Your recycling and what happens to it
Ards and North Down

Ards and North Down

52%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
578kg
Residual waste per person
279kg
Total recycling per person
136kg
Total compost per person
163kg

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
48k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
17k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
19,144t
Food and Garden Waste
2
Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
5,344t
Glass
3
3,879t
Food and Garden Waste
4
UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd
Shotton, Wales
3,287t
Paper
5
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
3,086t
Food and Garden Waste

Where does your recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials: Dry Recyclables) - 2020/21

Glass


Amount recycled
5,344t
CO2 avoided
4,035t
Disposal saving
£603,843
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
2,019t
CO2 avoided
5,129t
Disposal saving
£228,158
Reported as exported
55%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
6,893t
CO2 avoided
3,771t
Disposal saving
£778,953
Reported as exported
48%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
2,112t
CO2 avoided
1,134t
Disposal saving
£238,712
Reported as exported
18%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
193t
CO2 avoided
1,126t
Disposal saving
£21,835
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations