Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames London Borough

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E09000021

Authority Type: LBO[1]

Country: England

Region: London

Disposal Authority: Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

Population[2] 175,470
Land Area (ha)[3] 3,700
Population per ha 47.42

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 1
Population per HWRC 174,609
Land Area per HWRC 3,726.12

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) 46.5 100
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 324.8 69

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 59,039
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 27,126
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 31,913
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 626
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 54,965
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 25,566
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 15,271
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 10,295
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 29,398
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 25,040
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 1,744
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 1,989
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 626
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 4,074
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 1,559
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 2,515
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 56
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 31,664
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 5
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 27,126
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 180
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 29,634
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 423.8
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 0.1


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 : 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 (Veolia)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Veolia)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Veolia)

Food Waste Collection: OutSourced (Veolia)

Duration of Contract: 8

Contract Start Date: 2019

Approximate Value: £28,349,475

Comments

South London Waste Partnership : 2016 S 049-081708


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 Cleanaway ( U K ) Ltd Rainham Recycling And Reclamation Centre, Coldharbour Lane, Off Ferry Lane, Rainham, Essex NA 7544.74
Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Agrivert West London Ltd Trumps Farm, Kitmead Lane, Chertsey, Surrey Waste food only 5402.52
Green waste Windrow or other composting Laverstoke Park Produce Llp Southley Farm, Laverstoke Park, Overton, Hampshire Green garden waste only 6179.54
Residual waste RDF, autoclave, MHT or similar Viridor Waste Management Ltd 105, Beddington Lane, Surrey NA 28411.18
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery WTI UK Ltd, Kemsley Sustainable Energy Plant EPR/XP3637VX Kemsley Sustainable Energy Plant, SITTINGBOURNE, Kent NA 2087.47
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Palm Paper Limited Former British Sugar Site, Poplar Avenue, Kings Lynn, Norfolk Mixed paper & card 6696.68
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Palm Paper Limited Former British Sugar Site, Poplar Avenue, Kings Lynn, Norfolk Card 4979.86


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.