Luton Borough Council

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Luton

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000032

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: Eastern

Disposal Authority: Luton Borough Council

Population[2] 214,109
Land Area (ha)[3] 4,314.44
Population per ha 49.63

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 2
Population per HWRC 107,329
Land Area per HWRC 2,167.62

Authority Reported Metrics

For reporting period (Financial Year April to March): 2022-23


Ranked Metrics

Metric Indicator Ranking
Percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting (%) (Ex NI192) 24.9 321
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 328.3 75

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 83,293
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 20,813
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 62,480
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 1,608
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 75,040
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 18,682
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 13,869
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 4,813
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 56,358
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 48,433
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 3,878
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 2,439
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 1,608
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 8,254
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 2,131
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 6,123
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 22,368
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 40,000
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 20,813
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 112
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 0
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 664.8
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 26.9


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Fortnightly

Dry Recycleables: Fortnightly : Comingled

  • Method of Segregation[6]: To be completed by Local Authority

Green Waste: Fortnightly : Separate : Not Charged

Food Waste: None : Separate

Secondary[7]

Residual Collection: To be completed by Authority

Dry Recycleables: To be completed by Authority

  • Method of Segregation[6]: To be completed by Authority

Green Waste: To be completed by Authority

Food Waste: To be completed by Authority

Contract Arrangements

Residual Waste Collection: InHouse

Mixed Recycling Collections: InHouse

Organic Waste Collection: InHouse

Food Waste Collection: [[NNA]

Duration of Contract: 1

Contract Start Date: Ongoing/Rolling

Approximate Value: £5,604,500

Comments

NA


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[8]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Waste Recycling Group Ltd Kingsway, Luton, Bedfordshire NA 9063.97
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility F C C Recycling ( U K ) Limited Luton Transfer Station, Kingsway, Luton, Bedfordshire NA 3023.80
Green waste Windrow or other composting Material Change Limited Faldo Farm, Faldo Road, Barton Le Clay, Bedford, Bedfordshire Green garden waste only 5299.78
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery FCC Waste Service (UK) Ltd Bletchley Landfill Site, Drayton Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes NA 46866.42
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill FCC Waste Service (UK) Ltd Bletchley Landfill Site, Drayton Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes NA 14727.62
Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) Three Shires Waste Recycling Ltd Progress Way, 250 Toddington Road, Luton, Bedfordshire Rubble 2733.07
Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) Three Shires Waste Recycling Ltd Progress Way, 250 Toddington Road, Luton, Bedfordshire Soil 2733.07
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) U R M ( U K ) Limited 49 Lidgate Crescent, Langthwaite Grange Ind, South Kirkby, West Yorkshire Mixed glass 2435.34
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Enva Recycling; Tilbury Docks, Tilbury, Essex Wood 2359.21


References

  1. Authority Type Abreviations:
    • UTA - Unitary Authority
    • DIS - District
    • MTD - Metropolitan District
    • LBO - London Borough
    • CTY - County Council
  2. Source: ONS mid 2018 projection
  3. Source: Ordnance Survey boundry line data 2019
  4. Data initially populated from propriatory database.
  5. These arrangements are for the primary arrangements in an area. Primary is defined as the arrangements given to the most households in an area.
  6. 6.0 6.1 This should detail the Kerbside Collection Scheme operated by the LA e.g. co-mingled, twin stream or source segregated.
  7. Due to the diverse nature of housing stock within a local authority's juristriction most LAs operate secondary collection arrangements to accommodate for this difference in housing e.g. houses, flats etc
  8. Tonnages under 2000 tonnes have been screened out.