Torridge District Council

Torridge District

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E07000046

Authority Type: DIS[1]

Country: England

Region: South West

Disposal Authority: Devon County Council

Population[2] 68,143
Land Area (ha)[3] 99,067.54
Population per ha 0.69

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) 52.6 47
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 338.9 103

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 23,272
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 12,233
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 11,039
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 23,261
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 12,233
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 5,216
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 7,017
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 11,028
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 10,583
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 0
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 446
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 10
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 0
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 10
  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) 329.8
  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: Fortnightly : Comingled : Charged

Food Waste: Weekly : Comingled

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: InHouse

Mixed Recycling Collections: InHouse

Organic Waste Collection: InHouse

Food Waste Collection: InHouse

Duration of Contract: 1

Contract Start Date: Ongoing/Rolling

Approximate Value: £1,620,000

Comments

NA


Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[8]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Food waste Anaerobic or Aerobic Digestion Segregated Andigestion Ltd Holsworthy Biogas Plant, Chilsworthy, Devon Waste food only 2747.56
Green waste Windrow or other composting Devon Waste Management Ltd Deep Moor Landfill, High Bullen, St. Giles In The Wood, Torrington, Devon Green garden waste only 4610.15
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Palm Paper Limited Former British Sugar Site, Poplar Avenue, Kings Lynn, Norfolk Paper 2375.14
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) U R M ( U K ) Limited 49 Lidgate Crescent, Langthwaite Grange Ind, South Kirkby, West Yorkshire Mixed glass 2105.18

For further destination information see Disposal Authority (Devon County Council.)

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.