Your recycling and what happens to it
Lisburn and Castlereagh

Lisburn and Castlereagh

52%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
552kg
Residual waste per person
264kg
Total recycling per person
130kg
Total compost per person
158kg

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
42k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£4m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
12k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
16,910t
Food and Garden Waste
2
3,331t
Food and Garden Waste
3
Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
2,672t
Glass
4
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
2,589t
Food and Garden Waste
5
UPM Kymmene (UK) Ltd
Shotton, Wales
1,767t
Paper

Where does your recycling go?

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

Glass


Amount recycled
2,700t
CO2 avoided
2,038t
Disposal saving
£305,079
Reported as exported
1%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,622t
CO2 avoided
4,119t
Disposal saving
£183,266
Reported as exported
0.49%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
5,116t
CO2 avoided
2,798t
Disposal saving
£578,092
Reported as exported
50%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
1,740t
CO2 avoided
935t
Disposal saving
£196,653
Reported as exported
16%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
92t
CO2 avoided
536t
Disposal saving
£10,384
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations