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Recycling rate
70%
Total waste per person
421kg
Residual waste per person
126kg

Recycling service

Monmouthshire County Council (MCC) provides a weekly multi-stream recycling collections service to its residents.

It collects:

  • food waste every week, from a blue bin using caddy liners provided by the Council for free. The Council also provides a grey kitchen caddy, and residents can collect extra caddy liners from Community Hubs and Libraries;
     
  • metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak) every week, from a reusable purple bag;
     
  • cardboard and paper every week, from a reusable red bag; and
     
  • glass bottles and jars every two weeks, from a green box.

MCC also collects:

  • nappies and hygiene waste every two weeks in single-use yellow bags, if residents have registered for this service;
     
  • garden waste every two weeks between March and December, from a green wheelie bin. This service costs £50 per bin; and
     
  • non-recyclable waste every two weeks. Residents may put out up to two black bags every two weeks, ensuring they don’t exceed an 80-litre capacity.

The Council provides a furniture and large household item collections service for large items, such as furniture, beds, household appliances and large WEEE. Collections are managed by Homemakers Community Recycling on behalf of the Council. The service costs £20 for up to three items.

There are three Household Waste Recycling Centres across the county, at Caerwent, Llanfoist and Monmouth.

Visit Monmouthshire County Council's website.

Household waste recycling centres

Five Lanes Recycling Centre, Caerwent

Five Lanes Recycling Centre, Caerwent
51.6151, -2.80517

Llanfoist Recycling Centre, Abergavenny

Llanfoist Recycling Centre, Abergavenny
51.8129, -3.02252

Mitchel Troy Recycling Centre, Monmouth

Mitchel Troy Recycling Centre, Monmouth
51.7984, -2.71493

In total
All materials
27k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£3m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
11k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
5,926t
Organic Waste
2
4,804t
Organic Waste
3
Recresco Ltd
Cwmbran, Wales
3,163t
Glass
4
Day Aggregates Ltd
Bristol, England
1,539t
Incinerator Bottom Ash
5
1,278t
Rubble and aggregate

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
3,236t
CO2 avoided
2,443t
Estimated disposal saving
£365,634
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
1,451t
CO2 avoided
3,686t
Estimated disposal saving
£163,979
Reported as exported
5%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
10,732t
CO2 avoided
537t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,212,669
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
4,913t
CO2 avoided
2,687t
Estimated disposal saving
£555,183
Reported as exported
80%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
1,038t
CO2 avoided
556t
Estimated disposal saving
£117,263
Reported as exported
2%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
71t
CO2 avoided
416t
Estimated disposal saving
£8,066
Reported as exported
95%

Top destinations

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