Kent County Council
Kent County
Demographic Information
GSSCode: E10000016
Authority Type: CTY[1]
Country: England
Region: South East
Disposal Authority: Kent County Council
| Population[2] | 1,554,636 |
| Land Area (ha)[3] | 363,710.35 |
| Population per ha | 4.274 |
Key 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) | 42.1 | 152 |
| Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) | 403.8 | 280 |
Unranked Metrics
| Metric | Indicator | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics | |||
| • | Local Authority Collected Waste | ||
| Total Waste (tonnes) | 650,792 | ||
| • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 275,025 | ||
| • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 375,767 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 17,357 | ||
| • | Household | ||
| Total waste (tonnes) | 643,857 | ||
| • | Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 270,982 | |
| • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 154,596 | ||
| • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 116,386 | ||
| • | Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 372,875 | |
| • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) | 280,320 | ||
| • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) | 43,831 | ||
| • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) | 31,367 | ||
| • Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 17,357 | ||
| • | Non-Household | ||
| • | Total waste (tonnes) | 6,935 | |
| • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 4,044 | ||
| • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 2,891 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 0 | ||
| Management of Local Authority Collected Waste | |||
| To Landfill (tonnes) | 4,219 | ||
| To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 368,588 | ||
| To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 165 | ||
| To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) | 275,025 | ||
| To Other Routes (tonnes) | 12,786 | ||
| Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) | 32,014 | ||
| Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators | |||
| Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) | 530.7 | ||
| Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) | 0.6 | ||