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Recycling rate
63%
Total waste per person
468kg
Residual waste per person
171kg

Recycling service

Anglesey provides residents with a weekly kerbside-sort collection service for food and dry recycling, with residents presenting recycling in: a 38-litre lidded red box for paper, card and textiles (in a plastic bag); a 55-litre blue box for plastic bottles and pots, mixed cans and clean foil items; a 55-litre orange box for glass bottles and jars and cardboard; and a 23-litre brown food waste caddy and a 7-litre kitchen caddy.

The council also operates a fortnightly garden waste service, with residents entitled to a 240-litre green wheeled bin. 

In addition, a nappy collection service for children under the age of four is provided to council tax-paying households. Bulky household waste items can be collected for a charge of £30 for up to four items.

From October 2016, the council began collecting residual waste once every three weeks, from 240-litre black wheeled bins. 

There are two household waste recycling centres across the county at Penhesgyn and Gwalchmai.

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Household waste recycling centres

Gwalchmai Recycling Household Waste Centre

Gwalchmai Recycling Household Waste Centre
53.2592, -4.42402

Penhesgyn Household Waste Recycling Centre

Penhesgyn Household Waste Recycling Centre
53.2451, -4.19899

In total
All materials
21k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£2m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
11k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
5,008t
Organic Waste
2
Ardagh Group
Wakefield, England
2,309t
Glass
3
unspecified
Bourne, England
2,197t
Incinerator Bottom Ash
4
Llwyn Isaf
Llanllyfni, Wales
2,120t
Organic Waste
5
Romiley Board Mill
Stockport, England
1,628t
Paper

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
2,311t
CO2 avoided
1,745t
Estimated disposal saving
£261,160
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
1,830t
CO2 avoided
4,648t
Estimated disposal saving
£206,792
Reported as exported
5%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
7,142t
CO2 avoided
357t
Estimated disposal saving
£807,037
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
2,416t
CO2 avoided
1,322t
Estimated disposal saving
£273,040
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
994t
CO2 avoided
533t
Estimated disposal saving
£112,373
Reported as exported
1%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
310t
CO2 avoided
1,806t
Estimated disposal saving
£35,011
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

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