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Recycling rate
68%
Total waste per person
407kg
Residual waste per person
130kg

Recycling service

Powys 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;
     
  • glass bottles and jars every week, from an aqua box;
     
  • metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and food and drink cartons (such as Tetra Pak), every week, from a red box with net cover; and
     
  • cardboard and paper from a blue box with lid.

PCC also collects:

  • garden waste every two weeks between March and November, from a wheelie bin or in compostable paper bags, if residents have registered for this chargeable service; and
     
  • non-recyclable waste every three weeks, from a black wheelie bin or in single-use purple sacks.

The Council provides a bulky waste 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 manages five Household Waste Recycling Centres in the county. Residents should visit the Council's website to check if they need to book an appointment before they visit a site.

Visit Powys County Council's website.

Household waste recycling centres

Newtown Household Waste Recycling Centre

Newtown Household Waste Recycling Centre
52.5153, -3.29175

Welshpool Household Waste Recycling Centre

Welshpool Household Waste Recycling Centre
52.6572, -3.14171

Llandrindod Household Waste Recycling Centre

Llandrindod Household Waste Recycling Centre
52.246745175441, -3.3794642999947

Brecon Household Waste Recycling Centre

Brecon Household Waste Recycling Centre
51.942, -3.41046

Lower Cwmtwrch Household Waste Recycling Centre

Lower Cwmtwrch Household Waste Recycling Centre
51.7743, -3.7826

In total
All materials
37k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£4m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
17k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Recresco Ltd
Cwmbran, Wales
4,614t
Glass
2
DS Smith
Sittingbourne, England
4,456t
Paper
3
SED Services
Pemberton, England
3,247t
Organic Waste
4
Severn Trent Green Power
Eynsham, England
3,079t
Organic Waste
5
2,098t
Organic Waste

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
4,901t
CO2 avoided
3,701t
Estimated disposal saving
£553,863
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
2,549t
CO2 avoided
6,474t
Estimated disposal saving
£288,017
Reported as exported
2%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
12,518t
CO2 avoided
626t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,414,559
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
5,173t
CO2 avoided
2,830t
Estimated disposal saving
£584,578
Reported as exported
6%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
1,629t
CO2 avoided
873t
Estimated disposal saving
£184,119
Reported as exported
5%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
243t
CO2 avoided
1,417t
Estimated disposal saving
£27,480
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations