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FOI Request

Disclosure ID
FOI/02756
Request Date
October 9, 2018
Subject
Waste Disposal
Description

Please could you provide the following information relating to the amount, cost, methods and reporting of the disposal and treatment of municipal, healthcare and clinical waste.

 

The questions below relate to bagged waste only, including the following:

 

  • Municipal waste, residual (not segregated for recycling);
  • Municipal waste, recyclable (segregated by single type or as a comingled recyclable stream);
  • Offensive waste;
  • Infectious waste streams, orange and yellow categories (not sharps).

 

Please indicate the total amount of waste (in weight) produced by your organisation:

 

  Tonnes 2016/2017 Tonnes 2017/2018
Municipal, residual (black bags)    
Municipal, recycling    
Offensive (tiger strips)    
Infectious (orange), suitable for alternative treatment    
Infectious (yellow), requiring incineration    

 

The associated costs for collection and treatment/disposal of these wastes:

 

  £ 2016/2017 £ 2017/2018
Municipal, residual (black bags)    
Municipal, recycling    
Offensive (tiger strips)    
Infectious (orange), suitable for alternative treatment    
Infectious (yellow), requiring incineration    
Response
  Tonnes 2016/2017 Tonnes 2017/2018
Municipal, residual (black bags) 500.6 422.8
Municipal, recycling 313.8 356.5
Offensive (tiger strips) 247.8 268.7
Infectious (orange), suitable for alternative treatment 88 95.2
Infectious (yellow), requiring incineration 221.1 167.4

 

The associated costs for collection and treatment/disposal of these wastes:

 

  £ 2016/2017 £ 2017/2018
Municipal, residual (black bags) 59,808 42,702
Municipal, recycling 6,896 25,600
Offensive (tiger strips) 44,604 48,366
Infectious (orange), suitable for alternative treatment 29,975 28,084
Infectious (yellow), requiring incineration 93,967 71,145

 

NB: 2016/17 costs are estimates based on Tonnage x Cost per tonne + Transport.

 

2017/2018 increase due to equipment costs shown against budget (Compactor, Balers, Shredder Baler)

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