Durham County Council

County Durham

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000047

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: North East

Disposal Authority: Durham County Council

Population[2] 526,980
Land Area (ha)[3] 0
Population per ha 0

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 12
Population per HWRC 43,639
Land Area per HWRC 18,605.82

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) 37.1 219
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 428.0 311

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 252,114
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 98,594
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 153,520
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 8,874
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 227,232
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 84,299
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 59,591
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 24,707
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 142,934
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 108,650
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 10,965
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 14,444
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 8,874
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 24,882
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 14,295
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 10,587
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 24,144
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 125,976
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 6
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 98,594
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 3,300
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 9,852
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 565.2
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 9.6


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 : Separate : 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: OutSourced (Communiy Group)

Food Waste Collection: [[NNA]

Duration of Contract: 1

Contract Start Date: Ongoing/Rolling

Approximate Value: £13,744,500

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 Biffa Waste Services Limited Teesside Recycling Facility, Brenda Road, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS25 2BE NA 36207.73
Green waste Windrow or other composting Durham County Council Joint Stocks Recycling Complex, Joint Stocks Recycling Complex, Coxhoe, Durham, County Durham Green garden waste only 18671.64
Green waste Windrow or other composting A & E Thompson Murton Hall Farm, Hurworth Burn, Wingate, County Durham Green garden waste only 6676.05
Green waste Windrow or other composting Other/Exempt NA Green garden waste only 2188.08
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery SITA Tees Valley Limited Teesside Energy From Waste Plant, Haverton Hill Road, Cleveland NA 70873.22
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Teesside energy from Waste Plant, Haverton Hill Road, Cleveland, NA 30167.50
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill SITA UK Limited Ellington Road Landfill Site, Ellington Road, Newmoor, Northumberland NA 18919.81
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd Wilton 11 EfW Plant, Wilton International, Middlesbrough, Cleveland NA 17243.48
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Stonegrave Aggregates Limited Aycliffe Quarry, Aycliffe Village, Co Durham NA 9653.93
Residual waste Other Method Admec Municipal Services Ltd Union Brick Works, Station Lane, Birtley, County Durham NA 7629.32
Residual waste Residual waste MRF Niramax Group Ltd Thomlinson Road, Longhill Ind Est, Hartlepool, Cleveland NA 3269.94
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment Sita ( G B ) Ltd 304 Walker Road, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear NA 2370.96
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Stonegrave Aggregates Limited Aycliffe Quarry, Aycliffe Village, Co Durham Rubble 12469.38
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Timberpak Ltd 22B Staithes Road, Pattinson Ind Est, Washington, Tyne & Wear Wood 10583.06
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) U R M (UK) Limited Headlands Lane, Knottingley, West Yorkshire Mixed glass 9012.22
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Tetron Welbeck Welbeck Colliery Waste Facility, Elkesley Road, Meden Vale, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire Mixed glass 3819.55
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Stonegrave Aggregates Limited Aycliffe Quarry, Aycliffe Village, Co Durham Plasterboard 2006.70


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.