Medway Council

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Medway

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000035

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: South East

Disposal Authority: Medway Council

Population[2] 277,855
Land Area (ha)[3] 29,789.83
Population per ha 9.33

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 3
Population per HWRC 92,539
Land Area per HWRC 8,968.79

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) 36.6 225
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 400.2 275

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 118,267
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 45,836
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 72,430
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 3,394
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 113,183
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 41,468
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 20,299
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 21,169
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 71,715
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 55,528
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 8,088
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 4,705
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 3,394
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 5,084
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 4,368
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 716
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 98
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 70,663
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 17
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 45,836
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 1,688
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 12,478
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 599.5
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 0.1


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Weekly

Dry Recycleables: Weekly : Separate

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

Green Waste: Weekly : Comingled : Not Charged

Food Waste: Weekly : Comingled

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: OutSourced (Norse)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Norse)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Norse)

Food Waste Collection: OutSourced (Norse)

Duration of Contract: 7

Contract Start Date: 2020

Approximate Value: £12,000,000 per annum

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 Veolia ES Southwark Ltd 43, Devon Street, London NA 14773.58
Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting West London Composting Ltd High View Farm, New Years Green Lane, Harefield, Middlesex Mixed garden and food waste 14449.38
Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting Envar Composting Limited The Heath, Woodhurst, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Mixed garden and food waste 9850.33
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery DS Smith Paper Ltd Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent NA 38413.20
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery South East London Combined Heat and Power Limited The Kennels Site, Landmann Way, Lewisham NA 18696.70
Residual waste RDF, autoclave, MHT or similar Veolia E S Cleanaway ( U K ) Ltd Nathan Way, Thamesmead, London NA 8274.75
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Palm Paper Limited Former British Sugar Site, Poplar Avenue, Kings Lynn, Norfolk Mixed paper & card 4584.70
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Gallagher Aggregates Ltd Hermitage Quarry, Hermitage Lane, Barming, Maidstone, Kent Rubble 4196.96
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Countrystyle Recycling Limited Countrystyle Recycling Ltd, Building 17, Ridham Docks, Nr Sittingbourne, Kent Wood 2527.86


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.