Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Sandwell District

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E08000028

Authority Type: MTD[1]

Country: England

Region: West Midlands

Disposal Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Population[2] 327,378
Land Area (ha)[3] 8,572.03
Population per ha 38.19

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 1
Population per HWRC 325,460
Land Area per HWRC 8,555.89

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) 29.2 298
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 348.9 133

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 132,288
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 37,480
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 94,808
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 6,733
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 120,222
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 35,151
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 23,418
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 11,733
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 85,070
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 67,330
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 6,615
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 4,392
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 6,733
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 12,066
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 2,329
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 9,737
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 4,529
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 86,803
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 252
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 37,480
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 3,224
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 12,636
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 626.7
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 3.4


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: Weekly : Separate : Not 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 (Serco)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Serco)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Serco)

Food Waste Collection: OutSourced (Serco)

Duration of Contract: 25

Contract Start Date: 2010

Approximate Value: £650,000,000

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 Pure Recycling Warwick Ltd Warwick Road, Ettingdon, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire NA 8089.12
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Wastecycle Ltd Enviro Building, Private Road No 4, Colwick Ind Est, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NA 6202.63
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Mid U K Recycling Ltd Station Rd, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire NA 5384.99
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Enva England Limited Enva Colwick Recycling and Resource Recovery Facility, Enviro Building, Private Road No 4, Colwick Ind Est, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NA 2103.42
Green waste Windrow or other composting Jack Moody Limited Lodgewood Farm, Red Hill Way, St Georges, Telford, Shropshire Green garden waste only 13439.48
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Staffordshire ERF The Dell, Enterprise drive, Four Ashes, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire NA 56512.30
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Biffa Waste Services Ltd Poplars Landfill Site, Lichfield Road, Cannock, Staffordshire NA 11028.89
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery M E S Environmental Ltd M E S - Stoke On Trent Household Waste & Recycling Centre, Campbell Road, Sideway, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire NA 9806.36
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery The Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Company Limited Bar Road H W S, Bar Road, Coventry, West Midlands NA 6688.58
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Viridor Waste Management Ltd Runcorn EFW, Barlow Way, Cheshire NA 5270.29
Residual waste Residual waste MRF Premier Waste ( U K ) Holdings Plc 209 - 211 Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, West Midlands NA 3955.64
Residual waste Other Method Sita Wastecare Ltd Consolidation House, Neachells Lane, Willenhall, West Midlands NA 2514.63
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) A & A Recycling Services Ltd Bentley Sawmill, Bentley Sawmill, Coleshill Road, Bentley, Nr Atherstone, Warwickshire Wood 2783.56


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.