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Recycling rate
65%
Total waste per person
429kg
Residual waste per person
151kg

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 and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak),
       
    • from a reusable black box (with a lid) for 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.

Household waste 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
39k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£4m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
16k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
3,100t
Rubble and aggregate
2
unspecified
Sible Hedingham, England
2,323t
Organic Waste
3
Sims Group UK Ltd
Blaenhonddan, Wales
2,164t
Rubble and aggregate
4
MD Recycling Ltd
Llangoedmor, Wales
1,813t
Organic Waste
5
Kronospan Ltd
Ruabon, Wales
1,649t
Wood

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
2,329t
CO2 avoided
1,758t
Estimated disposal saving
£263,188
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
2,255t
CO2 avoided
5,728t
Estimated disposal saving
£254,808
Reported as exported
1%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
9,537t
CO2 avoided
477t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,077,656
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
6,039t
CO2 avoided
3,304t
Estimated disposal saving
£682,445
Reported as exported
72%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
2,977t
CO2 avoided
1,596t
Estimated disposal saving
£336,369
Reported as exported
5%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
366t
CO2 avoided
2,133t
Estimated disposal saving
£41,350
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations