What happened to Surrey’s waste, 2019-20
Woking Borough Council
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
| 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 | Unknown locations | % of total recycled waste |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical items | 71.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 28.3% | 0.2% |
| Food waste | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 21.2% |
| Food and drink cartons | 30.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 69.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Garden waste | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 39.9% |
| Glass | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7.2% |
| Metal tins and cans | 90.3% | 0.0% | 9.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.3% |
| Other recycling | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Paper and card | 4.6% | 0.0% | 88.0% | 0.0% | 7.4% | 0.0% | 25.9% |
| Plastics | 62.0% | 0.0% | 38.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.2% |
| Textiles | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| % of total recycled waste sent to: | 73.8% | 0.0% | 24.2% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 0.1% | 100.0% |
| % of waste recycled | % of waste’ sent to an energy from waste or landfill site | Total waste produced per person (kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 51.5% | 48.5% | 368 |
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70% of Surrey’s waste should be recycled.