Refuse, recycling and garden waste
Case reference FOI2019/00731
Published 9 July 2019
Request
Please can you provide figures for the year(s) 2016, 2017, 2018 outlining the rates of overall recycling by households in your council area? - Please can you also provide figures for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 outlining how much of the items put out to be recycled ended up being sent to a landfill and/or incinerated instead i.e. plastic - Please can you confirm how often you run the following services: A. Garden waste collections B. Recyclable waste collections C. Household waste collections - Finally, can you please confirm of the three above services listed that you offer to households in your area, whether or not any of these are out sourced to private companies.
Response
1) Please can you provide figures for the year(s) 2016, 2017, 2018 outlining the rates of overall recycling by households in your council area?
2015/16: 58.4
2016/17: 59.7
2017/18: 58.4
2018/19: Not yet calculated as the data is going through DEFRA checks
2) Please can you also provide figures for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 outlining how much of the items put out to be recycled ended up being sent to a landfill and/or incinerated instead i.e. plastic
The data for this is not held by us. DEFRA's WasteDataFlow calculates this using data from a range of sources.
3) Please can you confirm how often you run the following services:
We also run a weekly food waste, textile and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collections.
4) Finally, can you please confirm of the three above services listed that you offer to households in your area, whether or not any of these are out sourced to private companies.
All services are provided by in-house teams.
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