Hertfordshire County Council
Hertfordshire County
Demographic Information
GSSCode: E10000015
Authority Type: CTY[1]
Country: England
Region: Eastern
Disposal Authority: Hertfordshire County Council
| Population[2] | 1,180,934 |
| Land Area (ha)[3] | 164,306.49 |
| Population per ha | 7.187 |
Key Metrics
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)
| Metric | Indicator |
|---|---|
| Number of HWRC(s) | 17 |
| Population per HWRC | 69,467 |
| Land Area per HWRC | 9,665.09 |
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) | 51.2 | 58 |
| Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) | 389.8 | 254 |
Unranked Metrics
| Metric | Indicator | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics | |||
| • | Local Authority Collected Waste | ||
| Total Waste (tonnes) | 504,234 | ||
| • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 253,545 | ||
| • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 250,688 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 4,595 | ||
| • | Household | ||
| Total waste (tonnes) | 471,499 | ||
| • | Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 241,259 | |
| • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 133,197 | ||
| • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 108,062 | ||
| • | Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 230,240 | |
| • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) | 184,459 | ||
| • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) | 24,876 | ||
| • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) | 16,310 | ||
| • Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 4,595 | ||
| • | Non-Household | ||
| • | Total waste (tonnes) | 32,735 | |
| • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 12,286 | ||
| • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 20,448 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 0 | ||
| Management of Local Authority Collected Waste | |||
| To Landfill (tonnes) | 54,022 | ||
| To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 191,012 | ||
| To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 60 | ||
| To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) | 253,545 | ||
| To Other Routes (tonnes) | 10,818 | ||
| Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) | 13,266 | ||
| Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators | |||
| Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) | 449.7 | ||
| Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) | 10.7 | ||