Recycling rate
65%
Total waste per person
531kg
Residual waste per person
183kg

Recycling service

Wrexham County Borough Council provides all homes with a weekly dry recycling collection service. In the majority of cases, tins, cans, plastic bottles and metal are collected from a green box, glass bottles and jars from a black box and paper from a blue bag.

In the summer of 2016, 13,000 properties were given Wheelie Boxes – a stacked unit of three recycling boxes on a trolley to simplify the sorting of materials. The top box takes paper and cardboard, the middle box takes plastic, tins and aerosol cans, and the bottom box takes glass.

Wheeled recycling bins are provided for residents living in communal properties. These take paper and cardboard, mixed plastics, glass, tins and cans.

Residents can subscribe to a garden waste collection service for £25 per bin, with each additional bin costing £17.

Food waste is collected weekly alongside the green bins in a separate grey food waste caddy. 

The council also provides a bulky household waste collection service for furniture, white goods, garden equipment, carpets and small and large WEEE. Up to eight items can be collected for a minimum charge. 

One 240-litre bin’s worth of residual waste is taken a black or blue wheelie bin every two weeks.

There are three household waste recycling centres across the county at Bryn Lane, Brymbo and Plas Madoc.

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Household waste recycling centres

Wrexham Industrial Estate Household Recycling Centre

Wrexham Industrial Estate Household Recycling Centre
53.0482, -2.91407

Brymbo Household Recycling Centre

Brymbo Household Recycling Centre
53.0658, -3.04478

Plas Madoc Household Recycling Centre

Plas Madoc Household Recycling Centre
52.9834, -3.06272

In total
All materials
48k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
22k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
3 C Waste Ltd
Upton, England
11,900t
Organic Waste
2
4,436t
Rubble and aggregate
3
Tudor Griffiths Ltd
Ellesmere, England
4,145t
Rubble and aggregate
4
Ballast Phoenix Limited
Wakefield, England
3,344t
Incinerator Bottom Ash
5
Harpers Norbord Ltd
Stirling, Scotland
2,598t
Wood

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
4,108t
CO2 avoided
3,101t
Estimated disposal saving
£464,186
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
3,891t
CO2 avoided
9,883t
Estimated disposal saving
£439,663
Reported as exported
33%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

Organic waste icon

Amount recycled
12,518t
CO2 avoided
626t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,414,515
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
4,270t
CO2 avoided
2,336t
Estimated disposal saving
£482,526
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
2,138t
CO2 avoided
1,146t
Estimated disposal saving
£241,626
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
693t
CO2 avoided
4,039t
Estimated disposal saving
£78,307
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

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