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Recycling rate
58%
Total waste per person
495kg
Residual waste per person
207kg

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
40k
tonnes of waste was recycled
Savings
Selected materials
£3m
saved by recycling instead of disposal
Climate change impact
Selected materials
16k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
5,185t
Organic Waste
2
LAS Recycling Ltd
Llangybi, Wales
2,475t
Glass
3
2,431t
Organic Waste
4
2,431t
Organic Waste
5
Cannington Enterprises Ltd
Bridgwater, England
2,044t
Organic Waste

Where does Wales’ recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials) 2014/15

Glass

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Amount recycled
3,986t
CO2 avoided
3,009t
Estimated disposal saving
£450,398
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal

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Amount recycled
844t
CO2 avoided
2,143t
Estimated disposal saving
£95,337
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Organic Waste

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Amount recycled
11,337t
CO2 avoided
567t
Estimated disposal saving
£1,281,097
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Paper

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Amount recycled
6,263t
CO2 avoided
3,426t
Estimated disposal saving
£707,760
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Plastic

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Amount recycled
1,970t
CO2 avoided
1,056t
Estimated disposal saving
£222,599
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Textiles

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Amount recycled
947t
CO2 avoided
5,520t
Estimated disposal saving
£107,027
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations