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2016-03-07 General Committee - Item 1 - Draft Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan - ATTACHMENT 1
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Log in to see the plans as drawnAppendix 3: Composition of the Northern Region Kerbside Domestic Waste Stream 2012.
Material Category Material %
Recyclable Paper Newspaper 4.83%
14.51% Magazine 2.14%
Corrugated cardboard(P) 2.68%
Package board(P) 2.44%
Printing & writing paper (incl. books) 2.13%
Liquid Paper Containers(P) 0.29%
Recyclable Glass 2.18% Packaging glass /containers 2.18%
Recyclable Plastic 1 PET - package 0.79%
2.30% 2 HDPE - package 0.69%
3 PVC - package 0.15%
4 LDPE - package 0.02%
5 Polypropylene - package 0.62%
6 Polystyrene - rigid 0.03%
Recyclable Metal Steel packaging - cans 1.00%
1.60% Other - Aerosols, Paint cans 0.18%
Aluminium - cans 0.42%
Other packaging - foil
Non Recyclable Paper Misc. Packaging(P)
4.19% Disposable paper product 1.49%
Composite, mostly paper
Nappies 2.70%
Organic Compostable Food / Kitchen 26.59%
49.09% Garden 22.23%
Other Putrescible 0.27%
Organic Other Wood - furniture
5.58% Wood - packaging, off cuts
Textile/rags 3.99%
Leather 0.22%
Rubber – foot ware 0.95%
Rubber - tyres, tubes 0.24%
Oils - engine lubricating
Oils - cooking oil 0.18%
Non Recyclable Glass Glass fines
0.00% Misc/other glass - Plate glass
Other glass
Non Recyclable Plastic 6 Polystyrene - expanded 0.13%
13.53% Other plastic - foam 1.37%
Other plastic - film 8.41%
Other plastic 3.44%
8 Composite, mostly plastic
Non Recyclable Ferrous Other - white goods
6.65% Other appliances 4.06%
Other - ferrous 2.59%
Composite - car parts 0.00%
Other - specify
Composites
Non Recyclable Non Ferrous Other - copper
0.00% Other - non ferrous
Composite, non aluminium
Hazardous Materials Paint
0.54% Fluorescent globes
Dry cell batteries
Car batteries
H'hold chemicals - pharmaceuticals
Other h'hold chemicals 0.54%
Other Inert Building Materials Ceramics
0.00% Dust/ dirt/ rock/inert
Ash
Plasterboard/Inert building materials
Other Special pathogenic, infectious
Total Sample 100.00%
Domestic waste bin audits were conducted by Envirocom in January 2012.
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