FOI request (FOIR-219121310)

Council expenditure on waste management

Requested Fri 19 June 2020
Responded Wed 26 August 2020

*NOTE: 'Budget' below means the council's entire annual budget. Should it not be possible to provide such information within the cost limits of the Act then it would be acceptable to receive information just on the portion of the waste budget. Or indeed vice versa should the opposite be the case.

*NOTE: I require information for the previous last two financial years. However, should it not be possible to provide such information within the cost limits of the Act then it would be acceptable to receive information just on the last financial year.

Could you tell me:

1. How much your council spends on the collection, disposal and minimisation of recyclable waste per year.

What portion of your budget is this expenditure?

2. How much your council spends on the collection, disposal and minimisation of non-recyclable waste - through landfill, incineration or other - per year?

What portion of your annual budget is this expenditure?

3. How much your council spends on recycling waste per year.

What portion of your annual budget is this expenditure?

4. What are your council's annual climate change objectives?

Is your waste management practice linked to these objectives?

Could you briefly outline how?

5. Do you use a private operator for the collection, disposal and minimisation of waste (recyclable or non-recyclable)?

What is the name of the operator?

What portion of the recyclable or non-recyclable waste do they collect, dispose of or minimise?

Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.

Q1 -

2018-19

Dry Recycling (-£70,533)

Garden Waste £9,019

Total (-£61,504)

2019-20

Dry Recycling £715,106

Garden Waste (-£129,553)

Total £585,553

Contract change and recycling credits no longer received means big change from year to year.

Expenditure:

2018-19

Dry Recycling £478,250

Garden Waste £362,883

Total £841,113

2019-20

Dry Recycling £808,911

Garden Waste £269,081

Total £1,077,992

Q2 -

2018-19

Domestic Waste £1,285,140

Street Cleansing £1,491,715

Total £2,776,885

2019-20

Domestic Waste £1,256,459

Street Cleansing £1,440,226

Total £2,696,685

Expenditure:

2018-19

Domestic Waste £1,285,140

Street Cleansing £1,579,800

Total £2,864,940

2019-20

Domestic Waste £1,285,140

Street Cleansing £1,471,704

Total £2,756,844

Q3 - Information not held, this is dealt with by East Sussex County Council, please visit their website for further information: https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk

Q4 - We do not have any objectives in place

Q5 - Biffa collect all our refuse and recycling - East Sussex County Council deal with the disposal - https://www.eastussex.gov.uk