Recycling rate
61%
Total waste per person
490kg
Residual waste per person
192kg

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
43k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£3m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
19k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
3,535t
Organic Waste
2
Recresco Ltd
Sutton in Ashfield, England
3,424t
Glass
3
Cowbridge Compost Ltd
Cowbridge, Wales
2,238t
Organic Waste
4
Biogen
Aberdare, Wales
1,755t
Organic Waste
5
Severn Trent Green Power
Eynsham, England
1,131t
Organic Waste

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2018/19

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
3,870t
CO2 avoided
2,922t
Estimated disposal saving
£437,276
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

Metal icon

Amount recycled
1,948t
CO2 avoided
4,947t
Estimated disposal saving
£220,071
Reported as exported
16%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
10,993t
CO2 avoided
550t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,242,175
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

Paper and cardboard icon

Amount recycled
6,429t
CO2 avoided
3,516t
Estimated disposal saving
£726,439
Reported as exported
38%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
2,418t
CO2 avoided
1,296t
Estimated disposal saving
£273,234
Reported as exported
31%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
1,002t
CO2 avoided
5,839t
Estimated disposal saving
£113,209
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations