Recycling rate
59%
Total waste per person
477kg
Residual waste per person
197kg

Recycling service

Torfaen County Borough Council provides a weekly two-stream dry recycling collection service.

Glass bottles and jars, paper and plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays are collected from a black box. Textiles can also be included in the collection if put out in a bag. A blue bag takes cardboard and is collected every two weeks.

Food waste is taken weekly from a 23-litre brown caddy. Compostable liners are available for free from council buildings. A garden waste collection service operates fortnightly from March to November.

A bulky household waste collection service is available for furniture, small and large WEEE, bicycles and prams and pushchairs at a cost of £29 per collection for up to three items. For every additional item there is an extra £7 charge, with a maximum of eight items collected in one visit.

Residents can apply for a supply of heavy duty yellow bags to deposit nappies, which are collected alongside the residual waste.

Residual waste is collected fortnightly. In late 2015, the county’s 240-litre black residual waste wheelie bins were replaced with 140-litre purple-lidded bins to encourage residents to make better use of the recycling service. 

There is currently one household waste recycling centre in the county at New Inn.

Visit Torfaen council website

Household waste recycling centres

Torfaen Household Waste Recycling Centre, New Inn

Torfaen Household Waste Recycling Centre, New Inn
51.6916, -3.01843

In total
All materials
26k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£3m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
11k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
4,520t
Organic Waste
2
Day Aggregates Ltd
Bristol, England
2,859t
Incinerator Bottom Ash
3
Romiley Board Mill
Stockport, England
2,593t
Paper
4
Recresco Ltd
Cwmbran, Wales
2,516t
Glass
5
2,393t
Organic Waste

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

Glass icon

Amount recycled
2,554t
CO2 avoided
1,929t
Estimated disposal saving
£288,640
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

Metal icon

Amount recycled
1,419t
CO2 avoided
3,604t
Estimated disposal saving
£160,331
Reported as exported
20%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
7,939t
CO2 avoided
397t
Estimated disposal saving
£897,147
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

Paper and cardboard icon

Amount recycled
3,397t
CO2 avoided
1,858t
Estimated disposal saving
£383,811
Reported as exported
2%

Top destinations

Plastic

Plastic icon

Amount recycled
1,450t
CO2 avoided
777t
Estimated disposal saving
£163,859
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Textiles

Textil icon

Amount recycled
347t
CO2 avoided
2,023t
Estimated disposal saving
£39,224
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

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