Your recycling and what happens to it
Lisburn and Castlereagh

Lisburn and Castlereagh

51%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
518kg
Residual waste per person
252kg
Total recycling per person
113kg
Total compost per person
151kg

Household waste recycling centres

The Cutts Household Recycling Centre

The Cutts Household Recycling Centre
54.54370471, -6.028068787

Drumlough Household Recycling Centre

Drumlough Household Recycling Centre
54.42565124, -6.056301902

Carryduff Household Recycling Centre

Carryduff Household Recycling Centre
54.51703646, -5.881052302

In total

All materials
40k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£4m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
11k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
15,480t
Food and Garden Waste
2
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
3,885t
Food and Garden Waste
3
3,303t
Food and Garden Waste
4
Enva Northern Ireland Ltd
Toomebridge, Northern Ireland
2,150t
Glass
5
Cherry Pipes Ltd (Cherry Plastics)
Craigavon, Northern Ireland
1,175t
Plastic

Where does your recycling go?

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

Glass


Amount recycled
2,150t
CO2 avoided
1,623t
Disposal saving
£242,984
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,622t
CO2 avoided
4,119t
Disposal saving
£183,250
Reported as exported
64%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
4,455t
CO2 avoided
2,437t
Disposal saving
£503,380
Reported as exported
74%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
1,420t
CO2 avoided
763t
Disposal saving
£160,504
Reported as exported
17%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
217t
CO2 avoided
1,267t
Disposal saving
£24,568
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations