Caerphilly County Borough Council has been named as the second best performing local authority in Wales with 15,795 tonnes of waste during the first quarter of 2012/13.
The latest figures show that Caerphilly has a 59.9% recycling rate. Denbighshire is the best in Wales with 60.5%.
Cllr David Poole, cabinet member for community and leisure services, said: “I am delighted that Caerphilly is helping to improve and drive recycling forward in Wales.
“These statistics are testament to the hard work of our Waste Strategy and Operations teams and the tremendous efforts of residents in the county borough. Increases have been aided by food waste collections which, along with regular kerbside collection services, have proven to be very successful methods of diverting waste from landfill.”
Welsh councils collectively recycled 53% of their waste during the first quarter.
Environment Minister John Griffiths said: “Wales is leading the way on recycling because the people of Wales are increasingly realising that burying their rubbish in the ground is no longer an option and are choosing more sustainable ways to manage their waste.
“We must now keep the momentum going and continue to build on our recycling success so that we can meet our challenging targets of 70% recycling by 2025 and zero waste by 2050.”
And that's after the men forgot my little bin last week…! Good work; you put some other councils to shame.