Your recycling and what happens to it
Belfast

Belfast

40%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
502kg
Residual waste per person
302kg
Total recycling per person
111kg
Total compost per person
88kg

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
68k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£6m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
24k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
22,211t
Food and Garden Waste
2
4,354t
Food and Garden Waste
3
Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
4,022t
Glass
4
UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd
Shotton, Wales
3,794t
Paper
5
Cherry Pipes Ltd (Cherry Plastics)
Craigavon, Northern Ireland
3,319t
Plastic

Where does your recycling go?

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

Glass


Amount recycled
5,405t
CO2 avoided
4,081t
Disposal saving
£610,811
Reported as exported
7%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
11,736t
CO2 avoided
6,420t
Disposal saving
£1,326,211
Reported as exported
43%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
3,803t
CO2 avoided
2,042t
Disposal saving
£429,745
Reported as exported
11%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
172t
CO2 avoided
1,002t
Disposal saving
£19,436
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations