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Councils in Northern Ireland send recyclable materials to numerous destinations in the European Union.

Plastic

20,189t

Glass

15,572t

Metal

13,298t

Paper

4,785t

Textiles

11t

Local Councils	Material	Tonnes
Belfast	Plastic	4,555t
Belfast	Glass	4,121t
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Plastic	3,217t
Mid Ulster	Plastic	2,988t
Derry City and Strabane	Glass	2,571t
Derry City and Strabane	Plastic	2,561t
Belfast	Metal	2,556t
Mid Ulster	Glass	2,457t
Newry, Mourne and Down	Plastic	2,216t
Fermanagh and Omagh	Glass	2,119t
Mid Ulster	Metal	2,058t
Newry, Mourne and Down	Glass	2,033t
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Metal	2,029t
Antrim and Newtownabbey	Metal	1,806t
Causeway Coast and Glens	Plastic	1,751t
Newry, Mourne and Down	Metal	1,530t
Fermanagh and Omagh	Plastic	1,498t
Causeway Coast and Glens	Glass	1,115t
Lisburn and Castlereagh	Metal	1,086t
Belfast	Paper	1,080t
Causeway Coast and Glens	Metal	934t
Causeway Coast and Glens	Paper	923t
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Glass	704t
Ards and North Down	Paper	659t
Antrim and Newtownabbey	Paper	621t
Fermanagh and Omagh	Metal	618t
Lisburn and Castlereagh	Paper	531t
Antrim and Newtownabbey	Plastic	503t
Mid and East Antrim	Paper	501t
Ards and North Down	Plastic	427t
Ards and North Down	Metal	398t
Lisburn and Castlereagh	Plastic	285t
Mid and East Antrim	Metal	280t
Mid Ulster	Paper	271t
Fermanagh and Omagh	Paper	198t
Mid and East Antrim	Plastic	188t
Lisburn and Castlereagh	Glass	182t
Ards and North Down	Glass	180t
Mid and East Antrim	Glass	90t
Newry, Mourne and Down	Textiles	11t
Derry City and Strabane	Metal	3.6t