WASTE TARGETS
Since 2000, arc21, in partnership with its constituent councils and with the help of the public, has started to see the benefits of a strategy focused on the ‘3Rs’ of Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.
As the tables below above, household recycling rates have increased from just 7.5% in 1999 to almost 40% today. In addition to recycling more, households are also producing less waste, falling from a high of 1.4 tonnes on average per year to just 1.08 tonnes in 2011/12.
Together this has meant that much less Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) produced by arc21 households is ending up in landfill - 145,135tonnes (45%) less 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 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;
arc21 Household Waste Recycling Rate
|
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% |
arc21 Individual Household Waste Produced Annually
|
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 |
1.31 tonnes |
|
2007/08 |
1.28 tonnes |
|
2008/09 |
1.18 tonnes |
|
2009/10 |
1.15 tonnes |
|
2010/11 |
1.12 tonnes |
|
2011/12 |
1.08 tonnes |
arc1 Landfill Diversion Performance Against Annual Target
|
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% |
