FOI release

Recycling and Enforcement

Case reference FOI2019/00865

Published 14 August 2019

Request

1. The percentage of wastage recycled by your council (i.e. recycling rate), broken down by year for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

2. Do you do enforce any of the following to encourage correct recycling or penalise incorrect recycling in your local authority area:

a). Issue fines to households

b). Issue warnings to households

c). Employ officers to monitor recycling bins

d). Refuse to collect waste that is incorrectly recycled or contaminated.

3. If your council does issue fines to households, please can you provide the number of fines issued, broken down by year for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

4. If your council does issue fines to households, please can you provide the amount of money collected in fines issued, broken down by year for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. If limited by time, please prioritise in order of Q1, Q2, Q3 etc.

Response

1) The percentage of wastage recycled by your council (i.e. recycling rate), broken down by year.

We don't hold data like this, it's calculated by DEFRA by financial year.

  • 2015/16 - 56.8%
  • 2016/17 - 59.7%
  • 2017/18 - 58.4%
  • 2018/19 - Not confirmed at this time. DEFRA publish this figure in about November

2) Do you do enforce any of the following to encourage correct recycling or

penalise incorrect recycling in your local authority area:

  • Issue fines to households

No

  • Issue warnings to households

Not sure of your definition here but we don't issue formal warnings

  • Employ officers to monitor recycling bins

No

  • Refuse to collect waste that is incorrectly recycled or contaminated

Yes. We will not collect it until the recycling has been correctly sorted.

  • If your council does issue fines to households, please can you provide the number of fines issued, broken down by year for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Not applicable

  • If your council does issue fines to households, please can you provide the amount of money collected in fines issued, broken down by year for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Not applicable

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