Suffolk County Council

Suffolk County

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E10000029

Authority Type: CTY[1]

Country: England

Region: Eastern

Disposal Authority: Suffolk County Council

Population[2] 756,978
Land Area (ha)[3] 385,357.47
Population per ha 1.964

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 11
Population per HWRC 68,816
Land Area per HWRC 35,032.5

Authority Reported Metrics

For reporting period (Financial Year April to March): 2022-23


Ranked Metrics

Metric Indicator Ranking
Percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting (%) (Ex NI192) 38.2 209
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 418.1 299

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 357,373
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 132,864
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 224,509
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 11,795
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 322,698
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 123,413
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 65,869
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 57,543
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 199,286
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 154,099
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 24,276
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 9,115
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 11,795
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 34,674
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 9,451
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 25,223
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 9,097
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 215,397
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 132,864
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 4,785
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 211,892
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 557.7
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 2.5


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[4]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Green waste Windrow or other composting Anti - Waste Ltd Red Lodge Waste Transfer & Recycling Facility, The Carrops, Red Lodge, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Green garden waste only 6505.68
Residual waste Other Method Suez Recycling and Recovery Suffolk Ltd Suez, Suffolk Energy from Waste Facility, Lodge Lane, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk NA 203497.42
Residual waste Other Method Other/Exempt At all 11 Suffolk Recycling Centres - Bury St Edmunds, Felixstowe, Foxhall, Ipswich - Portman's Walk, Haverhill, Hadleigh, Leiston, Lowestoft, Mildenhall, Stowmarket & Sudbury NA 11403.28
Residual waste Residual waste MRF Eastern Waste Disposal Limited Morses Lane Industrial Estate, Brightlingsea, Essex NA 7239.66
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Viridor Waste Management Ltd Masons Landfill Site, Great Blakenham, Ipswich NA 3259.78
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Sackers Recycling, Gipping Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0JG Automotive batteries 4837.37
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Sackers Recycling, Gipping Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0JG Other Scrap metal 4837.37
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Sackers Recycling, Gipping Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0JG WEEE - Large Domestic App 4837.37
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Boltons Brothers, Bramford Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0SL Card 3413.69
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Boltons Brothers, Bramford Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0SL Mixed Plastics 3413.69
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Boltons Brothers, Bramford Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0SL [[OTHER PLASTICS [7]]] 3413.69
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Boltons Brothers, Bramford Rd, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0SL Paper 3413.69
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Tippers R Us, Sinks Pit, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich IP5 2PE Rubble 3244.16
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Other/Exempt Tippers R Us, Sinks Pit, Main Road, Kesgrave, Ipswich IP5 2PE Mixed glass 2450.00

References

  1. Authority Type Abreviations:
    • UTA - Unitary Authority
    • DIS - District
    • MTD - Metropolitan District
    • LBO - London Borough
    • CTY - County Council
  2. Source: ONS mid 2018 projection
  3. Source: Ordnance Survey boundry line data 2019
  4. Tonnages under 2000 tonnes have been screened out.