Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (MTCBC) 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 blue caddy using caddy liners provided by the Council for free; and

• dry recycling every week,

  • from a reusable blue bag for metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and toothpaste tubes;

  • from a black (or older green) box for glass bottles and jars; 

  • from a black (or older green) box for cardboard and food and drink cartons, such as Tetra Pak; and 

  • from a black (or older green) box for paper.

Residents may recycle small electrical items and textiles by putting them in separate single-use plastic bags and placing these next to their other recycling containers.

MTCBC also collects:

• garden waste every two weeks between April and November from a reusable green bag; and

• non-recyclable waste every two weeks from a black wheelie bin.

The Council provides a bulky household waste collections service for large electrical items and furniture. To find out how much this service costs, or to book a collection, residents should visit the Council’s website.

There are two Household Recycling Centres across the county. To find out if residents need to book an appointment before they visit a site, residents should visit the Council's website.

Visit Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council's website.