Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E10000003

Authority Type: CTY[1]

Country: England

Region: Eastern

Disposal Authority: Cambridgeshire County Council

Population[2] 648,237
Land Area (ha)[3] 305,400.76
Population per ha 2.123

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 9
Population per HWRC 72,026
Land Area per HWRC 33,933.42

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) 48.2 79
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 398.7 271

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 302,677
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 148,191
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 154,486
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 6,190
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 278,151
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 134,067
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 69,250
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 64,818
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 144,083
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 107,310
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 21,709
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 8,875
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 6,190
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 24,526
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 14,123
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 10,403
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 134,786
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 14,089
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 1,059
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 148,191
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 4,923
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 34,830
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 479.4
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 44.5


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[4]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Green waste In vessel composting Mr. Stuart Bedford, Mr. Daniel Bedford And Mr. Thomas Bedford Bury Lane Farm, Ramsey Heights, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Green garden waste only 2301.98
Residual waste Mechanical Biological treatment Ameycespa (East) Ltd Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire NA 121879.49
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Ameycespa (East) Ltd Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire NA 17846.70
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Welland Waste Management Ltd Mobile Plant NA 9601.96
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Invixon Limited Buckden Transfer Station, Station Farm, Brampton Road, Buckden, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire NA 3269.86
Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) Ameycespa (East) Ltd Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Rubble 10305.95
Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) Ameycespa (East) Ltd Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Soil 10305.95
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) European Metal Recycling Ltd Beevor Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire Automotive batteries 4032.36
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) European Metal Recycling Ltd Beevor Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire Mixed cans 4032.36
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) European Metal Recycling Ltd Beevor Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire Other Scrap metal 4032.36
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) European Metal Recycling Ltd Beevor Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire WEEE - Large Domestic App 4032.36
Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) Ameycespa (East) Ltd Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Paint 3600.24
Source segregated recyclate Reuse (qu35) Ameycespa (East) Ltd Waste Management Park, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Furniture 2152.63

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.