Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

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Wigan District

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E08000010

Authority Type: MTD[1]

Country: England

Region: North West

Disposal Authority: Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

Population[2] 326,088
Land Area (ha)[3] 18,833.47
Population per ha 17.31

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 3
Population per HWRC 108,217
Land Area per HWRC 6,272.37

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) 51.5 55
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 398.7 271

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 139,823
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 73,810
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 66,013
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 4,041
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 133,324
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 68,718
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 41,718
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 27,001
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 64,606
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 48,585
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 6,448
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 5,531
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 4,041
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 6,500
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 5,092
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 1,407
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 3,746
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 61,637
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 73,810
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 15
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 60,791
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 426.9
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 2.7


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 : Comingled : Not Charged

Food Waste: Fortnightly : 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: InHouse

Mixed Recycling Collections: InHouse

Organic Waste Collection: InHouse

Food Waste Collection: InHouse

Duration of Contract: 1

Contract Start Date: Ongoing/Rolling

Approximate Value: £8,431,500

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 Suez Recycling & Recovery UK Ltd. Suez Recycling & Recovery Ltd. Landor Street SRF, Birmingham, NA 20893.93
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Other/Exempt Link Paper Recycling Ltd; Units 8 & 11Kirkless Industrial EstateCale LaneWigan NA 11692.56
Green waste Windrow or other composting A Broster Ltd Diggle Green Farm Composting Site, Diggle Green Farm, Wilton Lane, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire Green garden waste only 2022.28
Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting The T E G Group Plc Sharneyford Works, Bacup Road, Todmorden, Lancashire Mixed garden and food waste 26629.22
Residual waste RDF, autoclave, MHT or similar Landfill Management Ltd Makerfield Way, Kirkless, Wigan, Lancashire NA 53117.44
Residual waste RDF, autoclave, MHT or similar Transwaste Recycling And Aggregates Ltd Transwaste Recycling & Aggregates Ltd, Gibson Lane, Melton, North Ferry, East Yorkshire NA 6858.68
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill 3C Waste Limited Gowey Site, Ince Lane, Wimbolds, Chester NA 3769.14
Residual waste Residual waste MRF Biffa Waste Services Ltd Swinnerton, Cold Meece, Stone, Staffordshire NA 2765.75
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Boden And Davies Ltd Minshulls Farm, Lower Green Lane, Astley, Wigan, Lancashire Wood 6037.06
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) A & R Recycling The Stone Yard, Kirklees Ind Estate, Cale Lane, Wigan, Lancs Rubble 5308.19
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) S Norton & Co Ltd Tenax Road, Trafford Park, Manchester Automotive batteries 2814.43
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) S Norton & Co Ltd Tenax Road, Trafford Park, Manchester [[OTHER PLASTICS [7]]] 2814.43
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) S Norton & Co Ltd Tenax Road, Trafford Park, Manchester Other Scrap metal 2814.43
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) S Norton & Co Ltd Tenax Road, Trafford Park, Manchester WEEE - Large Domestic App 2814.43
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) S Norton & Co Ltd Tenax Road, Trafford Park, Manchester WEEE - Small Domestic App 2814.43


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.