Your recycling and what happens to it
Ards and North Down

Ards and North Down

50%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
559kg
Residual waste per person
281kg
Total recycling per person
129kg
Total compost per person
149kg

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
45k
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
15,805t
Food and Garden Waste
2
Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
4,634t
Glass
3
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
4,273t
Food and Garden Waste
4
4,043t
Food and Garden Waste
5
UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd
Shotton, Wales
3,765t
Paper

Where does your recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials: Dry Recyclables) - 2021/22

Glass


Amount recycled
4,634t
CO2 avoided
3,499t
Disposal saving
£523,628
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,866t
CO2 avoided
4,740t
Disposal saving
£210,874
Reported as exported
57%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
6,832t
CO2 avoided
3,737t
Disposal saving
£772,017
Reported as exported
44%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
1,991t
CO2 avoided
1,069t
Disposal saving
£224,937
Reported as exported
16%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
371t
CO2 avoided
2,160t
Disposal saving
£41,878
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations