Wastesavers

We collect the household recycling in Newport on behalf of the Council.

We are a social enterprise and registered charity. Our charity reuse projects not only help people in need but also improve their wellbeing and help the environment.

Our History

Wastesavers began life in 1985 as an environmental, interest group promoting the importance of reuse and recycling.

In the mid 90’s it became more proactive and began picking up old newspapers from peoples doorsteps for recycling, and hand sorting these at the local paper mill. In 1995 Wastesavers collected and recycled 22 tonnes of paper

Today Wastesavers recycles more than 18,000 tonnes of material a year and can’t imagine hand sorting the 5000 tonnes of paper it collects. That’s more than 85,000 trees per year!

We now employ more than 100 people across our kerbside and commercial operations as well as our reuse and education charity work.