Recycling rate
71%
Total waste per person
447kg
Residual waste per person
128kg

Recycling service

Neath Port Talbot Council (NPTC) 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 green caddy using caddy liners provided by the Council for free; and
     
  • dry recycling every week, 
     
    • from a reusable black box (without a lid) for glass bottles and jars,
       
    • from a reusable white bag (white bag 1) for metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, and plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays
       
    • from a reusable white bag (white bag 2) for cardboard, food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak) and paper, and
       
    • from a reusable small white bag for household batteries.

NPTC also collects:

  • disposable nappy and incontinence waste every two weeks in single-use purple sacks, from homes registered for this free service; 
     
  • garden waste every two weeks from a reusable green bag(s); and
     
  • non-recyclable waste every two weeks from a black wheelie bin or up to three single-use black sacks

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

The Council provides three Recycling Centres. Residents should visit the Council's website to check if they need to book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Neath Port Talbot Council's website.

Reuse and recycling centres

Briton Ferry Recycling Centre

Briton Ferry Recycling Centre
51.6277, -3.82764

Cymmer Recycling Centre

Cymmer Recycling Centre
51.6514, -3.65163

Lower Cwmtwrch Recycling Centre

Lower Cwmtwrch Recycling Centre
51.770819885132, 3.7793346782615

In total
All materials
46k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£6m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
20k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
4,161t
Rubble and Aggregate
2
Derwen
Blaenhonddan, Wales
3,076t
Rubble and Aggregate
3
MD Recycling Ltd
Llangoedmor, Wales
3,009t
Garden waste
4
Kings Dock
Landore, Wales
2,731t
Wood
5
Day Aggregates Ltd
Bristol, England
2,063t
Incinerator Bottom Ash

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2024/25

Batteries

Batteries

Amount recycled
29t
CO2 avoided
17t
Estimated disposal saving
£3,778
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Food waste

Food waste icon

Amount recycled
5,817t
CO2 avoided
97t
Estimated disposal saving
£756,194
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Garden waste

Garden waste icon

Amount recycled
4,755t
CO2 avoided
237t
Estimated disposal saving
£618,116
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
4,243t
CO2 avoided
3,204t
Estimated disposal saving
£551,603
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

Metal icon

Amount recycled
3,181t
CO2 avoided
8,080t
Estimated disposal saving
£413,543
Reported as exported
7%

Top destinations

Paper

Paper and cardboard icon

Amount recycled
6,711t
CO2 avoided
3,671t
Estimated disposal saving
£872,469
Reported as exported
97%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
4,171t
CO2 avoided
2,235t
Estimated disposal saving
£542,165
Reported as exported
25%

Top destinations

Textiles

Textil icon

Amount recycled
234t
CO2 avoided
1,363t
Estimated disposal saving
£30,407
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Waste electrical and electronic equipment icon

Amount recycled
949t
CO2 avoided
172t
Estimated disposal saving
£123,312
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations