Bedford

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000055

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: Eastern

Disposal Authority: Bedford Council

Population[2] 171,623
Land Area (ha)[3] 47,469.66
Population per ha 3.62

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 1
Population per HWRC 169,912
Land Area per HWRC 47,640.83

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) 35.7 236
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 382.5 235

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 81,340
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 27,960
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 53,380
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 3,202
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 71,797
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 25,660
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 14,235
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 11,425
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 46,137
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 35,200
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 5,823
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 1,913
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 3,202
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 9,542
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 2,300
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 7,242
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 10,013
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 43,225
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 27,960
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 143
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 1,753
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 580.8
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 12.3


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Fortnightly

Dry Recycleables: Fortnightly : Comingled

  • Method of Segregation[6]: To be completed by Local Authority

Green Waste: Fortnightly : Separate : Not Charged

Food Waste: None : Separate

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: InHouse

Mixed Recycling Collections: InHouse

Organic Waste Collection: InHouse

Food Waste Collection: [[NNA]

Duration of Contract: 1

Contract Start Date: Ongoing/Rolling

Approximate Value: £3,168,000

Comments

NA


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[8]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Mid U K Recycling Ltd Barkston Heath Warehousing Complex, Ermine Street, Barkston Heath, Ancaster, Grantham, Lincolnshire NA 5869.25
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Viridor Waste Management Limited 53 Colts Holm Road, Old Wolverton, Buckinghamshire NA 3706.35
Green waste Windrow or other composting Growing - Beds Recycling Services Ltd Ravensden Composting Facility, Kimbolton Road, Ravensden, Bedford, Bedfordshire Green garden waste only 13870.50
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Other/Exempt Covanta Energy Limited; Rookery South, Green Lane, Stewartby, Bedford NA 25828.45
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill FCC Waste Service (UK) Ltd Bletchley Landfill Site, Drayton Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes NA 10634.61
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Veolia ES Landfill Limited Ling Hall Landfill Site, Coal Pit Lane, Lawford Heath, Rugby, Warwickshire NA 9737.91


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.