What happened to Surrey’s waste, 2019-20
Runnymede 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 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Food waste | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 21.6% |
| Food and drink cartons | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Garden waste | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 26.3% |
| Glass | 92.0% | 0.0% | 8.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 18.0% |
| Metal tins and cans | 74.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4.1% | 0.0% | 21.5% | 4.4% |
| Other recycling | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Paper and card | 8.2% | 4.0% | 10.3% | 43.1% | 34.5% | 0.0% | 23.2% |
| Plastics | 75.6% | 4.4% | 2.3% | 9.2% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 6.3% |
| Textiles | 0.0% | 23.9% | 76.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| % of total waste recycled sent to: | 74.4% | 1.2% | 4.0% | 10.8% | 8.3% | 1.2% | 100.0% |
| % of waste recycled | % of waste’ sent to an energy from waste or landfill site | Total waste produced per person (kg) |
|---|---|---|
| 44.2% | 55.8% | 291 |