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Recycling rate
65%
Total waste per person
531kg
Residual waste per person
188kg

Recycling service

Cyngor Gwynedd (CG) 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 brown caddy using caddy liners provided by the Council for free; and
     
  • dry recycling every week, from either a Trolibocs unit comprising three boxes, or a set of reusable blue boxes, 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
    • cardboard and paper.

CG also collects:

  • nappies every week in yellow single-use sacks, from homes registered for this free service;
     
  • garden waste every two weeks, from a brown wheelie bin, from homes registered for this chargeable service; and
     
  • non-recyclable waste every three weeks, from either a green wheelie bin or in up to three single-use black sacks.

The Council provides a bulky 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.

The Council manages eight Recycling Centres. Residents must book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Cyngor Gwynedd's website.

Household waste recycling centres

Dolgellau Recycling Centre

Dolgellau Recycling Centre
52.747, -3.87748

Harlech Recycling Centre

Harlech Recycling Centre
52.8696, -4.10648

Pwllheli Recycling Centre

Pwllheli Recycling Centre
52.8899, -4.40499

Rhwngddwyryd Recycling Centre

Rhwngddwyryd Recycling Centre
52.9558, -4.24621

Caergylchu Recycling Centre, Caernarfon

Caergylchu Recycling Centre, Caernarfon
53.1402, -4.25245

Y Bala Recycling Centre

Y Bala Recycling Centre
52.9101, -3.59159

Bangor Recycling Centre

Bangor Recycling Centre
53.218, -4.11147

Blaenau Ffestiniog Recycling Centre

Blaenau Ffestiniog Recycling Centre
53.0047, -3.94454

In total
All materials
42k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
20k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Biogen
Llanllyfni, Wales
4,841t
Organic Waste
2
4,630t
Organic Waste
3
Reuse Glass Uk Ltd
Wakefield, England
4,315t
Glass
4
3,906t
Rubble and aggregate
5
Ballast Phoenix Ltd
Runcorn, England
3,777t
Incinerator Bottom Ash

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
4,622t
CO2 avoided
3,489t
Estimated disposal saving
£522,248
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
3,743t
CO2 avoided
9,507t
Estimated disposal saving
£422,969
Reported as exported
5%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
11,576t
CO2 avoided
579t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,308,134
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
5,851t
CO2 avoided
3,201t
Estimated disposal saving
£661,189
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
2,033t
CO2 avoided
1,090t
Estimated disposal saving
£229,737
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
378t
CO2 avoided
2,205t
Estimated disposal saving
£42,746
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations