Cheshire East Council

Cheshire East

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000049

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: North West

Disposal Authority: Cheshire East Council

Population[2] 380,790
Land Area (ha)[3] 0
Population per ha 0

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 9
Population per HWRC 42,094
Land Area per HWRC 12,959.53

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) 51.7 52
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 442.4 323

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 184,086
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 94,718
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 89,368
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 10,148
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 180,755
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 93,429
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 41,475
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 51,954
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 87,326
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 63,014
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 9,956
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 4,208
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 10,148
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 3,331
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 1,289
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 2,042
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 1,287
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 88,080
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 94,718
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 150
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 5,205
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 467.1
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 0.7


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: NA

Duration of Contract: 1

Contract Start Date: Ongoing/Rolling

Approximate Value: £7,500,000

Comments

Waste and recycling collections service to be brought back InHouse aftercontract with Ansa ends in Autumn 2024[8].


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[9]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility U P M - Kymmene ( U K) Ltd Weighbridge Road, Shotton, Deeside, Flintshire NA 41910.94
Green waste Windrow or other composting H S F Recycling Ltd Higher Smallwood Farm, Walkers Lane, Scholar Green, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire Green garden waste only 4856.45
Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting Biowise Limited Leighton Grange FARM, Middlewich Road, Leighton, Cheshire East, Mixed garden and food waste 53228.92
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Viridor Waste Management Ltd Runcorn EFW, Barlow Way, Cheshire NA 78771.18
Residual waste Other Method Biffa Waste Services Ltd Swinnerton, Cold Meece, Stone, Staffordshire NA 5877.53
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill 3C Waste Limited Maw Green Landfill, Maw Green Lane, Crewe NA 3340.70
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) R Plevin & Sons Ltd Cheshire Street, Mossley, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire Chipboard and mdf 6065.50
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) R Plevin & Sons Ltd Cheshire Street, Mossley, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire Wood 5929.37


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. https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/council_information/media_hub/media_releases/council-to-redesign-its-waste-and-recycling-and-bereavement-services.aspx#:~:text=help%20the%20most.-,%E2%80%9CThe%20decision%20to%20bring%20the%20services%20delivered%20by%20Ansa%20and,towards%20delivering%20exciting%20transformational%20change.%E2%80%9D
  9. Tonnages under 2000 tonnes have been screened out.