Your recycling and what happens to it
Mid and East Antrim

Mid and East Antrim

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Choose financial year
50%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
528kg
Residual waste per person
263kg
Total recycling per person
114kg
Total compost per person
151kg

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
10,607t
Food and Garden Waste
2
5,449t
Food and Garden Waste
3
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
4,957t
Food and Garden Waste
4
Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
3,241t
Glass
5
Huhtamaki (Lurgan) Ltd
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
1,468t
Paper

Where does your recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials: Dry Recyclables) - 2022/23

Glass


Amount recycled
3,575t
CO2 avoided
2,699t
Disposal saving
£403,937
Reported as exported
9%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,714t
CO2 avoided
4,354t
Disposal saving
£193,689
Reported as exported
70%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
3,663t
CO2 avoided
2,004t
Disposal saving
£413,943
Reported as exported
46%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
1,818t
CO2 avoided
976t
Disposal saving
£205,451
Reported as exported
43%

Top destinations