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Home Reduce, reuse, recycle What happened to Surrey’s waste, 2019-20 What happened to Surrey’s waste, 2019-20 What happened to Surrey's waste, 2019-20 contents

Contents

Introduction

How much waste was produced in Surrey?

Where did your waste go?

Could more waste have been recycled?

The impact of items that are put into the wrong bin

  • Surrey (whole county) – waste collected from households, taken to bring banks or Community Recycling Centres, fly-tipping and street cleaning
  • District and borough council areas compared for waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Elmbridge Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Epsom and Ewell Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Guildford Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Mole Valley District Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Reigate and Banstead Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Runnymede Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Spelthorne Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Surrey Heath Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Tandridge District Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Waverley Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Woking Borough Council – waste collected from households or taken to bring banks
  • Material taken to Community Recycling Centres in Surrey

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