Mid Devon

In this section

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 .

Mid Devon - Profile

Population 76,000
Number of households 33,800
Area (in hectares) 91,300
People per hectare 0.83

Mid Devon - Waste Summary (tonnes)

Overall household waste produced    37,774
Overall municipal waste produced     42,230

Recycled         8,692

Composted     11,380

Mid Devon - Recycled by type (tonnes)

Glass 2,308                 Paper 2,530
Card 265                     Cans 308
Textiles 175                 Plastic 212
Other 2,894

Mid Devon (District only) - Recycling rate

District Recycling rate 48.86%

National position (recycling & composting) 51 out of 235 similar authorities (2010/11)

Mid Devon - Recycling Rate History

94/95 5.80%                95/96 5.60%

96/97 6.93%                97/98 8.73%

98/99 11.85%              99/00 11.31%

00/01 12.20%              01/02 14.06%

02/03 15.48%              03/04 16.75%

04/05 17.76%              05/06 28.17%

06/07 43.99%              07/08 48.68%

08/09 48.55%              09/10 47.0%

10/11 48.9%

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