More than half of all waste in Caerphilly County Borough is recycled, latest figures have revealed.
Figures from the Welsh Assembly show that in 2010-11 the council reused, recycled or composted 51% of domestic and commercial waste – 1% shy of the Welsh Government target for 2012-13.
Caerphilly County Borough Council came third in a list of Welsh local authorities for recycling its waste.
Cllr Lyn Ackerman, cabinet member for public services and housing said: “This is fantastic news and we are obviously delighted with the success of our recycling schemes to date – but we still have more to do. The majority of our residents have really got behind us and their excellent efforts have resulted in Caerphilly leading the way in Wales.
“We are now looking to the minority of residents who currently are not participating in the recycling scheme to get involved – it is only by working together that we can achieve these challenging targets, so please encourage friends, family and neighbours to all do their bit.”
Top of recycling authorities was Denbighshire with 55%, followed by Anglesey with 54%.
Blaenau Gwent only managed to recycle 35%, Newport 44% and Cardiff 42%.
Councils face fines of £200 for every tonne of waste sent to landfill below the recycle target by 2012-13.