Recycling sites

There are a number of locations across Swansea where you can take items to be recycled.

Our 5 household waste recycling centres have facilities to recycle and dispose of household waste free of charge. They are not able to accept trade, commercial, construction or demolition waste.

Black bags can only be taken to Llansamlet and Clyne household waste recycling centres. We are asking residents to make sure there are no recyclable materials in their black bags before they go into the non-recyclable skip at Llansamlet or Clyne.

The tables below show what you can recycle at each site.

The centres are only closed on Christmas Eve afternoon (from 1.00pm), Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

Information about all our sites, including opening times are available on our Using the recycling sites page.

Household waste recycling centres

Domestic material	Llansamlet	Clyne	Garngoch	Penlan	Tir John
Aluminium foil	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Batteries - car	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Batteries - household	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Books	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Cans (food and drink)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cardboard	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Carpets	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Cartons (Tetra Paks) + paper cups	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ceramics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clothes/ textiles (no duvets, pillows or cushions)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cooking oil	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Electrical goods	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Engine oil	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Flourescent tubes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Food - out of date cupboard food/freezer breakdowns in original packaging (no tins or glass accepted)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Food waste	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Fridges/freezers	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Furniture	Yes	No	No	No	No
Gas cylinders	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Garden waste	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Glass (bottles and jars)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Glass (window/plate)	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Household chemicals	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Large domestic appliances	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Mattresses	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Metal (scrap)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Nappies	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paint	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Paper	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plastic (pink bags)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plastic - large (eg furniture)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Plastic bags	Yes	No	No	No	No
Polystyrene	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reusable items including, furniture, electricals + bric-a-brac	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rubble	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Shoes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Soil	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Televisions and monitors	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wood (other eg MDF, laminate flooring, hollow doors)	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Wood	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Non-recyclable household waste	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Free compost available for public	No	No	No	No	Yes
Height restriction 2m	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Permits for using the household waste recycling centres

Recycling bring bank sites

Site	Glass and cans	Textiles and shoes	Paper	Books	Cartons
Asda, Llansamlet	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Caswell Bay car park recycling site	Yes	No	No	No	No
Paxton Street car park recycling site	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Penyrheol Leisure Centre recycling site	No	Yes	No	No	No
Quarry car park recycling site	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Sainsbury's car park recycling site	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Sketty Lane car park recycling site	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Water Street car park recycling site	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
West End Playing Field car park recycling site	Yes	No	No	No	No