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Recycling rate
72%
Total waste per person
489kg
Residual waste per person
139kg

Recycling service

Pembrokeshire County Council operates a weekly multi-stream kerbside recycling scheme. Residents receive a blue box for paper recycling, a reusable blug bag for card and cardboard, a reusable red bag for metal packaging, a reusable reg bag for plastic packaging and cartons and a green box for glass packaging. 

Food waste is collected weekly with the council providing a large green food waste bin for the kerbside, a silver food waste caddy for the kitchen, and an annual supply of compostable bags to line the caddy.

Residual waste is collected once every three weeks. Each household is provided with 52 grey bags for the year and can put out a maximum of three grey bags for each kerbside collection, which is sent to an Energy from Waste facility in South Wales. 

The council also offers a fortnightly garden waste collection service from the start of March until the end of November. Residents have to subscribe to the service, with subscriptions opening at the start of February each year. annual subscriptions cost £48 normally, with a £5 discount for online subscribers.

A bulky household waste collection service is provided by submitting a request at the Council website at a cost of £20 for 10 items or less.

 

There are six household waste recycling centres across the county at Haverfordwest, Fishguard, St Davids, Crane Cross, Waterloo and Hermon.

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Household waste recycling centres

Winsel Waste and Recycling Centre

Winsel Waste and Recycling Centre
51.7781, -5.00423

Hermon Waste and Recycling Centre

Hermon Waste and Recycling Centre
51.9572, -4.6314

Manorowen Waste and Recycling Centre

Manorowen Waste and Recycling Centre
51.9804, -5.00784

Crane Cross Waste and Recycling Centre

Crane Cross Waste and Recycling Centre
51.7033, -4.72523

St David's Waste and Recycling Centre

St David's Waste and Recycling Centre
51.8985, -5.22228

Pembroke Dock Waste and Recycling Centre (Waterloo)

Pembroke Dock Waste and Recycling Centre (Waterloo)
51.6961, -4.92142

In total
All materials
43k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
15k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Lawrence Bros
Nolton, Wales
7,271t
Organic Waste
2
Lawrence Bros
Nolton, Wales
6,498t
Rubble and aggregate
3
6,314t
Organic Waste
4
unspecified
Cwmbran, Wales
3,333t
Glass
5
SAICA Paper UK Ltd
Partington, England
3,097t
Paper

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
3,432t
CO2 avoided
2,591t
Estimated disposal saving
£387,830
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
2,244t
CO2 avoided
5,699t
Estimated disposal saving
£253,560
Reported as exported
3%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
15,099t
CO2 avoided
755t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,706,232
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
4,911t
CO2 avoided
2,687t
Estimated disposal saving
£554,983
Reported as exported
6%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
1,426t
CO2 avoided
764t
Estimated disposal saving
£161,157
Reported as exported
7%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
221t
CO2 avoided
1,287t
Estimated disposal saving
£24,956
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

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