Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County
Demographic Information
GSSCode: E10000029
Authority Type: CTY[1]
Country: England
Region: Eastern
Disposal Authority: Suffolk County Council
| Population[2] | 756,978 |
| Land Area (ha)[3] | 385,357.47 |
| Population per ha | 1.964 |
Key Metrics
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)
| Metric | Indicator |
|---|---|
| Number of HWRC(s) | 11 |
| Population per HWRC | 68,816 |
| Land Area per HWRC | 35,032.5 |
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) | 38.2 | 209 |
| Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) | 418.1 | 299 |
Unranked Metrics
| Metric | Indicator | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics | |||
| • | Local Authority Collected Waste | ||
| Total Waste (tonnes) | 357,373 | ||
| • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 132,864 | ||
| • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 224,509 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 11,795 | ||
| • | Household | ||
| Total waste (tonnes) | 322,698 | ||
| • | Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 123,413 | |
| • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 65,869 | ||
| • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) | 57,543 | ||
| • | Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 199,286 | |
| • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) | 154,099 | ||
| • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) | 24,276 | ||
| • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) | 9,115 | ||
| • Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 11,795 | ||
| • | Non-Household | ||
| • | Total waste (tonnes) | 34,674 | |
| • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) | 9,451 | ||
| • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) | 25,223 | ||
| Estimated rejects (tonnes) | 0 | ||
| Management of Local Authority Collected Waste | |||
| To Landfill (tonnes) | 9,097 | ||
| To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 215,397 | ||
| To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) | 0 | ||
| To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) | 132,864 | ||
| To Other Routes (tonnes) | 4,785 | ||
| Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) | 211,892 | ||
| Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators | |||
| Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) | 557.7 | ||
| Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) | 2.5 | ||
Destination Information
Significant Tonnage Summary[4]
Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.
| Stream | Facility | Operator | Address | Material | Tonnes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green waste | Windrow or other composting | Anti - Waste Ltd | Red Lodge Waste Transfer & Recycling Facility, The Carrops, Red Lodge, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk | Green garden waste only | 6505.68 |
| Residual waste | Other Method | Suez Recycling and Recovery Suffolk Ltd | Suez, Suffolk Energy from Waste Facility, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk | NA | 203497.42 |
| Residual waste | Other Method | Other/Exempt | At all 11 Suffolk Recycling Centres - Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe, Foxhall, Ipswich - Portman's Walk, Haverhill, Hadleigh, Leiston, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, Stowmarket & Sudbury | NA | 11403.28 |
| Residual waste | Residual waste MRF | Eastern Waste Disposal Limited | Morses Lane Industrial Estate, Brightlingsea, Essex | NA | 7239.66 |
| Residual waste | Non-hazardous landfill | Viridor Waste Management Ltd | Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich | NA | 3259.78 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Sackers Recycling, Gipping Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0JG | Automotive batteries | 4837.37 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Sackers Recycling, Gipping Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0JG | Other Scrap metal | 4837.37 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Sackers Recycling, Gipping Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0JG | WEEE - Large Domestic App | 4837.37 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Boltons Brothers, Bramford Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0SL | Card | 3413.69 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Boltons Brothers, Bramford Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0SL | Mixed Plastics | 3413.69 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Boltons Brothers, Bramford Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0SL | [[OTHER PLASTICS [7]]] | 3413.69 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Boltons Brothers, Bramford Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0SL | Paper | 3413.69 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Tippers R Us, Sinks Pit, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich IP5 2PE | Rubble | 3244.16 |
| Source segregated recyclate | Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) | Other/Exempt | Tippers R Us, Sinks Pit, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich IP5 2PE | Mixed glass | 2450.00 |