Hertfordshire County Council

Hertfordshire County

Demographic Information

GSSCode: E10000015

Authority Type: CTY[1]

Country: England

Region: Eastern

Disposal Authority: Hertfordshire County Council

Population[2] 1,180,934
Land Area (ha)[3] 164,306.49
Population per ha 7.187

Key Metrics

Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)

Metric Indicator
Number of HWRC(s) 17
Population per HWRC 69,467
Land Area per HWRC 9,665.09

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) 51.2 58
Collected household waste per person (kg/pp) (Ex BVPI 84a) 389.8 254

Unranked Metrics

Metric Indicator
Local Authority Collected and Household Waste Statistics
Local Authority Collected Waste
  Total Waste (tonnes) 504,234
    • Sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 253,545
    • Not sent for recycling (tonnes) 250,688
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 4,595
Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 471,499
  Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 241,259
    • Dry recycling-reuse (tonnes) 133,197
    • Green recycling-reuse (tonnes) 108,062
  Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 230,240
    • Regular collection (not recycled) (tonnes) 184,459
    • Civic amenity sites (not recycled) (tonnes) 24,876
    • Other sources (not recycled) (tonnes) 16,310
    Estimated rejects (tonnes) 4,595
Non-Household
  Total waste (tonnes) 32,735
    • Waste sent for recycling-composting-reuse (tonnes) 12,286
    • Waste not sent for recycling (tonnes) 20,448
  Estimated rejects (tonnes) 0
Management of Local Authority Collected Waste
  To Landfill (tonnes) 54,022
  To Incineration with Energy from Waste (tonnes) 191,012
  To Incineration without Energy from Waste (tonnes) 60
  To Recycled - Composted (tonnes) 253,545
  To Other Routes (tonnes) 10,818
  Input to intermediate plants (tonnes) 13,266
Government Metrics - Selected Waste Indicators
  Residual household waste per household (kg/household) (Ex NI191) 449.7
  Percentage of municipal waste sent to landfill (%) (Ex NI193) 10.7

Hertfordshire Waste Partnership published their Annual Report for the 2020/21 year in January 2021, which captured the performance of Hertfordshire County Council as the disposal authority and the 10 'partner authorities' comprising the borough and district council collection authorities[4].

Destination Information

Significant Tonnage Summary[5]

Data comes from WasteDataFlow for the period Apr21 - Mar22.

Stream Facility Operator Address Material Tonnes
Green waste Windrow or other composting Willen Biogas Ltd Willen Biogas Ltd, Cattlegate Farm, Cattlegate Road, Enfield, Middlesex Green garden waste only 7798.12
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Viridor Limited Ardley Landfill, Ardley Fields Farm, Ardley, Oxfordshire NA 72142.02
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery FCC Recycling (UK) Limited Greatmoor EfW, Edgcott, Buckinghamshire NA 58334.52
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill FCC Waste Service (UK) Ltd Bletchley Landfill Site, Drayton Rd, Bletchley, Milton Keynes NA 56057.93
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery Veolia E S Onyx Ltd Stewartby Treatment Plant, Land/premises At, Green Lane, Stewartby, Bedford, Bedfordshire NA 28638.73
Residual waste Non-hazardous landfill Veolia ES Landfill Limited Springfield Farm Landfill, Broad Lane, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire NA 26088.00
Residual waste Incineration with energy recovery LondonWaste Ltd Ecopark, Advent Way, Edmonton, London NA 8123.92
Residual waste Other Method Invixon Limited Buckden Transfer Station, Station Farm, Brampton Road, Buckden, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire NA 3986.69
Residual waste Other Method Biffa Waste Services Limited Westmill Waste Management Facility, Westmill Road, Ware, Hertfordshire, NA 2960.76
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Pearce Recycling Company Ltd Pearce House, Acrewood Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire Wood 17047.20
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Holywell Haulage Ltd Holywell Hemel Hempstead, 82 Maxted Close, Hemel Hempstead Ind Est, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Rubble 5654.58
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Nationwide Metal Recycling Ltd Bridge Works, Cadwell Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire Automotive batteries 5481.33
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Nationwide Metal Recycling Ltd Bridge Works, Cadwell Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire Other Scrap metal 5481.33
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Nationwide Metal Recycling Ltd Bridge Works, Cadwell Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire WEEE - Large Domestic App 5481.33
Source segregated recyclate Exporter - recycling (qu19) Pearce Recycling Company Ltd Pearce House, Acrewood Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire Card 4884.63
Source segregated recyclate Exporter - recycling (qu19) Pearce Recycling Company Ltd Pearce House, Acrewood Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire Mixed Plastics 4884.63
Source segregated recyclate Exporter - recycling (qu19) Pearce Recycling Company Ltd Pearce House, Acrewood Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire Paper 4884.63
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) B P Mitchell ( Haulage Contractors) Ltd Burnside, Hertford Road, Hatfield, Hertfordshire Rubble 3504.58
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recycling Lives Limited Recycling Lives Recycling Park, Longridge Road, Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire WEEE - Small Domestic App 3309.97
Source segregated recyclate Reprocessor - recycling (qu19) Recycling Lives Limited Recycling Lives Recycling Park, Longridge Road, Ribbleton, Preston, Lancashire WEEE - TVs & Monitors 3309.97

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. https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/media-library/documents/environment-and-planning/waste-and-recycling/residual-waste-treatment-contracts/hwp-annual-report-20-21-accessible-version-2-002.pdf
  5. Tonnages under 2000 tonnes have been screened out.