Plymouth City Council

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City of Plymouth

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000026

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: South West

Disposal Authority: Plymouth City Council

Population[2] 263,100
Land Area (ha)[3] 8,322.83
Population per ha 31.61

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 2
Population per HWRC 131,535
Land Area per HWRC 4,218.49

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) 32.2 265
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 374.6 215

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 126,137
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 42,792
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 83,345
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 2,294
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 100,165
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 32,275
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 25,811
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 6,464
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 67,890
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 53,881
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 7,230
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 4,484
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 2,294
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 25,972
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 10,516
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 15,456
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 103
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 83,311
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 42,792
  To Other Routes (tonnes) −132
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 0
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 551.8
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 0.1


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Weekly

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: OutSourced (Other)

Food Waste Collection: [[NNA]

Duration of Contract: 1

Contract Start Date: Ongoing/Rolling

Approximate Value: £6,767,750

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 Viridor Waste Management Ltd Century Wharf, Crayford Creek, Crayford, Dartford, Kent NA 23198.61
Green waste Windrow or other composting Mr David Bragg and Mrs Karen Bragg Higher Artiscombe Farm, Gulworthy, Tavistock, Devon Green garden waste only 9514.66
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery MVV Environment Devonport Ltd Devonport EFW CHP Site, , Land at North Yard, , Her Majesty's Naval Base Devon, , Devon NA 81453.91
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Brunel Recycling Ltd, Roodscroft, Hatt, Saltash. Cornwall PL12 6PJ Rubble 7602.21
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt South West Wood Products Ltd, Unit 4A, Compass Business Park, Pacific Way, Ocean Park, Cardiff Wood 5462.42


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.