Your recycling and what happens to it
Belfast

Belfast

38%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
486kg
Residual waste per person
302kg
Total recycling per person
104kg
Total compost per person
81kg

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
64k
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
19,180t
Food and Garden Waste
2
UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd
Shotton, Wales
4,353t
Paper
3
4,345t
Food and Garden Waste
4
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
4,087t
Food and Garden Waste
5
Cherry Pipes Ltd (Cherry Plastics)
Craigavon, Northern Ireland
2,921t
Plastic

Where does your recycling go?

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

Metal


Amount recycled
3,146t
CO2 avoided
7,990t
Disposal saving
£355,478
Reported as exported
74%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
9,942t
CO2 avoided
5,438t
Disposal saving
£1,123,438
Reported as exported
41%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
3,402t
CO2 avoided
1,827t
Disposal saving
£384,449
Reported as exported
14%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
550t
CO2 avoided
3,206t
Disposal saving
£62,164
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations