Recycling Centres

Cymmer Recycling Centre: Black Bag Changes from 28/8/2018: From 28th August, our bag splitting operation will be up and running at Cymmer Household Recycling Centre. Please make sure no recyclable materials are in your black bags. Read more

Household waste not collected as part of the kerbside recycling service can be sorted and taken to our Household Waste and Recycling Centres.

To use these facilities, you must be a resident of Neath Port Talbot and be recycling or disposing your own household waste. Trade or commercial waste is not accepted. See Commercial Waste for more information.

Facilities

Opening Times: All sites will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
9.00am to 5.00pm 7 days a week for 12 months of the year

Materials: Newspapers and magazines, glass bottles and jars, sheet glass, metal cans, plastics, vehicle batteries, household batteries, waste mineral (engine) oil, fluorescent light bulbs/tubes, household paint, textiles, shoes, green (garden) waste, soil, scrap metal, wood/timber, inert waste, general household waste, cardboard, fridges/freezers, waste electrical and electronic equipment, garden and household chemicals e.g. pesticides, fertilizers, pet care products and photographic equipment. (At the present time tyres are not accepted at these sites. Please contact your local tyre retailers to check if they take tyres for re-use/recycling)

Site Type: Household Waste & Recycling Centre

Location: Display on 'Find My Nearest' ... (Interactive Mapping Service)

Opening Times: All sites will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
8.30am to 5.00pm 7 days a week for 12 months of the year

Materials: Newspapers and magazines, glass bottles and jars, sheet glass, metal cans, plastics, vehicle batteries, household batteries, waste mineral (engine) oil, fluorescent light bulbs/tubes, household paint, textiles, shoes, green (garden) waste, soil, scrap metal, wood/timber, inert waste, general household waste, cardboard, fridges/freezers, waste electrical and electronic equipment, garden and household chemicals e.g. pesticides, fertilizers, pet care products, photographic equipment and bonded asbestos sheeting. (At the present time tyres are not accepted at these sites. Please contact your local tyre retailers to check if they take tyres for re-use/recycling)

Site Type: Household Waste & Recycling Centre

Location: Display on 'Find My Nearest' ... (Interactive Mapping Service)

Opening Times: All sites will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day
11.00am to 5.00pm 7 days a week for 12 months of the year

Materials: Newspapers and magazines, glass bottles and jars, sheet glass, metal cans, plastics, vehicle batteries, household batteries, waste mineral (engine) oil, fluorescent light bulbs/tubes, household paint, textiles, shoes, green (garden) waste, soil, scrap metal, wood/timber, inert waste, general household waste, cardboard, fridges/freezers, waste electrical and electronic equipment, garden and household chemicals e.g. pesticides, fertilizers, pet care products and photographic equipment. (At the present time tyres are not accepted at these sites. Please contact your local tyre retailers to check if they take tyres for re-use/recycling) From 28th August, our bag splitting operation will be up and running at Cymmer Household Recycling Centre. Please make sure no recyclable materials are in your black bags.

Site Type: Household Waste & Recycling Centre

Location: Display on 'Find My Nearest' ... (Interactive Mapping Service)

These centres are for HOUSEHOLDERS ONLY and not for contractors/trade use.

Cymmer Recycling Centre: Black Bag Changes

Please make sure there are no recyclable materials in your black bags before disposing of them in the waste skips at our recycling centres.

You need to remove recyclable materials from your black bags before you bring them to the site. Examples include:

  • Paper
  • Cardboard
  • Cans
  • Glass 
  • Plastics

If you need help removing recyclable materials, site operatives will help you when you arrive.

Why are we making these changes? 

  • The new recycling targets we have been given by the Welsh Government requires us to recycle 64% of Waste by 2019/2020 and 70% by 2025.
  • Recent analysis of black bag waste shows that just over 60% of the household waste in black bags can be recycled.
  • Black bag waste that contains recyclable material is costly to dispose of. Sorting it before you bring it not only helps us achieve our next recycling targets but will save money as well.

Van Permit

If you wish use a van or similar or trailer with more than one axle to take domestic waste from your household to one of the Household Waste and Recycling Centres in Neath Port Talbot then you need will need a permit.  To find out more information look at the Householder Permit system.

Building Type Waste

There is a charge to dispose of building-type waste.  Small amounts of waste of up to the equivalent of 3 sacks per week (Monday to Sunday - equivalent size of a typical household black bag), per household will be allowed to be disposed of free of charge at any of the sites - not including asbestos.

Larger loads will have to be taken to the site located in Briton Ferry Industrial Estate, and paid for as per the charging schedule below:

Waste Type  Rate from April 2018
Building rubble only £24.25 per tonne
Mixed building rubble
(containing stones, wood, ceramic items etc.)		 £61.80 per tonne
Ceramic Waste only £37 per tonne
Soil £24.25 per tonne
Plaster and Plasterboard £132.60 per tonne
Asbestos
(asbestos sheets should be wrapped in polythene sheeting)		 £18.05 per sheet/item
(based on 8ft x 3ft sheets)

All prices include VAT

The weight of waste will be charged as follows (the upper limit of each weight band will be used to calculate the payment)

This does NOT include asbestos which will be charged per sheet / item.

  • 0 to 100kgs
  • 100 to 250 kgs
  • 250 to 500 kgs
  • 500 to 1,000 kgs

Any amount greater than 1,000 kgs will be charged at 500 kg increments.

The weighbridge and payment facilities (cheque or credit/debit card) will be available between 8.30am to 5.00pm Mondays to Fridays and 8.30am to 12.30pm Saturdays and Sundays