Dawn In The Surrey Hills

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


Recycling

Waste typeWaste recycled (%) in UKWaste recycled (%) in Europe - known locationsWaste recycled (%) in Europe - unknown locationsWaste recycled (%) outside Europe - known locationsWaste recycled (%) outside Europe - unknown locationsWaste recycled (%) in unknown locations% of total recycled waste
Electrical items99.8%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 cartons99.3%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%
Glass84.2%8.0%7.7%0.0%0.1%0.0%9.5%
Metal tins and cans92.6%0.9%1.0%4.7%0.0%0.8%4.7%
Other recycling100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.6%
Paper and card49.5%10.7%12.8%13.5%11.6%2.0%23.0%
Plastics85.0%2.6%7.7%0.5%3.6%0.6%4.7%
Textiles78.4%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 UKAbroad
% of waste sent to an energy from waste or landfill site65.0%35.0%

Total waste

% of waste recycled56.3%
% of waste sent to an energy from waste or landfill site43.7%
Total waste produced (tonnes)501,797

See also



Surrey’s target

70%

70% of Surrey’s waste should be recycled.