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Recycling rate
65%
Total waste per person
429kg
Residual waste per person
151kg

Recycling service

Neath Port Talbot Council’s kerbside service is a multi-stream service known as ‘Recycle+’. Residents receive: two white 90-litre reusable hessian bags for plastics, card, cardboard, cartons, foil, tins and cans; a black box with a lid for paper and textiles; a black box without a lid for mixed glass only; reusable green bags for garden waste; green food waste bin to present for collection, and a white bag for household batteries.

Food waste is collected weekly from an outside collection bin, with residents also supplied with silver internal caddies and caddy liners.

Residual waste is collected fortnightly from either wheelie bins or in bags, at the same time as garden waste, which is presented in plastic recycling bags.

There are three recycling centres across the county at Briton Ferry, Cymmer and Lower Cwmtwrch. where Bulky household goods can be donated for sale at low prices at the Reuse Shop located at the Briton Ferry recycling centre.

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Household waste recycling centres

Briton Ferry Recycling Centre

Briton Ferry Recycling Centre
51.6277, -3.82764

Cymmer Recycling Centre

Cymmer Recycling Centre
51.6514, -3.65163

Lower Cwmtwrch Recycling Centre

Lower Cwmtwrch Recycling Centre
51.770819885132, 3.7793346782615

In total
All materials
39k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£4m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
16k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
3,100t
Rubble and aggregate
2
3,100t
Rubble and aggregate
3
unspecified
Sible Hedingham, England
2,323t
Organic Waste
4
Sims Group UK Ltd
Blaenhonddan, Wales
2,164t
Rubble and aggregate
5
MD Recycling Ltd
Llangoedmor, Wales
1,813t
Organic Waste

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2022/23

Glass

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Amount recycled
2,329t
CO2 avoided
1,758t
Estimated disposal saving
£263,188
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
2,255t
CO2 avoided
5,728t
Estimated disposal saving
£254,808
Reported as exported
1%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
9,537t
CO2 avoided
477t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,077,656
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
6,039t
CO2 avoided
3,304t
Estimated disposal saving
£682,445
Reported as exported
72%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
2,977t
CO2 avoided
1,596t
Estimated disposal saving
£336,369
Reported as exported
5%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
366t
CO2 avoided
2,133t
Estimated disposal saving
£41,350
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations