Recycling rate
64%
Total waste per person
561kg
Residual waste per person
201kg

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
43k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
17k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Ballast Phoenix Ltd
Runcorn, England
5,009t
Incinerator Bottom Ash
2
5,007t
Organic Waste
3
4,541t
Rubble and aggregate
4
Biogen
Llanllyfni, Wales
4,507t
Organic Waste
5
Reuse Glass Uk Ltd
Wakefield, England
3,952t
Glass

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2023/24

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
4,278t
CO2 avoided
3,230t
Estimated disposal saving
£483,419
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

Metal icon

Amount recycled
2,874t
CO2 avoided
7,300t
Estimated disposal saving
£324,767
Reported as exported
8%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
11,616t
CO2 avoided
581t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,312,611
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

Paper and cardboard icon

Amount recycled
5,724t
CO2 avoided
3,131t
Estimated disposal saving
£646,758
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
1,969t
CO2 avoided
1,056t
Estimated disposal saving
£222,549
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
290t
CO2 avoided
1,691t
Estimated disposal saving
£32,781
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations