WASTE AND RECYCLING
IN WOKINGHAM
BOROUGH COUNCIL
SYNOPSIS
Facts and Figures – Recycling & Landfill
Waste Hierarchy
WBC Cleaner & Greener Services
What can be recycled?
Spot contaminants
Success Stories
Incentives
Questions
FACTS AND FIGURES - RECYCLING
Recycling Targets
EU Target for 2020 – 50%
1st half of 2014/15 – 42%
Annual Recycling Rate for
2013/14 – 39%
39%
42%
50% EU target
for 2020
1st half of
2014/15
2013/14
FACTS AND FIGURES - LANDFILL
Waste sent to landfill in
2006 - 69%
Current figures show - 17%
25,000 Tonnes per annum
diverted
69%
17%
2006
2013/14
Landfill tax costs
£80 per tonne And disposal
£170 per tonne
WASTE HIERARCHY
Under EU Waste
Framework Directive
(WFD) – Ranking of
Waste Management
Options Did you
know?
If every
household in WBC
were to divert 1Kg
from their rubbish to
recycling they can help
the council to save
£320K per annum
WBC CLEANER & GREENER SERVICES
Batteries Collection Points
39 Brink Banks Sites
2 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC)
Bulk Waste Collection Service circa 1,000 per annum
Kerbside Waste Collection
Service
Weekly
General Rubbish
Collection
Weekly
Recycling
Collection
Fortnight
Garden
Waste
Collection
WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED?
SPOT CONTAMINANTS!!!
SUCCESS STORIES – MONARCH DRIVE
DOWNHAM COURT BIN TRIAL SUCCESS
INCENTIVES
Subsidised Garden Waste Composters from
‘getcompoting’
Real Nappy Cash Back Vouchers
£30 cash back for the purchase of real nappies
Green Redeem
A lot of rewards on
Restaurants and takeaways
Health & Beauty
Entertainment and Recreation
Points for returning unused blue bags to libraries
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