Essex County Council
Essex County
Demographic Information
GSSCode: E10000012
Authority Type: CTY[1]
Country: England
Region: Eastern
Disposal Authority: Essex County Council
| Population[2] | 1,468,177 |
| Land Area (ha)[3] | 369,633.23 |
| Population per ha | 3.972 |
Key Metrics
Authority Reported Metrics
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) | 48.8 | 74 |
| Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) | 412.8 | 293 |
Unranked Metrics
| Metric | Indicator | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics | |||
| • | Local Authority Collected Waste | ||
| Total Waste (tonnes) | 662,101 | ||
| • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 321,501 | ||
| • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 340,600 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 7,469 | ||
| • | Household | ||
| Total waste (tonnes) | 630,047 | ||
| • | Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 307,264 | |
| • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 163,642 | ||
| • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 143,622 | ||
| • | Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 322,783 | |
| • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) | 263,854 | ||
| • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) | 42,372 | ||
| • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) | 9,087 | ||
| • Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 7,469 | ||
| • | Non-Household | ||
| • | Total waste (tonnes) | 32,054 | |
| • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 14,237 | ||
| • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 17,817 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 0 | ||
| Management of Local Authority Collected Waste | |||
| To Landfill (tonnes) | 333,420 | ||
| To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 5,831 | ||
| To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 0 | ||
| To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) | 321,501 | ||
| To Other Routes (tonnes) | 10,211 | ||
| Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) | 10,659 | ||
| Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators | |||
| Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) | 483.6 | ||
| Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) | 50.4 | ||