Leicester City Council

City of Leicester

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000016

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: East Midlands

Disposal Authority: Leicester City Council

Population[2] 355,218
Land Area (ha)[3] 7,362.77
Population per ha 48.25

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 2
Population per HWRC 176,770
Land Area per HWRC 3,667.1

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) 39.5 191
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 329.6 78

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 136,588
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 58,100
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 78,488
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 1,542
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 123,889
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 48,902
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 24,701
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 24,201
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 74,987
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 62,375
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 5,253
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 5,818
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 1,542
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 12,699
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 9,198
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 3,501
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 44,581
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 30,416
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 58,100
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 3,491
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 87,627
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 521.9
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 32.6


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Weekly

Dry Recycleables: Weekly : Comingled

  • 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: OutSourced (Biffa)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Biffa)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Biffa)

Food Waste Collection: [[NNA]

Duration of Contract: 25

Contract Start Date: 2004

Approximate Value: £55,459,250

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 Greenstar Environmental Ltd Atlas At Aztec 406, 12 Ardra Road, Enfield, London NA 9043.14
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Biffa G S Environmental Limited Edmonton (Atlas) M R F, Atlas At Aztec 406, 12 Ardra Road, Enfield, London NA 8631.84
Green waste Windrow or other composting Down To Earth Recycling Ltd Old Cement Works, Gainsthorpe Road East, Kirton In Lindsey, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Green garden waste only 2512.15
Green waste Windrow or other composting J & F Powner Ltd Manor Farm, Sharnford Road, Aston Flamville, Hinckley, Leicestershire Green garden waste only 2026.22
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment Biffa Waste Services Ltd Hoods Close, Thurcaston Road, Bursom Industrial Estate, Mowmacre, Leicestershire NA 86788.37
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Biffa Waste Services Ltd Eye Landfill, Tanholt Lane, Eye, Cambridgeshire NA 8561.44
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Biffa Waste Services Ltd Poplars Landfill Site, Lichfield Road, Cannock, Staffordshire NA 6308.72
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Lafarge Aggregates Ltd Cotesbach Landfill, Gibbet Lane, Shawell, Lutterworth, Leicestershire NA 3064.74
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) T Watts Waste Ltd & T Watts Scrap Metal Merchants Ltd Barkby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Mixed paper & card 7183.76
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) T Watts Waste Ltd & T Watts Scrap Metal Merchants Ltd Barkby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Other Scrap metal 7183.76
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) T Watts Waste Ltd & T Watts Scrap Metal Merchants Ltd Barkby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Rubble 7183.76
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) T Watts Waste Ltd & T Watts Scrap Metal Merchants Ltd Barkby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire Wood 7183.76
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) A & A Recycling Services Ltd Meriden Quarry, Cornets End Lane, Meriden, Warwickshire Wood 4882.14


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.