Newport

Recycling rate

60%

Total waste per person

470kg

Residual waste per person

189kg

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

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

13k

tonnes of CO₂ emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1	Viridor Waste (Somerset) Ltd, Bridgwater, England	6,449t (Organic Waste)
2	Biogen, Aberdare, Wales	3,753t (Organic Waste)
3	Recresco Ltd, Cwmbran, Wales	2,738t (Glass)
4	UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd, Shotton, Wales	2,532t (Paper)
5	J and A Young Ltd, Corby, England	1,125t (Plastic)

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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 3,965t

CO₂ avoided 793t

Estimated disposal saving £424,231

Destinations

	Recresco Ltd, Cwmbran, Wales	>>
	URM (UK) LTD, Wakefield, England	>>
	Glass Tech Recycling Ltd, Llandarcy, Wales	>>
	URM (UK) LTD, Thurrock, England	>>

Metal >>

Amount recycled 1,782t

CO₂ avoided 4,384t

Estimated disposal saving £190,677

Destinations

	Celsa Group, Cardiff, Wales	>>
	Unspecified, Pakistan	>>
	European Metal Recycling Ltd, Cardiff, Wales	>>
	Novelis, Appleton, England	>>
	Morris and Co Ltd, Blaenhonddan, Wales	>>

Organic Waste >>

Amount recycled 11,599t

CO₂ avoided 696t

Estimated disposal saving £1,241,057

Destinations

	Viridor Waste (Somerset) Ltd, Bridgwater, England	>>
	Biogen, Aberdare, Wales	>>
	Phoenix Green Solutions, Frampton Cotterell, England	>>
	Biogen, St Asaph, Wales	>>
	Biogen, Atherstone, England	>>

Paper >>

Amount recycled 7,162t

CO₂ avoided 2,435t

Estimated disposal saving £766,281

Destinations

	UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd, Shotton, Wales	>>
	Anhui Shanying Paper Industry Company, Anhui, China	>>
	DS Smith, Sittingbourne, England	>>
	Smurfit Kappa, Snodland, England	>>
	Nine Dragons Paper Industry (Dongguan) Co. Ltd., Guangdong, China	>>

Plastic >>

Amount recycled 2,696t

CO₂ avoided 1,564t

Estimated disposal saving £288,441

Destinations

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

Textiles >>

Amount recycled 420t

CO₂ avoided 2,516t

Estimated disposal saving £44,945

Destinations

	JMP Wilcox and Company Ltd, Wednesfield, England	>>
	Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd, Wellingborough, England	>>
	Oxfam, Southampton, England	>>
	British Heart Foundation, Esher, England	>>
	Envic Recycling , Bridgend, Wales	>>

Waste electrical and electronic equipment >>

Amount recycled 803t

CO₂ avoided 145t

Estimated disposal saving £85,916

Destinations

	Sims Group UK Ltd, West Bromwich, England	>>
	Sims Group UK Ltd, Allt-yr-yn, Wales	>>
	Mekatek Ltd, Llanharan, Wales	>>
	Unspecified, Alway, Wales	>>
	Mercury Recycling Ltd, Urmston, England	>>