Torfaen

Torfaen County Borough Council (TCBC) provides a dual-stream kerbside collections service for recycling. This means that all dry recycling is split into two different containers.

It collects:

• food waste every week, from a brown caddy using caddy liners provided by the Council for free; 
   
• dry recycling every week, from a black box, which includes:
   
  • glass bottles and jars,
  • metal cans, tins, aerosols and foil,
  • plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays,
  • food and drink cartons, such as Tetra Pak,
  • paper, 
  • textiles, and
  • household batteries; and
     
• cardboard every week, from a reusable blue bag.

TCBC also collects:

• garden waste every two weeks (between March and November), from a green bin; 
   
• nappies and adult hygiene waste, such as disposable nappies and nappy-changing waste, every two weeks in single-use yellow sacks, from homes registered for this free service; and
   
• non-recyclable waste every two weeks, from a purple-lidded bin.

The Council provides a bulky 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 one Household Recycling Centre. To find out if they need to book an appointment before they visit the site, residents should visit the Council's website.

Visit Torfaen County Borough Council's website.