Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council

Richmond upon Thames London Borough

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E09000027

Authority Type: LBO[1]

Country: England

Region: London

Disposal Authority: West London Waste Disposal Authority

Population[2] 196,904
Land Area (ha)[3] 5,855.28
Population per ha 33.63

Key Metrics

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) 40.3 182
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 362.4 177

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 79,488
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 31,265
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 48,222
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 452
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 71,393
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 28,796
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 18,426
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 10,370
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 42,596
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 35,178
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 3,360
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 3,606
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 452
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 8,095
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 2,469
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 5,626
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 0
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 0
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 0
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 0
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 497.6
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 0.0


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Weekly

Dry Recycleables: Weekly : Comingled

  • Method of Segregation[6]: To be completed by Local Authority

Green Waste: Weekly : Separate : Charged

Food Waste: Weekly : Separate

Secondary[7]

Residual Collection: To be completed by Authority

Dry Recycleables: To be completed by Authority

  • Method of Segregation[6]: To be completed by Authority

Green Waste: To be completed by Authority

Food Waste: To be completed by Authority

Contract Arrangements

Residual Waste Collection: OutSourced (Veolia)

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Veolia)

Organic Waste Collection: OutSourced (Veolia)

Food Waste Collection: OutSourced (Veolia)

Duration of Contract: 10

Contract Start Date: 2014

Approximate Value: £65,000,000

Comments

Out for procurement with Wandsworth.


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[8]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Comingled recyclate Materials recovery facility Veolia E S Cleanaway ( U K ) Ltd Inert Soils Recovery, Coldharbour Lane, Off Ferry Lane, Rainham, Essex NA 9646.99
Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Riverside A D Limited, Riverside A D Limited Riverside A D Limited, 43 Willow Lane, Mitcham, Surrey Waste food only 3052.93
Green waste Windrow or other composting Pinkerton Alexander School Field, Blackbirds Farm Compost Site, Blackbirds Lane, Aldenham, Watford, Hertfordshire Green garden waste only 7410.50
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Chas Storer Ltd Storer House, Coopers Lane, Northaw, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire Mixed paper & card 10533.47

For further destination information see Disposal Authority (West London Waste Disposal Authority.)

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. Data initially populated from propriatory database.
  5. These arrangements are for the primary arrangements in an area. Primary is defined as the arrangements given to the most households in an area.
  6. 6.0 6.1 This should detail the Kerbside Collection Scheme operated by the LA e.g. co-mingled, twin stream or source segregated.
  7. Due to the diverse nature of housing stock within a local authority's juristriction most LAs operate secondary collection arrangements to accommodate for this difference in housing e.g. houses, flats etc
  8. Tonnages under 2000 tonnes have been screened out.