West Berkshire Council

West Berkshire

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000037

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: South East

Disposal Authority: West Berkshire Council

Population[2] 158,527
Land Area (ha)[3] 70,360.16
Population per ha 2.25

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 1
Population per HWRC 158,473
Land Area per HWRC 70,416.94

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) 49.8 68
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 426.5 308

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 70,193
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 35,270
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 34,924
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 994
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 69,284
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 34,523
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 18,396
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 16,127
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 34,760
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 26,931
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 3,892
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 2,944
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 994
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 909
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 746
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 163
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 4,506
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 29,768
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 35,270
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 570
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 1,667
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 489.4
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 6.4


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 : Comingled : Charged

Food Waste: Fortnightly : Comingled

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: 25

Contract Start Date: 2008

Approximate Value: £3,480,000

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 Veolia Environmental Services West Berkshire Ltd Padworth Sidings, Padworth Lane, Lower Padworth, Berkshire NA 10275.39
Green waste In vessel composting Veolia Environmental Services West Berkshire Ltd Padworth Sidings, Padworth Lane, Lower Padworth, Berkshire Green garden waste only 2073.32
Mixed green and food waste In vessel composting Veolia Environmental Services West Berkshire Ltd Padworth Sidings, Padworth Lane, Lower Padworth, Berkshire Mixed garden and food waste 14845.74
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery WTI UK Ltd, Kemsley Sustainable Energy Plant EPR/XP3637VX Kemsley Sustainable Energy Plant, SITTINGBOURNE, Kent NA 20653.95
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Veolia ES Hampshire Ltd Integra South West Energy Recovery Facility, Marchwood Industrial Park, Marchwood, Hampshire NA 5409.38
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Veolia ES Landfill Limited Springfield Farm Landfill, Broad Lane, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire NA 3327.28
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery South East London Combined Heat and Power Limited The Kennels Site, Landmann Way, Lewisham NA 2590.06
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Hills Waste Solutions Limited Lower Compton Waste Recovery Facility, Lower Compton, Calne, Wiltshire NA 2008.54
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) U R M ( U K ) Limited 49 Lidgate Crescent, Langthwaite Grange Ind, South Kirkby, West Yorkshire Mixed glass 4123.67
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Boomeco Limited Units A, B & C Estuary Park, Chittening Road, Avonmouth, Bristol, Avon Wood 2479.70


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.