Recycling rate
66%
Total waste per person
478kg
Residual waste per person
165kg

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
30k
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
6,867t
Organic Waste
2
4,322t
Organic Waste
3
Recresco Ltd
Cwmbran, Wales
2,700t
Glass
4
2,638t
Rubble and aggregate
5
Day Aggregates Ltd
Bristol, England
2,383t
Incinerator Bottom Ash

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2019/20

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
3,028t
CO2 avoided
2,286t
Estimated disposal saving
£342,112
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
1,376t
CO2 avoided
3,495t
Estimated disposal saving
£155,473
Reported as exported
23%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
11,199t
CO2 avoided
560t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,265,473
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
4,944t
CO2 avoided
2,704t
Estimated disposal saving
£558,647
Reported as exported
64%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
1,076t
CO2 avoided
577t
Estimated disposal saving
£121,621
Reported as exported
22%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
140t
CO2 avoided
818t
Estimated disposal saving
£15,858
Reported as exported
37%

Top destinations