Recycling rate
72%
Total waste per person
500kg
Residual waste per person
140kg

Recycling service

Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) 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 green box for glass bottles and jars;

    • from a reusable red bag for metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak);

    • from a reusable blue bag for cardboard; and

    • from a blue box for paper.

PCC also collects:

  • absorbent hygiene products (AHP), such as nappies and incontinence items, every two weeks in single-use purple sacks, from homes that subscribe to this free service;

  • garden waste every two weeks between March and November, from a burgundy wheelie bin, from homes that subscribe to the chargeable service; and

  • non-recyclable waste every three weeks. Residents may put out up to three single-use black sacks every three weeks.

The Council provides a bulky household waste collection service. To find out how much this service costs, or to book a collection, residents should visit the Council’s website.

The Council manages six Waste and Recycling Centres across the county. Residents must book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Pembrokeshire County Council's website.

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
45k
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
9,244t
Organic Waste
2
Lawrence Bros
Nolton, Wales
7,266t
Rubble and aggregate
3
3,751t
Organic Waste
4
SAICA Paper UK Ltd
Partington, England
3,360t
Paper
5
Severn Trent Green Power
Hatfield, England
3,297t
Organic Waste

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2023/24

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
3,858t
CO2 avoided
2,912t
Estimated disposal saving
£435,902
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

Metal icon

Amount recycled
2,271t
CO2 avoided
5,769t
Estimated disposal saving
£256,671
Reported as exported
3%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
16,834t
CO2 avoided
842t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,902,258
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

Paper and cardboard icon

Amount recycled
4,944t
CO2 avoided
2,705t
Estimated disposal saving
£558,724
Reported as exported
7%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
1,467t
CO2 avoided
787t
Estimated disposal saving
£165,814
Reported as exported
12%

Top destinations

Textiles

Textil icon

Amount recycled
234t
CO2 avoided
1,366t
Estimated disposal saving
£26,486
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations