Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Blackburn with Darwen

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E06000008

Authority Type: UTA[1]

Country: England

Region: North West

Disposal Authority: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Population[2] 148,942
Land Area (ha)[3] 13,675.87
Population per ha 10.89

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 2
Population per HWRC 74,386
Land Area per HWRC 6,851.1

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) 29.6 295
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 339.7 108

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 58,760
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 16,079
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 42,681
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 1,351
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 53,009
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 15,705
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 10,225
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 5,480
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 37,304
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 25,767
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 7,556
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 2,629
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 1,351
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 5,751
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 374
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 5,377
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 1,502
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 40,638
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 0
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 16,079
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 542
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 2,133
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 591.7
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 2.6


Collections Contract Information[4]

Collection Arrangements

Primary[5]

Residual Collection: Fortnightly

Dry Recycleables: Fortnightly : Comingled

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

Green Waste: Fortnightly : Separate : Charged

Food Waste: None : 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: InHouse

Mixed Recycling Collections: OutSourced (Biffa)

Organic Waste Collection: InHouse

Food Waste Collection: [[NNA]

Duration of Contract: 7

Contract Start Date: 2012

Approximate Value: £19,250,000

Comments

Recycling only - New Contract from 2020 for 10 yrs procurement currently live


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 Sita UK Ltd Landor Street Integrated Resource Facility, Landor Street, Birmingham NA 4788.26
Green waste Windrow or other composting John Cooper Recycling Ltd Farington Moss Recycling Centre, Moss Lane, Whitestake, Preston, Lancashire Green garden waste only 3961.64
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Viridor Waste Management Ltd Runcorn EFW, Barlow Way, Cheshire NA 33734.00
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Sita ( Lancashire ) Ltd Whinney Hill Road, Altham, Accrington, Lancashire NA 2629.76
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Ferrybridge MFE limited Ferrybridge Multifuel facility, Ferrybridge Power Station, Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire, NA 2616.86
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Palm Recycling Unit 4 Nelson Business Park, Long Lane, Walton, Liverpool, Merseyside Mixed paper & card 4329.58


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.