Cumbria County Council
Cumbria County
Demographic Information
GSSCode: E10000006
Authority Type: CTY[1]
Country: England
Region: North West
Disposal Authority: Cumbria County Council
| Population[2] | 498,375 |
| Land Area (ha)[3] | 718,276.4 |
| Population per ha | 0.694 |
Key Metrics
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)
| Metric | Indicator |
|---|---|
| Number of HWRC(s) | 5 |
| Population per HWRC | 45,760 |
| Land Area per HWRC | 4,112.06 |
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) | 50.7 | 62 |
| Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) | 466.0 | 328 |
Unranked Metrics
| Metric | Indicator | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics | |||
| • | Local Authority Collected Waste | ||
| Total Waste (tonnes) | 256,115 | ||
| • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 130,522 | ||
| • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 125,593 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 2,752 | ||
| • | Household | ||
| Total waste (tonnes) | 233,988 | ||
| • | Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 118,643 | |
| • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 65,533 | ||
| • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 53,110 | ||
| • | Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 115,345 | |
| • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) | 86,429 | ||
| • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) | 15,545 | ||
| • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) | 10,620 | ||
| • Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 2,752 | ||
| • | Non-Household | ||
| • | Total waste (tonnes) | 22,128 | |
| • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 11,880 | ||
| • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 10,248 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 0 | ||
| Management of Local Authority Collected Waste | |||
| To Landfill (tonnes) | 34,629 | ||
| To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 574 | ||
| To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 44,586 | ||
| To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) | 130,522 | ||
| To Other Routes (tonnes) | 45,251 | ||
| Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) | 114,059 | ||
| Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators | |||
| Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) | 456.5 | ||
| Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) | 13.5 | ||