Portsmouth City Council

City of Portsmouth

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000044

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: South East

Disposal Authority: Portsmouth City Council

Population[2] 215,133
Land Area (ha)[3] 5,740.88
Population per ha 37.47

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 1
Population per HWRC 214,718
Land Area per HWRC 6,013.59

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) 27.7 304
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 332.0 88

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 70,364
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 19,588
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 50,777
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 3,593
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 69,820
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 19,324
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 12,523
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 6,801
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 50,497
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 40,605
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 3,116
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 3,182
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 3,593
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 544
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 264
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 280
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 2,630
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 46,222
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 2
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 19,588
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 1,926
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 1,173
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 536.9
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 3.7


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: 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 (Biffa)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Biffa)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Biffa)

Food Waste Collection: OutSourced (Biffa)

Duration of Contract: 8 + extensions

Contract Start Date: 2011

Approximate Value: £33,600,000

Comments

Contract extension commenced on the 1 Oct 2020 and will expire on 30 September 2023.

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 Veolia E S Hampshire Ltd Portsmouth Materials Recycling Facility, Quatremaine Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire NA 8882.43
Food waste In vessel composting Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd Bourne Park, Piddleshinton, Dorchester, Dorset Waste food only 2623.92
Green waste Windrow or other composting Veolia E S Hampshire Ltd Little Bushywarren Copse Composting Facility Depot, Bushywarren Lane, Herriard, Hampshire Green garden waste only 2616.19
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Veolia E S Hampshire Ltd Integra South East E R F, Quartermaine Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire NA 47368.64
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Veolia ES Landfill Ltd Blue Haze Land Fill, Somerley, Hampshire NA 2227.17
Source segregated recyclate Exporter - recycling (qu19) Day Group Limited Murphys Wharf, Lombard Wall, LONDON Mixed glass 2778.62


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.