FOI request (FOIR-485100947)

Recycling rates

Requested Wed 08 February 2023
Responded Mon 13 February 2023

Please could you provide me with the following information:

1. What is the recycling rate, as a percentage of the total weight of waste, for all waste produced in the council area for the financial year 2021/22, and from the start of financial year 2022 to 31st December 2022?

2. If the figures for 2022/23 are not yet available, please provide an estimated amount, or the amount recycled thus far.

3. How often, in a single four-week period, does the council collect recycling bins for the following from domestic households:

a. Paper/Cardboard

b. Glass

c. Plastic

d. Cans

Response

1.

Jan 2021 - 29.70%

Feb 2021 - 29.60%

Mar 2021 - 31.50%

Apr 2021 - 32.40%

May 2021 - 32.50%

Jun 2021 - 36.60%

Jul 2021 - 33.80%

Aug 2021 - 35.00%

Sep 2021 - 33.10%

Oct 2021 - 32.20%

Nov 2021 - 31.50%

Dec 2021 - 30.10%

Jan 2022 - 31.00%

Feb 2022 - 26.10%

Mar 2022 - 30.30%

Apr 2022 - 33.80%

May 2022 - 33.20%

Jun 2022 - 32.60%

Jul 2022 - 30.80%

Aug 2022 - 30.80%

Sep 2022 - 30.80%

2. Information not held. We are unable to provide this figure further than September 2022, as data is provided 3 months behind. We will not receive October, November, and December figures until the of March 2023. We cannot estimate.

3a. Weekly or fortnightly depending on the road.

3b. Weekly or fortnightly depending on the road.

3c. Weekly or fortnightly depending on the road.

3d. Weekly or fortnightly depending on the road.