EIR Request - Waste

Request 101002239793

1. How much non-recyclable waste has been collected by your council broken down each year? (2015-present)?
2. What happens to your non-recyclable waste? (Burnt for energy, landfill etc.)
3. How much recyclable waste has been collected by your council broken down each year? (Are you able to break this down by recyclable stream eg. Plastics, cardboard) (2015-present)?
4. What is the final location for the councils recycled rubbish, broken down by waste streams? Ie. How much of the recyclables and non-recyclable waste is exported and to where?
5. Do any of your waste streams travel outside of the Europe or the British Isles? If so, where and how much?

Response 21-08-2019

1.How much non-recyclable waste has been collected by your council broken down each year? (2015-present)?

                 2015 – 16            2016 – 17          2017 - 18            Destinations / Treatment
Waste       26,661.04 t         26,076.45 t         26,618.55 t          Moray Council operated land fill site in Moray Land filled

2.What happens to your non-recyclable waste? (Burnt for energy, landfill etc.)

Land filled

3.How much recyclable waste has been collected by your council broken down each year? (Are you able to break this down by recyclable stream eg. Plastics, cardboard) (2015-present)?

                                    2015 – 16         2016 – 17            2017 - 18             Destinations / Treatment
Green & Food             10,341.83 t        10,936.44 t          10,187.96 t           Keenans Recycling, New Deer, Aberdeenshire Composted
Glass                            3,024.47 t         3,116.28 t            3,286.75 t             MKD 32, Leith, Recycled in UK and Europe
Plastics  (Type 1 & 2)   837.04 t            764.68 t               729.12 t                Wyllie Recycling, Perth, Granulated on site for reprocessing
Mixed Papers               4,854.44 t         4,578.02 t            4,294.66 t             SAICA Ltd, Saica Dundee – 6 Moatmill, Inveraldie, Dundee, DD4 0QL
Cardboard                   1211.30 t           1,262.84 t            1,183.98 t             SAICA Ltd, Saica Dundee – 6 Moatmill, Inveraldie, Dundee, DD4 0QL
Aluminium Cans           122.59 t             102.56 t               129.3 t                  Novelis UK ltd, Warrington, Recycled on site
Steel Cans                    305.29 t             288.22 t              278.96 t                J R Adams,  Glasgow, Treated on site for reprocessing

4.What is the final location for the councils recycled rubbish, broken down by waste streams? Ie. How much of the recyclables and non-recyclable waste is exported and to where?

See above

5.Do any of your waste streams travel outside of the Europe or the British Isles? If so, where and how much?

As far as possible, all our recycling streams remain within the UK
Glass MKD 32 have outlets for recycling within UK, Spain & Portugal