Recyclable Materials

Aberystwyth Recycling Centre is licensed to collect, store and transport a wide range of materials in order to help build a more sustainable future for our planet: reducing landfill and reusing materials wherever possible.

However, it is important to note that we provide facilities for 'recycling' rather than 'waste disposal'.
For this reason there are restrictions on the materials that we can take:

Some materials need to be sorted by our operatives by hand prior to being processed. For reasons of health and hygene, we would be therefore be grateful if you would rinse cans, bottles and containers before depositing them.

 

Ferrous & non-ferrous metals

We take an array of metal waste, from cans and tins to scrap metal. It is important that food cans are clean and preferably separated into aluminium and steel. Food cans are generally steel, drinks cans generally aluminium. However, a sure way to know which is which is to use a magnet: steel is attracted, aluminium is not.

  • Steel food and drinks cans
  • Aluminium cans
  • Aluminium foil
  • Waste metal, White goods (except refrigerators/freezers)
  • Garage scrap
Plastics

We take a number of different domestic and industrial plastics.

Domestic plastics.
It is very important that the recyclables are cleaned. In particularly the milk bottles, yoghurt pots and margarine tubs as all recyclables are hand sorted.

Commercial customer are welcome but please contact us.

  • Milk bottles
  • Clear plastic bottles
  • Coloured plastic bottles
  • Carrier bags/clear wrap
  • Soft domestic plastic i.e.
    Yoghurt pots, margarine tubs
Card

We take all forms of cardboard, and offer a daily/weekly collection service at competitive rates. For more information contact our office.

We can also supply flat pack cardboard boxes for home removals.

We accept:

  • Brown envelopes
  • Cardboard boxes
  • Paper feed sacks
  • All card
Paper

We take all grades of clean waste paper:

  • Catalogues
  • Phone directories
  • Newspaper
  • Cardboard
  • Paper feed sacks
  • Books
  • Magazines
  • White letter
  • Envelopes
Glass

We can take ALL glass bottles and jars as well as sheet glass. However, because of the way it is constructed, we are unable to take laminated glass.

  • Bottles
  • Jars
  • Window panes
    BUT NOT:
  • Laminated glass
  • Shop windows
  • Car windscreens
  • Wired security glass
Miscellaneous

We also have the facilities to recycle:

  • Clothing and Fabrics
  • CDs and DVD
  • Redundant Computers & Circuit boards
  • Toner & Ink cartridges