What happened to your waste, 2019-20
Surrey (whole county) – waste collected from households, taken to bring banks or Community Recycling Centres, fly-tipping and street cleaning
How much waste was produced in Surrey?
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
Recycling
| Waste type | Waste recycled (%) in UK | Waste recycled (%) in Europe - known locations | Waste recycled (%) in Europe - unknown locations | Waste recycled (%) outside Europe - known locations | Waste recycled (%) outside Europe - unknown locations | Waste recycled (%) in unknown locations | % of total recycled waste |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical items | 99.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Food waste | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.8% |
| Food and drink cartons | 99.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Garden waste | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 35.6% |
| Glass | 84.2% | 8.0% | 7.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 9.5% |
| Metal tins and cans | 92.6% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 4.7% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 4.7% |
| Other recycling | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6.6% |
| Paper and card | 49.5% | 10.7% | 12.8% | 13.5% | 11.6% | 2.0% | 23.0% |
| Plastics | 85.0% | 2.6% | 7.7% | 0.5% | 3.6% | 0.6% | 4.7% |
| Textiles | 78.4% | 20.6% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Total waste recycled sent to: | 85.8% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 0.5% | 100.0% |
Rubbish
| In the UK | Abroad | |
|---|---|---|
| % of waste sent to an energy from waste or landfill site | 65.0% | 35.0% |
Total waste
| % of waste recycled | 56.3% |
|---|---|
| % of waste sent to an energy from waste or landfill site | 43.7% |
| Total waste produced (tonnes) | 501,797 |