Official Information Request - Recycling

Sent: Friday, 27 October 2023 2:43 pm
Subject: LGOIMA request - Recycling

I refer to your LGOIMA request of 18 October 2023 regarding recycling, and respond below as per your email:

• How much does the council spend on recycling per year the last 36 months.
• How much is spent on general rubbish the last 36 months
  Costs are for kerbside collections:

  	Cost	Refuse	Recycling	Administrative
  Year	100%	52.6%	44.1%	3.3%
  2020/21	$5,438,743.56	$2,860,779.11	$2,398,485.91	$179,478.54
  2021/22	$5,947,395.98	$3,128,330.29	$2,622,801.63	$196,264.07
  2022/23	$6,480,731.08	$3,408,864.55	$2,858,002.41	$213,864.13

• How many bins of the public are actually filled and the average weight?
  Kerbside collection: Approximately 80% of refuse bins are presented for collection each week / the average weight of refuse bins collected weigh 9.9kg.
• How many bins does the council replace each year the last 36 months.
  In total there are 95,282 receptacles in service – 32,781 refuse bins, 30,880 recycling bins and 31,621 glass crates. Approximately 3.4% of these are replaced each year.
• How much in tonnes of recycling does the council or its contractors have to recycle eg bottles, plastics, paper cardboard including and yo to general rubbish.
  Kerbside collection: 5,029 metric tonnes recovered / 16,221 metric tonnes of refuse sent to landfill.
• How many bins of recycling are put into general rubbish and not recycled at all over the last 36 months.
  By weight, approximately 23% of kerbside recycling per year was too contaminated to recover and sell.