Presteigne Recycling Centre

10/12/2024

Did you know the average household in Powys throws out £720 worth of potentially edible food every year!!!

That's £46 million pounds a year going in the bin, which we then have to pay again to dispose of!

Whilst it's great to recycle this via our weekly food collection service, we can all save money and reduce waste by freezing food at home before it goes off.

For handy hints on freezing your food visit: -

https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/blog/seven-foods-you-never-knew-you-could-freeze

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Oeddech chi'n gwybod bod cartref cyffredin ym Mhowys yn taflu gwerth £720 o fwyd a allai fod yn fwytadwy bob blwyddyn! Mae hynny'n £46 miliwn o bunnoedd y flwyddyn yn mynd yn y bin!

Er ei bod yn wych ailgylchu hwn trwy ein gwasanaeth casglu bwyd wythnosol, gallwn oll arbed a***n a lleihau gwastraff trwy rewi bwyd gartref cyn iddo ddiflannu. I gael awgrymiadau defnyddiol ar rewi eich bwyd ewch i: -

https://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/blog/seven-foods-you-never-knew-you-could-freeze

03/12/2024

If your recycling looks like this 👆 then you're a recycling hero! 🦸‍♀️

Our research shows that our 5 friends pictured are most commonly put in the rubbish bin, when they could have easily been be recycled.

Most councils in the UK accept these items for recycling, and you can always check your local area to be sure by using the recycling locator on our website.

https://bit.ly/Recycle_N

23/11/2024

Did you know? Food and drinks cartons e.g. Tetra Pak®️ can be recycled in your red box every week in Powys.

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Oeddech chi'n gwybod? Cartonau bwyd a diod e.e. Gellir ailgylchu Tetra Pak®️ yn eich blwch coch bob wythnos ym Mhowys.

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18/10/2024

11/09/2024

Coming to a Community near you - Dark Skies!

🕧 12.30PM
🎟️ Free event

Come and hear how a small Radnorshire community became the first International Dark Sky Community in England & Wales 🌠

Discover the effects of light pollution on our health and the environment, and learn how you can help reduce it in your own community 🌱💡 🌍

📷 Photo courtesy of Presteigne & Norton Dark Skies and Buzz Drones

Presteigne Dark Skies

18/08/2024

There are some types of toughened glass designed for reuse and made more heat resistant such as Pyrex dishes and these are chemically different and have a different melting point to your normal jars and bottles, so they cannot be recycled at home.

Likewise ceramics e.g. crockery. Preferably these items should be reused via charity shops, but, if not they can go in the rubble skips at our HWRC's. This all gets crushed up and graded and used as aggregate in the local construction industry.

Mae rhai mathau o wydr gwydn wedi'u cynllunio i'w hailddefnyddio a'u gwneud yn fwy gwrthsefyll gwres fel prydau Pyrex ac mae'r rhain yn gemegol wahanol ac mae ganddynt bwynt toddi gwahanol i'ch jariau a'ch poteli arferol, felly ni ellir eu hailgylchu gartref. Fel cerameg ddoeth fel llestri. Yn ddelfrydol gall hyn ailddefnyddio drwy siopau elusen ond os nad yw, gall fynd yn y sgipiau rwbel yn ein HWRCs. Mae'r rhain yn cael eu gwasgu a'u graddio a'u defnyddio fel agregau yn y diwydiant adeiladu lleol.

05/08/2024

Did you know? Your food waste gets recycled at anaerobic digestion plants into renewable green bio-gas and a fertiliser type output. Across the UK, the anaerobic digestion of just domestic food waste alone, already reduces our imports of fertiliser by £25m and reduces CO2 emissions by 200,000 tonnes per annum! So lets recycle more!

Oeddet ti'n gwybod? Mae eich gwastraff bwyd yn cael ei ailgylchu mewn gweithfeydd anaerobig i fio-nwy gwyrdd adnewyddadwy ac allbwn math gwrtaith. Ledled y DU, mae treulio anaerobig gwastraff bwyd domestig yn unig, eisoes yn lleihau ein mewnforion gwrtaith £25m ac yn lleihau allyriadau CO2 200,000 tunnell y flwyddyn!

25/07/2024

NEWS: Card recycling banks to be removed from community recycling sites

When community recycling sites were first introduced there were no kerbside recycling collections. The sole purpose of these site's was to allow residents to recycle household items close to home. However, with the weekly kerbside recycling service now well established, card, along with other items, can be easily recycled from home.

More: https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/16834/Card-recycling-banks-to-be-removed-from-community-recycling-sites

06/07/2024

Aluminium foil trays from pies, quiches, takeaways etc can be recycled every week in your red box. Simply give it a quick rinse & recycle

Gellir ailgylchu hambyrddau ffoil alwminiwm o basteiod, quiches, siopau cludfwyd ac ati bob wythnos yn eich bocs coch. Yn syml, rhowch rins cyflym ac ailgylchwch

03/07/2024

Did you know? Powys residents go through about 2 million aerosols a year! If you stacked them end to end they would reach from Welshpool to London and back!

Lets make sure they all get recycled, in your red box with your cans. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿♻️🥫



https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/1052/What-can-and-cannot-go-in-your-Red-box---Plastic-and-Cans

Oeddet ti'n gwybod? Mae trigolion Powys yn mynd trwy tua 2 filiwn o erosolau y flwyddyn! Pe baech yn eu pentyrru o ben i ben byddent yn cyrraedd o'r Trallwng i Lundain ac yn ôl!

Gadewch i ni sicrhau eu bod i gyd yn cael eu hailgylchu 🏴♻️🥫

01/07/2024

13/06/2024

Soft plastics, plastic films, plastic bags and wrapping, flexible plastics – whatever you call them; these can now be recycled at your local supermarket. Jus...

09/06/2024

Da iawn Cymru 👏

We are now the second best recycling nation in the world, thanks to our dedicated councils, and YOU 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Let's keep working towards a greener future and aim for number 1!

25/05/2024

Batteries can be recycled in Spar.

All batteries need to be recycled and never binned as they contain heavy metals like Cadmium and can be hazardous if thrown in with our household rubbish. To find your nearest battery recycling points visit:

https://bit.ly/3KckYH0

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Mae angen ailgylchu'r holl fatris a pheidiwch byth â'u binio gan eu bod yn cynnwys metelau trwm fel Cadmiwm a gallant fod yn beryglus os cânt eu taflu i mewn gyda'n sbwriel cartref. I ddod o hyd i'ch mannau ailgylchu batris lleol, ewch i:

https://bit.ly/3KckYH0

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Powys recycles Recycle Your Electricals

18/05/2024