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

Newry, Mourne and Down

48%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
454kg
Residual waste per person
235kg
Total recycling per person
108kg
Total compost per person
111kg

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
40k
tonnes of waste was recycled

Savings

Selected materials
£4m
saved by recycling instead of disposal

Climate change impact

Selected materials
15k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
15,143t
Food and Garden Waste
2
3,372t
Food and Garden Waste
3
1,683t
Food and Garden Waste
4
SAICA Paper UK Ltd
Partington, England
1,319t
Paper
5
Huhtamaki (Lurgan) Ltd
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
974t
Paper

Where does your recycling go?

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

Glass


Amount recycled
2,470t
CO2 avoided
1,865t
Disposal saving
£279,113
Reported as exported
77%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,847t
CO2 avoided
4,691t
Disposal saving
£208,680
Reported as exported
41%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
8,194t
CO2 avoided
4,482t
Disposal saving
£925,940
Reported as exported
66%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
2,317t
CO2 avoided
1,244t
Disposal saving
£261,847
Reported as exported
86%

Top destinations