City of Bristol

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000023

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: South West

Disposal Authority: Bristol City Council

Population[2] 463,405
Land Area (ha)[3] 11,670.28
Population per ha 39.71

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 2
Population per HWRC 229,626
Land Area per HWRC 11,771.26

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) 45.1 109
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 322.0 63

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 192,291
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 91,463
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 100,827
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) −503
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 154,362
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 69,568
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 45,847
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 23,721
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 84,794
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 72,702
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 4,657
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 7,938
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) −503
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 37,929
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 21,895
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 16,034
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 2,834
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 99,093
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 91,463
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 182
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 15,190
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 404.8
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 1.5


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Fortnightly

Dry Recycleables: Weekly : Separate

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

Green Waste: Fortnightly : Separate : Charged

Food Waste: Weekly : 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: OutSourced (Bristol Waste Co)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Bristol Waste Co)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Bristol Waste Co)

Food Waste Collection: OutSourced (Bristol Waste Co)

Duration of Contract: 10

Contract Start Date: 2016

Approximate Value: £96,000,000

Comments

NA


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[8]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Wessex Water Services Ltd Bristol Waste Water Treatment, Kings Weston Lane, Avon Waste food only 16153.76
Green waste Windrow or other composting Other/Exempt Phoenix Green,South GloucestershireOpen Windrow Composter Green garden waste only 10610.23
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Viridor Waste Management Ltd Severn Road Resource Recovery Centre, Severn Road, Chittening, Avon, NA 64868.80
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Severside Energy Recovery Centre, Severn Road, Hallen, Avon NA 27551.93
Residual waste Residual waste MRF E T M Recycling Limited E T M Quarry, Longwood Lane, Long Ashton, Bristol NA 13038.97
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Cory Environmental (Gloucestershire) Limited Shortwood Quarry, Shortwood, Pucklechurch, Bristol NA 8194.50
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment Wessex Water Services Ltd Bristol Waste Water Treatment, Kings Weston Lane, Avon NA 2786.29
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) South West Wood Products Limited Unit 2, Winkleigh Airfield, Winkleigh, Devon Wood 12835.59
Source segregated recyclate Exporter - recycling (qu19) Kier M G Limited Bristol Waste Recycling Facility, Albert Road, St Philips, Bristol, Avon Card 12732.40
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recresco Limited - Cwmbran Recresco Limited, Cwmbran Depot , Springvale Industrial Estate, Cwmbran Mixed glass 12644.08
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) E T M Recycling Limited E T M Quarry, Longwood Lane, Long Ashton, Bristol Rubble 4763.91
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) J. And A. Young (Leicester) Limited Unit 15, Saxon Way East, Oakley Hay Industrial Estate, Corby, Northamptonshire Mixed Plastic Bottles 3956.46
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Palm Paper Limited Former British Sugar Site, Poplar Avenue, Kings Lynn, Norfolk Paper 3181.22


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.