Somerset Waste Partnership

Somerset Waste Partnership

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E50000009

Authority Type: PRT[1]

Country: England

Region: South West

Disposal Authority: Somerset Waste Partnership

Population[2] 559,399
Land Area (ha)[3] 346,991
Population per ha 1.61

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 16
Population per HWRC 34,700
Land Area per HWRC 21,968.65

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) 56.3 25
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 433.9 315

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 254,769
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 142,624
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 112,145
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 30
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 249,989
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 140,865
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 76,264
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 64,601
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 109,124
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 71,278
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 24,793
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 13,023
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 30
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 4,780
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 1,759
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 3,020
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 6,444
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 104,132
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 20
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 142,624
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 1,084
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 15,884
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 407.9
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 2.5


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Fortnightly

Dry Recycleables: Weekly : Separate

  • 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 (Suez)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Suez)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Suez)

Food Waste Collection: OutSourced (Suez)

Duration of Contract: 10 + 10 year extension

Contract Start Date: 2020

Approximate Value: £210,000,000

Comments

Waste partnership reporting on Collections and Disposal. New contract with Suez UK Ltd commencing 1 Apr 2020. £210m over 10yrs. 10yr Extension available.


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[8]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Cannington Enterprises Ltd Mobile Plant Waste food only 23575.29
Green waste Windrow or other composting Viridor Waste (Somerset) Ltd Walpole Landfill Site, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset Green garden waste only 22432.89
Green waste Windrow or other composting Viridor Waste (somerset) Ltd Dimmer Lane, Castle Cary, Somerset Green garden waste only 16463.31
Green waste Windrow or other composting Other/Exempt Crown Industrial Estate, Priorswood, Taunton Green garden waste only 4596.74
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Viridor Waste Management Ltd Severn Road Resource Recovery Centre, Severn Road, Chittening, Avon, NA 99680.65
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Viridor Waste (Somerset) Ltd Walpole Landfill Site, Pawlett, Bridgwater, Somerset NA 12566.54
Residual waste Other Method Neal Soil Suppliers Ltd Ty To Maen Farm, Newton Rd, Rumney, Cardiff, Glamorgan NA 7210.84
Residual waste Other Method Other/Exempt South West Wood Products - Alexandra Docks, East Way Road, Newport, Gwent NA 5250.99
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recresco Limited - Cwmbran Recresco Limited, Cwmbran Depot , Springvale Industrial Estate, Cwmbran Mixed glass 17914.87
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) DS Smith Paper Ltd Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent Paper 9979.69
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) DS Smith Paper Ltd Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent Card 9979.69
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) J C Thomas & Sons Ltd Thomas Way, Glastonbury, Somerset Automotive batteries 7336.43
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) J C Thomas & Sons Ltd Thomas Way, Glastonbury, Somerset Other Scrap metal 7336.43
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) J C Thomas & Sons Ltd Thomas Way, Glastonbury, Somerset WEEE - Large Domestic App 7336.43
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) J C Thomas & Sons Ltd Thomas Way, Glastonbury, Somerset WEEE - Small Domestic App 7336.43
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Winkleigh Airfield, Winkleigh, Devon Wood 6839.44
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Smurfit Kappa UK Ltd Mill Street, Kent Card 6745.22
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) DS Smith Paper Ltd Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent Mixed paper & card 4482.32
Source segregated recyclate Exporter - recycling (qu19) Viridor Waste ( Somerset ) Ltd Crown Industrial Estate, Priorswood, Taunton, Somerset Mixed paper & card 3573.35
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Palm Paper Limited Former British Sugar Site, Poplar Avenue, Kings Lynn, Norfolk Paper 3068.94
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) J. And A. Young (Leicester) Limited Unit 15, Saxon Way East, Oakley Hay Industrial Estate, Corby, Northamptonshire Mixed Plastics 2215.75


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.