Your recycling and what happens to it
Ards and North Down

Ards and North Down

55%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
536kg
Residual waste per person
244kg
Total recycling per person
128kg
Total compost per person
165kg

Household waste recycling centres

Balloo Recycling Centre

Balloo Recycling Centre
54.639825, -5.666252

Newtownards Recycling Centre

Newtownards Recycling Centre
54.6021546, -5.691801798

Comber Recycling Centre

Comber Recycling Centre
54.544138, -5.766528

Holywood Recycling Centre

Holywood Recycling Centre
54.641005, -5.838677

Ballygowan Recycling Centre

Ballygowan Recycling Centre
54.544119, -5.766507

Millisle Recycling Centre

Millisle Recycling Centre
54.608287, -5.531211

Donaghadee Recycling Centre

Donaghadee Recycling Centre
54.642506, -5.531926

Kircubbin Recycling Centre

Kircubbin Recycling Centre
54.48873637, -5.526641745

Portaferry Recycling Centre

Portaferry Recycling Centre
54.385566, -5.542429

In total

All materials
47k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
18k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
21,048t
Food and Garden Waste
2
Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
4,403t
Glass
3
UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd
Shotton, Wales
4,145t
Paper
4
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
2,814t
Food and Garden Waste
5
2,230t
Food and Garden Waste

Where does your recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials: Dry Recyclables) - 2019/20

Glass


Amount recycled
4,403t
CO2 avoided
3,324t
Disposal saving
£497,572
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,729t
CO2 avoided
4,393t
Disposal saving
£195,432
Reported as exported
59%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
6,848t
CO2 avoided
3,746t
Disposal saving
£773,810
Reported as exported
34%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
1,878t
CO2 avoided
1,008t
Disposal saving
£212,181
Reported as exported
19%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
752t
CO2 avoided
4,382t
Disposal saving
£84,959
Reported as exported
55%

Top destinations