As the tables below indicate, household recycling rates have increased from just 7.5% in 2000 to over 48% today.
This has meant that much less Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) produced by arc21 households is ending up in landfill since 2005.
More needs to be done to reach a target of recycling and composting 50% of household waste by 2020, but we’re on the right track.
arc21’s Residual Waste Project will further ensure that waste which can’t practicably be recycled will be put to good use rather than going to landfill.
Our progress can be tracked in the following tables.
|
Year |
Recycling Rate |
|
2000 |
7.5% |
|
2002 |
9.7% |
|
2003 |
10.6% |
|
2004/05 |
16.7% |
|
2005/06 |
22.9% |
|
2006/07 |
26.8% |
|
2007/08 |
30.9% |
|
2008/09 |
33.9% |
|
2009/10 |
35.0% |
|
2010/11 |
37.5% |
|
2011/12 |
39.3% |
|
2013/13 |
39.5% |
|
2013/14 |
41.8% |
|
2014/15 |
42.4% |
|
2015/16 |
41.8% |
|
2016/17 |
43.2% |
|
2017/18 |
48.4% |
|
2018/19 |
49.2% |
|
2019/20 |
49.1% |
|
Year |
Tonnes per Household |
|
2000 |
1.40 tonnes |
|
2002 |
1.37 tonnes |
|
2003 |
1.34 tonnes |
|
2004/05 |
1.34 tonnes |
|
2005/06 |
1.36 tonnes |
|
2006/07 |
1.32 tonnes |
|
2007/08 |
1.28 tonnes |
|
2008/09 |
1.18 tonnes |
|
2009/10 |
1.15 tonnes |
|
2010/11 |
1.13 tonnes |
|
2011/12 |
1.13 tonnes |
|
2012/13 |
1.09 tonnes |
|
2013/14 |
1.11 tonnes |
|
2014/15 |
1.12 tonnes |
|
2015/16 |
1.11 tonnes |
|
2016/17 |
1.12 tonnes |
|
2017/18 |
1.14 tonnes |
|
2018/19 |
1.13 tonnes |
|
2019/20 |
1.14 tonnes |
|
Year |
BMW Landfilled |
BMW Allowance Target |
Target Met |
% of Allowance Utilised |
|
2005/06 |
316,732 tonnes |
380,427 tonnes |
Yes |
83.3% |
|
2006/07 |
301,988 tonnes |
353,773 tonnes |
Yes |
85.4% |
|
2007/08 |
280,735 tonnes |
345,244 tonnes |
Yes |
81.3% |
|
2008/09 |
261,721 tonnes |
336,762 tonnes |
Yes |
77.7% |
|
2009/10 |
208,486 tonnes |
251,880 tonnes |
Yes |
82.8% |
|
2010/11 |
191,110 tonnes |
248,533 tonnes |
Yes |
76.9% |
|
2011/12 |
173,597 tonnes |
248,533 tonnes |
Yes |
69.8% |
|
2012/13 |
170,277 tonnes |
153,060 tonnes |
Yes |
89.9% |
|
2013/14 |
136,846 tonnes |
162,292 tonnes |
Yes |
84.3% |
|
2014/15 |
133,257 tonnes |
154,344 tonnes |
Yes |
86.3% |
|
2015/16 |
144,719 tonnes |
163,613 tonnes |
Yes |
88.4% |
|
2016/17 |
129,581 tonnes |
155,180 tonnes |
Yes |
83.5% |
|
2017/18 |
105,182 tonnes |
146,746 tonnes |
Yes |
71.7% |
|
2018/19
|
99,865 tonnes |
138,275 tonnes |
Yes |
72.2% |
|
2019/20 |
87,236 tonnes |
129,879 tonnes |
Yes |
67.2% |