Somerset County Council
Somerset County
Demographic Information
GSSCode: NA
Authority Type: CTY[1]
Country: England
Region: South West
Disposal Authority: Somerset Waste Partnership
| Population[2] | 555,195 |
| Land Area (ha)[3] | 351,498.41 |
| Population per ha | 1.58 |
Destination Information
Key Metrics
| Metric[4] | Indicator | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Number of HWRC(s) | 16 | 10 |
| Population per HWRC | 34,700 | 142 |
| Land Area per HWRC | 21,968.65 | 49 |
| Residual Waste per Person (kg/person) | 60.28 | 1 |
| Residual Waste per Ha (t/ha) | 0.1 | 174 |
| Recycling Rate (%) | 77.97 | 1 |
| Organic Waste per Person (kg/person) | 75.64 | 61 |
| Food Waste per Person (kg/person) | 32 | 34 |
| Residual Waste to Landfill (tonnes) | 29,718.34 | 115 |
| Residual Waste to Energy Recovery[5] (tonnes) | 1,178.6 | 140 |
| Recyclate | ||
| * Garden (tonnes) | 41,996.26 | 33 |
| * Food (tonnes) | 17,925 | 9 |
| * Dry Recyclate (tonnes) | 58,520.3 | 39 |
| Residual Waste (tonnes) | 33,467.51 | 24 |
Significant Tonnage Summary[6]
| Stream | Facility | Operator | Address | Material | Tonnes |
|---|
References
- ↑ Authority Type Abreviations:
- UTA - Unitary Authority
- DIS - District
- MTD - Metropolitan District
- LBO - London Borough
- CTY - County Council
- ↑ Source: ONS mid 2018 projection
- ↑ Source: Ordnance Survey boundry line data 2019
- ↑ Collated from Waste Data Flow returns for callendar year 2017.
- ↑ This only includes waste sent directly to ATT or EfW
- ↑ Tonnages under 2000 tonnes have been screened out.