Exeter

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How much rubbish do we throw away?

What do we recycle?

What is our recycling rate?

All data shown relates to the latest complete year figures.

Figures include the total waste collected by District Councils and through Devon County Council Recycling Centres within that authority area.

Exeter – Profile

Population 118,800
Number of households 51,480
Area (in hectares) 4,700
People per hectare 26.04

Exeter - Waste Summary (tonnes)

Overall household waste produced    51,641
Overall municipal waste produced     61,190

Recycled         17,043
Composted     7,459

Exeter - Recycled by type (tonnes)

Glass 2,321               Paper 5,386
Card 1,659                  Cans 401
Textiles 467                Plastic 885
Other 5,923

Exeter (City Council only) - Recycling Rate

District Recycling rate 37.2%

National position (recycling & composting) 151 out of 235 similar authorities (2010/11)

Exeter - Recycling Rate History

94/95 4.70%                95/96 8.20%

96/97 11.77%              97/98 9.12%

98/99 12.21%              99/00 10.91%

00/01 11.27%              01/02 11.96%

02/03 14.38%              03/04 17.30%

04/05 20.74%              05/06 30.04%

06/07 33.86%              07/08 35.06%

08/09 36.27%              09/10 36.2%

10/11 37.2%

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