Recycling guide

Where does your recycling go?

Once we have collected your waste, we handle it in the most environmentally friendly way possible. We try to ensure that our collected items are composted, recycled or re-used wherever possible.

The next best option is to ‘recover energy’. For example, we use waste to make fuel to replace fossil fuels. The least favourable option is to send waste to landfill. Swindon is a leader in minimising landfill.

Recyclable waste

We send the recycling we collect to various different companies. Some materials generate an income for us to offset disposal costs. Other materials, such as plastics, cost money to send for processing.

The list below shows where we sent your recyclable waste in 2024:

Paper and card - Recycled by various companies including:

  • Aaditya Paptech Pvt, India
  • AMG Resources, Llanelli, Wales
  • Bati Kipas Kagit San, Turkey
  • Biffa, Corby, England
  • Cheng Loong Paper, Vietnam
  • Cheng Yang Paper Mill, Vietnam
  • Devesh Paper Mill, India
  • Dhruv Craft Mill, India
  • DS Smith, Netherlands
  • Enava, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
  • Gangotri Paper Mills, India
  • Koenen Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
  • Muda Paper Mill, Malaysia
  • ND Paper, Malaysia
  • Shakti Kraft, India
  • Siam Kraft Paper Industry, Thailand
  • Smurfit Kappa, Corby, England
  • Solidus Solutions, Netherlands
  • Somnath Craft Mill, India
  • Uma Kraft Paper Pvt, India
  • Vina Kraft Paper, Vietnam
  • Weig Technokarton, Gmbh, Germany
  • Wilson Paper Mills Pvt, India

Steel and aluminium cans - Recycled by:

Mixed glass - Recycled by:

Plastics - Recycled by: 

Black wheelie bin/blue bag collection

This is tipped at Waterside where it is loaded onto bulkers destined for Energy from Waste plants operated by Viridor in Ardley, Avonmouth, Lakeside and Trident Park, UK. These plants produce power which feeds the National Grid.

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