Your recycling and what happens to it
Lisburn and Castlereagh

Lisburn and Castlereagh

51%
Recycling rate
Total waste per person
519kg
Residual waste per person
255kg
Total recycling per person
118kg
Total compost per person
118kg

Household waste recycling centres

The Cutts Household Recycling Centre

The Cutts Household Recycling Centre
54.54370471, -6.028068787

Drumlough Household Recycling Centre

Drumlough Household Recycling Centre
54.42565124, -6.056301902

Carryduff Household Recycling Centre

Carryduff Household Recycling Centre
54.51703646, -5.881052302

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
12k
tonnes of CO2 emissions was avoided

Top 5 UK recycling destinations

1
15,788t
Food and Garden Waste
2
3,183t
Food and Garden Waste
3
Natural World Products (NWP) Recycling Ltd
County Armagh, Northern Ireland
3,000t
Food and Garden Waste
4
Enva Northern Ireland Ltd
Toomebridge, Northern Ireland
1,960t
Glass
5
Cherry Pipes Ltd (Cherry Plastics)
Craigavon, Northern Ireland
1,243t
Plastic

Where does your recycling go?

Top countries (selected materials: Dry Recyclables) - 2024/25

Glass


Amount recycled
2,234t
CO2 avoided
1,687t
Disposal saving
£252,444
Reported as exported
8%

Top destinations

Metal


Amount recycled
1,769t
CO2 avoided
4,494t
Disposal saving
£199,914
Reported as exported
62%

Top destinations

Paper


Amount recycled
4,650t
CO2 avoided
2,543t
Disposal saving
£525,406
Reported as exported
93%

Top destinations

Plastic


Amount recycled
1,550t
CO2 avoided
833t
Disposal saving
£175,190
Reported as exported
20%

Top destinations