Waste Targets
Since it was formed in 2003, 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 show, household recycling rates have increased from just 7.5% in 1999 to over 30% 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 1.33 tonnes in 2007.
Together this has meant that much less Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) produced by arc21 households is ending up in landfill - 35,000 tonnes (11%) 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.
arc21- Recycling rates per household
arc21 -Amount of individual household waste produced annually
arc21 - Landfill diversion targets
