Your recycling and what happens to it
Belfast

Belfast

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Choose financial year
37%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
454kg
Residual waste per person
286kg
Total recycling per person
93kg
Total compost per person
75kg

Household waste recycling centres

Blackstaff Way Recycling Centre

Blackstaff Way Recycling Centre
54.57852763, -5.974652526

Alexandra Park Avenue Recycling Centre

Alexandra Park Avenue Recycling Centre
54.61972623, -5.932735202

Agnes Street Recycling Centre

Agnes Street Recycling Centre
54.60715435, -5.946940184

Palmerstown Road Recycling Centre

Palmerstown Road Recycling Centre
54.60399257, -5.876123731

Ormeau Road Recycling Centre

Ormeau Road Recycling Centre
54.58075566, -5.917862331

Cregagh Recycling Centre

Cregagh Recycling Centre
54.5711292, -5.896504

Springfield Avenue Recycling Centre

Springfield Avenue Recycling Centre
54.597244161865, -5.9631507189697

In total

All materials
58k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£5m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
24k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
21,554t
Food and Garden Waste
2
UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd
Shotton, Wales
4,322t
Paper
3
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
2,915t
Food and Garden Waste
4
Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
2,868t
Glass
5
Cherry Pipes Ltd (Cherry Plastics)
Craigavon, Northern Ireland
1,638t
Plastic

Where does your recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials: Dry Recyclables) - 2022/23

Metal


Amount recycled
2,818t
CO2 avoided
7,157t
Disposal saving
£318,402
Reported as exported
71%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
9,879t
CO2 avoided
5,404t
Disposal saving
£1,116,353
Reported as exported
38%

Top destinations