Hampshire's Waste Target
To recycle 40% of household waste by 2005
Project Integra statistics
Latest update: September 2002
NB Before the financial year
2001/2002, the definition of waste arisings included rubble
and bric-a-brac, but in the new definition these materials
are excluded. The following information gives
statistics using the new definitions, but where helpful,
including the old definition for comparison.
Waste arisings:
Current household
waste arisings have grown from 655,474 tpa in 1995/96 to the
2001/02 figure of 811,443 tpa (calculated using the
new definition, excluding rubble and bric-a-brac).
Costs 2001/02:
Waste disposal actual
costs for 2001/02 including central and capital charges were
£31,144,000.
Recycling/composting:
The recycling rate,
including composting, has risen from 7.9% in 1995/96 to
18.6% in 2001/02. Using the old definition, including
rubble and bric-a-brac, the recycling rate rose from 8.2% in
1995/96 to 22.3% in 2001/02, reaching 25% for a period
during 2000/01.
Amounts collected for recycling
2001/2002:
The following is a
breakdown of the amounts recycled by the different parts of
the system, calculated using the new definition, excluding
rubble and bric-a-brac, and also excluding MRF reject from
the kerbside recycling figures.
| Recycled by: |
tonnes per annum |
| Kerbside collection |
52,500 |
| HWRC |
31,766 |
| District &Unitary banks |
22,332 |
| Third Party (Salvation Army etc) |
2,271 |
| HWRC compostables |
37,486 |
| Kerbside compostables |
4,955 |
| Total |
151,310 |
Household Waste Recycling
Centres:
226,907 tonnes were
delivered to Household Waste Recycling Centres in the
Project Integra area, in 2001/02. Of this, 69,252
tonnes were recycled or composted (calculated by new
definition)
Materials recycled:
Materials recycled in
2001/02 included, in order of greatest amount, ferrous
scrap, card, glass, paper, non-ferrous metal, wood,
batteries, textiles, oil and plastic. This excludes
3,995 tonnes of bric-a-brac and 25,529 tonnes of rubble.
Meeting the recycling targets
With waste growing at
a rate of up to 3% a year, the cost of disposal increasing
every year and further fiscal measures from the government
likely, recycling is more important than ever. The
Government’s Guidance on Municipal Waste Management
Strategies now places an obligation on local authorities to
meet higher waste recycling targets.
The Best Value Performance
Indicator targets, ( BVPIs), range from 16% to 33% for
Project Integra authorities by 2003/4 and up to 40% by
2005/6. The overall Project Integra target is 40% by
2005/06.
| Region |
Recycling
Rate |
| |
1998/99 |
2000/01 |
20005/06 |
| Basingstoke
& Deane |
10 |
9 |
30 |
| Hart |
11 |
13 |
33 |
| Rushmoor |
8 |
7 |
24 |
| East Hants |
8 |
14 |
24 |
| Havant |
17 |
18 |
36 |
| Portsmouth |
12 |
13 |
36 |
| Gosport |
9 |
8 |
27 |
| Fareham |
20 |
19 |
40 |
| Eastleigh |
26 |
32 |
40 |
| Southampton |
8 |
9 |
24 |
| New Forest |
22 |
24 |
40 |
| Test Valley |
16 |
19 |
36 |
| Winchester |
15 |
15 |
36 |
To help achieve these
targets, work has been progressing to identify further
recycling opportunities. Combined waste composition
surveys from all forms of collected and delivered household
waste have been used to identify the amount of different
materials in the waste stream which are not already being
recycled.
From that information, it is
possible to test the effect of different recycling options
on the recycling rate in each local authority area.
Options could include widening the scope of kerbside
collections, introducing more ‘bank’ sites eg for glass,
textiles or card. The information is being used to help meet
the BVPI targets for 2005/06.
The Future - Project Integra Phase
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Capacities to be
delivered under the contract with Hampshire Waste Services
Ltd (tonnes per annum)
(Source:
HCC Waste Management Team)
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