FOI Request - Recycling
Request 101002934542
I would like to make a FOI request for the following information:
1. The total quantity of recyclate (in tonnes) managed by the council in (a) 2019 (b) 2020 (c) 2021 to date.
2. The amount of recyclate (in tonnes) managed by the council which was (a) sent for incineration (b) sent to be exported outside the UK, in (i) 2019 (ii) 2020, and (iii) 2021 to date.
Response 17-12-21
1.
| Material | 2019` | 2020 | 2021(Jan - Oct) |
| Paper | 4156.57 | 3696.54 | 2628.06 |
| Cardboard | 1042.76 | 918.45 | 633.06 |
| Mixed glass | 3101.68 | 3018.64 | 1632 |
| Mixed Cans & Plastics | 361.23 | 1359.36 | 496.06 |
| Plastics Type 1 & 2 | 846.71 | 340.25 | 581.78 |
| Aluminium Cans | 120.51 | 18.18 | 77.08 |
| Steel Cans | 275.5 | 76.16 | 123.72 |
| Wood | 2407.01 | 1403.23 | 1303.03 |
| Metals | 705.22 | 545.50 | 572.45 |
| WEEE | 874.98 | 611.16 | 1027.32 |
| Food & Green Waste | 9065.70 | 9302.16 | 6303.70 |
| Green Waste | 2065.35 | 1234.68 | 795.11 |
| Textiles | 192.58 | 141.17 | 66.43 |
| Total | 25,728.80 | 22,665.48 | 16,240.07 |
2a. As a Council we do not send any recycling materials for incineration
2b. In 2019, the company who we supplied our mixed glass to used to export the glass to various recycling outlets within Europe. Since 2020 our glass has gone to a company that recycles glass within the UK. As far as we are aware, all other recycling materials listed above are recycled within the UK