Your recycling and what happens to it
Mid and East Antrim

Mid and East Antrim

49%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
538kg
Residual waste per person
274kg
Total recycling per person
107kg
Total compost per person
155kg

Household waste recycling centres

Waveney Road Household Recycling Centre

Waveney Road Household Recycling Centre
54.86217685, -6.281676873

Sullatober Household Recycling Centre

Sullatober Household Recycling Centre
54.73794726, -5.809608918

Redlands Household Recycling Centre

Redlands Household Recycling Centre
54.84645556, -5.811785331

Glenarm Household Recycling Centre

Glenarm Household Recycling Centre
54.73794726, -5.809576731

Larne South Household Recycling Centre

Larne South Household Recycling Centre
54.77610626, -5.733128581

In total

All materials
37k
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
9,159t
Food and Garden Waste
2
7,650t
Food and Garden Waste
3
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
4,793t
Food and Garden Waste
4
Enva Northern Ireland Ltd
Toomebridge, Northern Ireland
2,872t
Glass
5
Huhtamaki (Lurgan) Ltd
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
1,151t
Paper

Where does your recycling go?

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

Glass


Amount recycled
3,035t
CO2 avoided
2,291t
Disposal saving
£342,905
Reported as exported
5%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,702t
CO2 avoided
4,323t
Disposal saving
£192,326
Reported as exported
86%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
3,554t
CO2 avoided
1,944t
Disposal saving
£401,558
Reported as exported
65%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
1,741t
CO2 avoided
935t
Disposal saving
£196,752
Reported as exported
41%

Top destinations

Textiles


Amount recycled
222t
CO2 avoided
1,293t
Disposal saving
£25,070
Reported as exported
0%

Top destinations