Recycling in the office

* Shredded paper – please bag separately.
* Glass – Some offices now have their own glass recycling bin. If your office doesn’t, glass can be taken to your local recycling centre/bring site.

Weekly Food Collections are available from most offices. Caddies and liners are provided as well as a dedicated external bin to store the waste. The food is then composted centrally. Please do not put packaging in the food waste caddy. Paper towels should be placed in the recycling bin instead.

For more details or to get more caddy liners please email the CE Contact Centre mailbox.

Batteries are placed in specialised battery containers which are located at various offices in the county:

• Ammanford: Glanaman Depot, Parc Amanwy, Town Hall
• Carmarthen: 3 Spilman Street, 5 & 8 Spilman Street, Cillefwr Depot, County Hall, Parc Myrddin, Pibwrlwyd, Parc Dewi Sant, Nantyci 
• Llanelli: Town Hall, Trostre Depot, Ty Elwyn, Tyr Nant, The Hub

To arrange for the emptying of a battery bin please ring our partners ERP on: 08456 852424 you can also request this on their website.  

Please leave the container type option on the default setting i.e. cardboard box/up to 25 kg.  Please note 20 working days notice is required so please report when container is ¾ full.

Recycling Konica Empty toner / Waste Bins

When you have empty toner or waste bins you can contact Sue Clarke, EOS Solutions South Ltd on 01306 631 070 or e-mail info@eossolutionsltd.com.

They will send you a flat packed box, fill the box with the empty toner and then contact them when you require the box to be collected by a courier (full details will be given on the box).

It is up to you if you prefer to have a permanent box in your section and then ring when full, or if you want to keep empty toners and ring when you need a box, this is up to you and your office.

If you have any IT equipment e.g. old/unused computers, laptops, keyboards or other hardware items please request this online through  the IT Helpdesk with a list of items to be collected from your office to reuse/recycle.

Please note that with any chargeable waste collection, you must check with Property (Asset Management) prior to setting up the contract – email:  Environment BSU or 01267 248124.

Cardboard

Cardboard is a separate chargeable contract between each building and a waste services provider.  If your office regularly has cardboard boxes to dispose of, you should have a dedicated wheeled bin for cardboard recycling.

If you wish to set up a contract for cardboard you can contact CWM Environmental directly on 01267 225520 or alternatively you can use any other licensed private waste contractor.

Confidential shredding

Confidential waste paper is a chargeable contract between each building and a waste services provider. 

If you wish to set up a contract for confidential waste paper, you can contact CWM Environmental directly on 01267 225520 or alternatively you can use any other licensed private waste contractor.

Large office furniture collections

Redundant furniture and electrical items can be collected by our bulky waste service for a charge, £226 for up to 10 items. E-mail: ENVTradeWaste@carmarthenshire.gov.uk

General waste disposal

If you require a residual waste (trade waste) collection or have any trade waste queries then please email ENVTradeWaste@carmarthenshire.gov.uk, as charges will vary.

For further information on recycling is available on our website.

The following offices have glass recycling banks:

• County Hall, Carmarthen – Car park
• Parc Myrddin, Carmarthen – Outside Block 7 near rear entrance
• Parc Dewi Sant, Carmarthen – In waste compound near Block 2
• Pibwrlwyd, Carmarthen – In waste compound in car park
• 1,2,3, 5-8 Spilman Street, Carmarthen – Car park
• Ty Elwyn, Llanelli – Car park
• Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli – Car park

If your office doesn’t have a glass recycling bank, glass can be taken to your local recycling centre/bring site.