Reducing your food waste

Reducing your food waste Did you know that an average family of four could save £83 a month simply by reducing the amount of food they waste? That's around £1,000 per year! Recycling your food waste by using a caddy is great; but reducing the amount of food waste we produce in the first place is the real solution. Surprisingly… Continue Reading Reducing your food waste

Lesson plans

Lesson plans The Surrey Environment Partnership has worked in collaboration with the Young People’s Trust for the Environment to produce a free package of resources for schools to use to teach four lessons to pupils about waste, recycling and the environment in Surrey. The package includes slide presentations and guide documents with notes to use in conjunction with the slides,… Continue Reading Lesson plans

Procuring waste services for schools

Procuring waste and recycling services for Surrey schools Legal requirement to separate materials for recycling The law is changing in England and Simpler Recycling will require businesses, including educational establishments, by 31 March 2025 to recycle the following materials: Food waste Paper and card Plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, and cartons Metal tins and cans, foil and empty aerosols… Continue Reading Procuring waste services for schools

Conclusion

Conclusion In an unprecedented year that affected every aspect of life including waste, it was encouraging that Surrey residents continued to recycle diligently. 55.1% of Surrey’s waste was recycled, significantly higher than the national average of 43.8%. It was also pleasing to see that the proportion of Surrey’s rubbish that was sent to an energy from waste facility increased. With… Continue Reading Conclusion

Textile and small electrical waste

Textile and small electrical waste AreaTextile and small electrical waste per household (kg) Elmbridge10 Epsom & Ewell13 Guildford34 Mole Valley24 Reigate & Banstead7 Runnymede11 Spelthorne15 Surrey Heath25 Tandridge37 Waverley21 Woking20 Back to top How much textile and small electrical waste was produced? 13,580 tonnes of textile and small electrical waste was produced in Surrey in 2020-21. However, only 48.1% of… Continue Reading Textile and small electrical waste

Garden waste

Garden waste How much garden waste was produced? 103,253 tonnes of garden waste was produced in 2020-21. 97.8% of it was captured for recycling with only a small amount going into rubbish bins. AreaGarden waste per household (kg) Elmbridge218 Epsom & Ewell170 Guildford202 Mole Valley205 Reigate & Banstead131 Runnymede97 Spelthorne98 Surrey Heath167 Tandridge159 Waverley134 Woking188 Back to top What happens… Continue Reading Garden waste

Food waste

Food waste AreaFood waste per household (kg) Elmbridge93 Epsom & Ewell77 Guildford86 Mole Valley83 Reigate & Banstead84 Runnymede71 Spelthorne65 Surrey Heath104 Tandridge93 Waverley83 Woking100 Back to top How much food waste was produced? 93,414 tonnes of food waste was produced in 2020-21. However, only 46.2% of it was put into food caddies to be recycled, with the rest going into… Continue Reading Food waste

Dry mixed recycling

Dry mixed recycling The table below shows the contents of an average dry mixed recycling bin in Surrey. Type of wasteProportion of average dry mixed recycling bin Food and drink cartons0.2% Glass29.3% Metal tins and cans4.2% Paper and card43.4% Plastics9.4% Contamination, i.e., waste that can’t be recycled13.5% *Note that Reigate and Banstead Borough Council collects paper and card separately from… Continue Reading Dry mixed recycling

Rubbish

Rubbish The table below shows the contents of an average household rubbish bin in Surrey. Type of wasteProportion of average household rubbish bin Non-recyclable waste, i.e., rubbish52.5% Waste that could have been recycled, made up of:47.5% Dry mixed recycling15.1% Food waste27.3% Textiles3.1% Garden waste1.2% Small electricals0.7% Back to top How much rubbish was produced? Surrey residents produced 242,368 tonnes of… Continue Reading Rubbish