Rhondda Cynon Taf

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council operates a weekly co-mingled recycling collection service.

Using clear recycling bags, the service collects cardboard, glass bottles and jars, tins and cans, plastic bottles, polystyrene, pots, tubs and trays and cartons. The number of recycling bags a resident can put out weekly is unlimited.

Paper is also collected, and the council asks residents to put this in a separate bag to avoid contamination. Batteries are collected in a separate orange bag, which can be placed inside any of the clear recycling bags on the day of collection.

Garden waste is collected weekly from early March until early November and fortnightly from early November to late February, in the same recycling bags by a green waste vehicle, while residual waste is presented in black refuse bags or wheelie bins (dependent on the area) and is collected fortnightly.

There is a separate collection for food waste, which is collected weekly from large exterior caddies. Smaller kitchen caddies are provided by the council with biodegradable bags to line both bins. Additional bags are available on request.

Bulky household waste, restricted to furniture and small WEEE, is collected on request, with three items being collected at a time for a charge of £11.70. Bulky household items can be taken to one of the council's Community Recycling Centres free of charge. 

There are six recycling centres across the county at Aberdare, Ferndale, Dinas, Treforest, Llantrisant and Treherbert.

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