Newport

Recycling rate

59%

Total waste per person

474kg

Residual waste per person

195kg

Recycling Service

Newport City Council offers a weekly kerbside-sort recycling service using two recycling boxes and one bag: a red bag for plastics, cans and foil; a green box for cardboard, cartons and glass jars; and a blue box for paper, small electrical items and clean textiles. The service is run by Wastesavers on behalf of the council.

Food waste is also collected weekly with the council providing liners and a food caddy.

Batteries can be recycled in partnership with ERP UK Ltd at Newport Market, local libraries or the Wastesavers Reuse Centre.

The council also provides a bulky household item collection service for furniture and large WEEE for £6 per item. Wastesavers Community Furniture Shop will also collect good quality furniture.

Garden waste in orange-lidded green bins and rubbish bins are collected fortnightly, on alternate weeks.

The council operates one household waste recycling centre.

Visit Newport council website

Household waste recycling centres in Newport

Newport Household Waste Recycling Centre

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

12k

tonnes of CO₂ emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1	Newport City Council, Allt-yr-yn, Wales	4,704t Organic Waste
2	Biogen, Aberdare, Wales	3,974t Organic Waste
3	Recresco Ltd, Cwmbran, Wales	3,874t Glass
4	Viridor Waste (Somerset) Ltd, Bridgwater, England	3,019t Organic Waste
5	UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd, Shotton, Wales	1,945t Paper

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Where is your recycling going to?

Top 10 countries (selected materials)

Where is your recycling going to?

Top 10 countries (selected materials)

Glass

Amount recycled 4,028t

CO₂ avoided 806t

Estimated disposal saving £430,993

Reported as exported 0%

Destinations

	Recresco Ltd, Cwmbran, Wales
	Glass Tech Recycling Ltd, Llandarcy, Wales
	GD Environmental Services Ltd, Alway, Wales
	Neal Soil Suppliers Ltd, Cardiff, Wales

Metal

Amount recycled 1,621t

CO₂ avoided 3,987t

Estimated disposal saving £173,429

Reported as exported 32%

Destinations

	Celsa Group, Cardiff, Wales
	Unspecified, Pakistan
	Novelis, Appleton, England
	European Metal Recycling Ltd, Cardiff, Wales
	Unspecified, Unspecified, India

Organic Waste

Amount recycled 12,131t

CO₂ avoided 728t

Estimated disposal saving £1,297,993

Reported as exported 0%

Destinations

	Newport City Council, Allt-yr-yn, Wales
	Biogen, Aberdare, Wales
	Viridor Waste (Somerset) Ltd, Bridgwater, England
	Biogen, Atherstone, England
	William Tracey Ltd, Beith, Scotland

Paper

Amount recycled 6,245t

CO₂ avoided 2,123t

Estimated disposal saving £668,227

Reported as exported 14%

Destinations

	UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd, Shotton, Wales
	SAICA Paper UK Ltd, Partington, England
	DS Smith, Sittingbourne, England
	Parry and Evans Ltd, Shotton, Wales
	Wave Environmental Solutions,, Caerphilly, Wales

Plastic

Amount recycled 2,634t

CO₂ avoided 1,528t

Estimated disposal saving £281,843

Reported as exported 0.53%

Destinations

	J and A Young Ltd, Corby, England
	Jayplas, Loughborough, England
	GD Environmental Services Ltd, Alway, Wales
	AMF Polymers, Cwmbran, Wales
	GD Environmental Services Ltd, Newport, England

Textiles

Amount recycled 524t

CO₂ avoided 3,140t

Estimated disposal saving £56,096

Reported as exported 0%

Destinations

	JMP Wilcox and Company Ltd, Wednesfield, England
	Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd, Wellingborough, England
	Oxfam, Southampton, England
	Equi Elite Surfaces Ltd, Great Aycliffe, England
	Eco Surface Solutions, Sudbury, England

Waste electrical and electronic equipment

Amount recycled 783t

CO₂ avoided 141t

Estimated disposal saving £83,756

Reported as exported 0%

Destinations

	Sims Group UK Ltd, West Bromwich, England
	Sims Group UK Ltd, Allt-yr-yn, Wales
	Mekatek Ltd, Caerphilly, Wales
	Unspecified, Alway, Wales
	Unspecified, Newport, Wales