Plymouth

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 the City Council and through Recycling Centres within that authority area.

Plymouth - Profile

Population 250,700
Number of households 113,962
Area (in hectares) 8,000
People per hectare 31.34

Plymouth - Waste Summary (tonnes)

Overall household waste produced    113,021
Overall municipal waste produced     132,447

Recycled         24,785
Composted     11,963

Plymouth - Recycled by type (tonnes)

Glass 3,587                 Paper 7,064
Card 5,602                  Cans 587
Textiles 254                 Plastic 599
Other 7,677

Plymouth - Recycling Rate

Recycling rate 33.0%

National position (recycling & composting) 73 out of 90 similar authorities (2010/11)

Plymouth - Recycling Rate History

03/04 15.86%              04/05 16.54%

05/06 24.89%              06/07 26.97%

07/08 30.79%              08/09 30.04%

09/10 31.08%              10/11 33.0%

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