North 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.

North Devon - Profile

Population 91,500
Number of households 43,600
Area (in hectares) 108,600
People per hectare 0.85

North Devon - Waste Summary (tonnes)

Overall household waste produced    51,857
Overall municipal waste produced     58,228

Recycled         14,257
Composted     11,319

North Devon - Recycled by type (tonnes)

Glass 2,916                 Paper 3,703
Card 1,460                   Cans 436
Textiles 254               Plastic 509
Other 4,979

North Devon (District only) - Recycling rate

District Recycling rate 44.4%

National position (recycling & composting) 81 out of 235 similar authorities (2010/11)

North Devon - Recycling Rate History

94/95 6.30%                95/96 7.40%

96/97 10.67%              97/98 8.98%

98/99 11.81%              99/00 10.63%

00/01 10.99%              01/02 13.74%

02/03 17.53%              03/04 18.11%

04/05 22.08%              05/06 33.18%

06/07 35.81%              07/08 39.09%

08/09 40.66%              09/10 41.8%

10/11 44.4%

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