Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

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Tunbridge Wells District

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E07000116

Authority Type: DIS[1]

Country: England

Region: South East

Disposal Authority: Kent County Council

Population[2] 118,054
Land Area (ha)[3] 33,076.47
Population per ha 3.57

Key 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) 47.8 87
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 349.3 137

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 40,537
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 19,387
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 21,151
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 327
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 40,529
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 19,386
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 11,237
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 8,150
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 21,143
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 18,928
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 0
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 1,887
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 327
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 8
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 0
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 8
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 0
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 0
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 0
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 0
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 408.1
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 0.0


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Fortnightly

Dry Recycleables: Fortnightly : Mixed

  • 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: OutSourced (Urbaser)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Urbaser)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Urbaser)

Food Waste Collection: OutSourced (Urbaser)

Duration of Contract: 10

Contract Start Date: 2019

Approximate Value: £23,000,000

Comments

Joint with Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council - part of South Kent Waste Partnership


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[8]

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Veolia E S Cleanaway ( U K ) Ltd Rainham Recycling And Reclamation Centre, Coldharbour Lane, Off Ferry Lane, Rainham, Essex NA 6510.56
Green waste In vessel composting New Earth Solutions ( Kent ) Ltd Blaise Farm Quarry, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent Green garden waste only 4853.18
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Smurfit Kappa UK Ltd Mill Street, Kent Mixed paper & card 6027.89

For further destination information see Disposal Authority (Kent County Council.)

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.