Recycling and Waste | Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Recycling and Waste Collection Days

Find your recycling and waste collection day using our postcode search facility.

Need more bags?

Pick up recycling and food waste bags from local collection points.

What can you recycle?

Find out what can go in your bags.

Get a Green Waste Collection

View how to arrange your green waste collections.

Clear Bag Recycling

View what you can dispose of in your clear recycling bags for kerbside collection.

Food Recycling

View what you can place in your food recycling bags for kerbside collection and request a food waste bin.

Missed household waste and recycling

If after 24 hours your household waste has not been collected, you can report your issue.

Nappy Collections

View more about FREE weekly disposable nappy collections.

Bulky Item Collection

Book a bulky item collection using our booking system.

Request a food bin/caddy

Request a new or replacement food bin/caddy online.

Black bag waste

View what you can place in your black bag waste and how many black bags you can put out for kerbside collection.

Report a Missed Collection

Report a missed recycling or waste collection.

Additional Black Bag Allowance

Households may apply for additional bags to give extra capacity for general waste.

Assisted Collections

Assisted collection can be applied for by residents who have physical difficulties in carrying their recycling or waste to their bin collection point.

Waste Resource and Framework 2025 to 2030

View the Council’s approach to delivering a cost effective, high performing waste collection service over the next 5 years’

Recycling Education and Learning

Find out about our community events, education visitors centre and access a range of learning resources.

Find a Tip or Recycling Centre

Find your local community recycling centre or recycling banks.

Pet and animal waste

View how to dispose of your pet and animal waste.

Incontinence Pad Collections

Clinical Waste

Arrange for your clinical waste to be collected by Cwm Taf University Health Board.

Battery Recycling

Batteries can be recycled at your local Community Recycling Centres.

Repair and Re-use

View where you can repair and reuse everyday household items.

Asbestos disposal

Our Community Recycling Centre at Ty Amgen, Llwydcoed will accept asbestos from household properties.

Home Composting

Approximately 30% of the contents of your bin are kitchen scraps and garden waste can be turned into compost for your garden.

Bins to Bags Collections

View details of the changes that are now in for force for Black Bag Collections.

My bin/bag/sack has a sticker

If you have received a sticker on your waste or recycling then it usually means that the you have placed an item in your bin that shouldnt be there.

RCT Waste and Reource Strategy 2025-2030

This strategy sets out the Council’s approach to delivering a cost effective, high performing waste collection service over the next 6 years.