered for this chargeable service; and
     
  • non-recyclable waste every four weeks, from either a 240-litre black or blue wheelie bin, or every week in a single-use pink sack. Residents using pink sacks may put out one filled sack each week. On their collection day, they present their sack inside a reusable black bag.

The Council provides a bulky item 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.

The Council manages five permanent Recycling and Waste Parks. Residents must book an appointment before they visit a site. It also runs a Dee Valley residents' Pop-up Recycling Service that operates on the first four Saturday mornings of every month, alternating between Corwen and Llangollen. Denbighshire residents living in the Dee Valley may access this service.

Visit Denbighshire County Council's website.

Household waste recycling centres

Denbigh Recycling and Waste Park

Denbigh Recycling and Waste Park
53.1498, -3.1964

Recycling at Green Lane Car Park, Corwen

Recycling at Green Lane Car Park, Corwen
52.9912, -3.37924

Ruthin Recycling and Waste Park

Ruthin Recycling and Waste Park
53.122048228696, -3.3121007723573

Rhyl Recycling and Waste Park

Rhyl Recycling and Waste Park
53.3092, -3.49635

Recycling at Llangollen Pavilion

Recycling at Llangollen Pavilion
52.9736, -3.17544

In total
All materials
28k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£3m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
13k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Flintshire County Council
Greenfield, Wales
5,513t
Organic Waste
2
Biogen
St Asaph, Wales
3,616t
Organic Waste
3
Ballast Phoenix Ltd
Runcorn, England
3,478t
Incinerator Bottom Ash
4
SAICA Paper UK Ltd
Partington, England
1,875t
Paper
5
DS Smith
Sittingbourne, England
1,337t
Paper

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2023/24

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
2,140t
CO2 avoided
1,615t
Estimated disposal saving
£241,777
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

Metal icon

Amount recycled
1,692t
CO2 avoided
4,298t
Estimated disposal saving
£191,214
Reported as exported
11%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
10,331t
CO2 avoided
517t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,167,382
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

Paper and cardboard icon

Amount recycled
4,693t
CO2 avoided
2,567t
Estimated disposal saving
£530,291
Reported as exported
1%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
1,463t
CO2 avoided
784t
Estimated disposal saving
£165,343
Reported as exported
19%

Top destinations

Textiles

Textil icon

Amount recycled
438t
CO2 avoided
2,553t
Estimated disposal saving
£49,499
Reported as exported
2%

Top destinations