Refuse & Recycling Collection
Case reference FOI2019/01156
Published 4 December 2019
Request
1. The total number (or nearest estimate) of residential recycling bins.
2. The total number of residents for which you organise refuse collection.
3. The total number of residential properties for which no recycling collection is offered.
4. What enforcement action do you have at your disposal if residents place rubbish in the incorrect bin, for example but not limited to, non-recyclable rubbish in the recycling bin?
5. How many incidents of using the enforcement action described in point 4 have there been in the 12 months leading up to September 30th 2019.
6. Please provide details of each enforcement action listed in response to point 5. If the action is a fine, please include the amount fined, and whether this has been paid. If required please assign each action an anonymous reference number for data protection purposes.
7. Do you have a "timed waste collection" system? For the purposes of this FOI "timed waste collection" means specific times during the day when bins are collected, and it is not permitted for bins to be placed outside out of this time.
8. What enforcement action do you have at your disposal if residents place rubbish outside for collection at the incorrect time within a day (if applicable), or day?
9. How many incidents of using the enforcement action described in point 8 have there been in for each month in the 12 months leading up to September 30th 2019.
Response
We have considered your request for information. Please find the response below.
1. The total number (or nearest estimate) of residential recycling bins (see definition below).
Of all the different types combined we have approximately 56,000 dry recycling bins, 53,500 external food waste bins, 58,000 internal food waste bins and 26,000 garden waste bins.
2. The total number of residents for which you organise refuse collection.
We organise refuse collections for 58,863 individual properties.
3. The total number of residential properties for which no recycling collection is offered.
All properties have a recycling collection provided by either bin, sack or communal bring site collections. 32 properties only receive refuse collections from the property, these all have a communal bring site locally.
4. What enforcement action do you have at your disposal if residents place rubbish in the incorrect bin, for example but not limited to, non-recyclable rubbish in the recycling bin?
We can use all legislation within the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990.
5. How many incidents of using the enforcement action described in point 4 have there been in the 12 months leading up to September 30th 2019.
Nil
6. Please provide details of each enforcement action listed in response to point 5. If the action is a fine, please include the amount fined, and whether this has been paid. If required please assign each action an anonymous reference number for data protection purposes.
N/A
7. Do you have a "timed waste collection" system? For the purposes of this FOI "timed waste collection" means specific times during the day when bins are collected, and it is not permitted for bins to be placed outside out of this time.
Yes, for a very limited number of properties on the High Street.
8. What enforcement action do you have at your disposal if residents place rubbish outside for collection at the incorrect time within a day (if applicable), or day?
Section 46 of the EPA or fly tipping legislation.
9. How many incidents of using the enforcement action described in point 8 have there been in for each month in the 12 months leading up to September 30th 2019.
Nil
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