Your recycling and what happens to it
Ards and North Down

Ards and North Down

55%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
511kg
Residual waste per person
228kg
Total recycling per person
118kg
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
46k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
16k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
17,772t
Food and Garden Waste
2
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
5,334t
Food and Garden Waste
3
Enva Northern Ireland Ltd
Toomebridge, Northern Ireland
4,166t
Glass
4
3,688t
Food and Garden Waste
5
UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd
Shotton, Wales
1,554t
Paper

Where does your recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials: Dry Recyclables) - 2023/24

Glass


Amount recycled
4,166t
CO2 avoided
3,145t
Disposal saving
£470,702
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,752t
CO2 avoided
4,451t
Disposal saving
£198,020
Reported as exported
64%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
6,846t
CO2 avoided
3,745t
Disposal saving
£773,553
Reported as exported
76%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
1,984t
CO2 avoided
1,066t
Disposal saving
£224,219
Reported as exported
22%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
379t
CO2 avoided
2,208t
Disposal saving
£42,812
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations