Teignbridge

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.

Teignbridge - Profile

Population 126,900
Number of households 57,650
Area (in hectares) 67,400
People per hectare 1.88

Teignbridge - Waste Summary (tonnes)

Overall household waste produced    65,578
Overall municipal waste produced     69,868

Recycled         17,048
Composted     22,820

Teignbridge - Recycled by type (tonnes)

Glass 4093                Paper 4,046
Card 636                    Cans 628
Textiles 533                 Plastic 486
Other 6,626

Teignbridge (District only) - Recycling Rate

District Recycling rate 57.1%

National position (recycling & composting) 12 out of 235 similar authorities (2010/11)

Teignbridge - Recycling Rate History

94/95 3.00% 95/96 3.70%

96/97 6.05% 97/98 7.01%

98/99 14.59% 99/00 16.44%

00/01 13.17% 01/02 14.53%

02/03 13.82% 03/04 18.98%

04/05 26.92% 05/06 45.39%

06/07 50.43% 07/08 55.58%

08/09 57.37% 09/10 56.2%

10/11 57.1%

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