Your recycling and what happens to it
Newry, Mourne and Down

Newry, Mourne and Down

49%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
478kg
Residual waste per person
242kg
Total recycling per person
118kg
Total compost per person
119kg

Household waste recycling centres

Downpatrick Recycling Centre

Downpatrick Recycling Centre
54.33254528, -5.701809392

Bann Road Recycling Centre

Bann Road Recycling Centre
54.25569697, -5.955950916

Ballykine Recycling Centre

Ballykine Recycling Centre
54.41033163, -5.908962118

Camlough Recycling Centre

Camlough Recycling Centre
54.184622, -6.396447

Kilkeel Recycling Centre

Kilkeel Recycling Centre
54.0623427, -6.0261554

Newry Recycling Centre

Newry Recycling Centre
54.16149171, -6.320014

Warrenpoint Recycling Centre

Warrenpoint Recycling Centre
54.11746995, -6.264904972

Newtownhamilton Recycling Centre

Newtownhamilton Recycling Centre
54.1930687, -6.5838955

Crossmaglen Recycling Centre

Crossmaglen Recycling Centre
54.0882305, -6.5754018

Hilltown Recycling Centre

Hilltown Recycling Centre
54.194987, -6.152894

In total

All materials
43k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£4m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
16k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
13,734t
Food and Garden Waste
2
4,847t
Food and Garden Waste
3
3,005t
Food and Garden Waste
4
Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
924t
Glass
5
T-Met Ltd
Dungannon, Northern Ireland
523t
Metal

Where does your recycling go?

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

Glass


Amount recycled
2,983t
CO2 avoided
2,253t
Disposal saving
£337,131
Reported as exported
42%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
2,083t
CO2 avoided
5,290t
Disposal saving
£235,356
Reported as exported
39%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
9,386t
CO2 avoided
5,134t
Disposal saving
£1,060,639
Reported as exported
90%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
2,518t
CO2 avoided
1,352t
Disposal saving
£284,579
Reported as exported
84%

Top destinations