Recycling rate
66%
Total waste per person
512kg
Residual waste per person
175kg

Recycling service

Monmouthshire County Council (MCC) 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 green box for glass bottles and jars,
       
    • from a reusable purple bag for metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak), and
       
    • from a reusable red bag for cardboard and paper.

MCC also collects:

  • nappies and hygiene waste every two weeks in single-use yellow sacks. Residents don't need to register for this free service and may collect yellow sacks from their local Community Hub;
     
  • garden waste every two weeks between March and December from a green wheelie bin, from homes registered for this chargeable service; and
     
  • non-recyclable waste every two weeks in up to two single-use black sacks.

The Council provides a furniture and large household item collections service for large items, managed by Homemakers Community Recycling. To find out how much this service costs, or to book a collection, residents should visit the Council’s website.

The Council manages three Household Waste Recycling Centres in the county. Residents must book an appointment before they visit a site.

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
32k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£2m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
10k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
2,969t
Organic Waste
2
DS Smith
Sittingbourne, England
2,336t
Paper
3
Smurfit Kappa
Snodland, England
966t
Paper
4
URM Ltd
North Elmsall, England
894t
Glass
5
Viridor Waste (Somerset) Ltd
Bridgwater, England
706t
Organic Waste

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2017/18

Glass

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Amount recycled
2,202t
CO2 avoided
1,663t
Estimated disposal saving
£248,846
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
1,437t
CO2 avoided
3,649t
Estimated disposal saving
£162,348
Reported as exported
44%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
3,962t
CO2 avoided
198t
Estimated disposal saving
£447,751
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
6,230t
CO2 avoided
3,408t
Estimated disposal saving
£704,033
Reported as exported
40%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
1,164t
CO2 avoided
624t
Estimated disposal saving
£131,574
Reported as exported
25%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
127t
CO2 avoided
739t
Estimated disposal saving
£14,334
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations