Torridge

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.

Torridge - Profile

Population 65,300
Number of households 30,290

Area (in hectares) 98,400
People per hectare 0.66

Torridge - Waste Summary (tonnes)

Overall household waste produced    33,225
Overall municipal waste produced     35,254

Recycled         8,337
Composted     8,292

Torridge - Recycled by type (tonnes)

Glass 1,809                 Paper 2,472
Card 323                     Cans 260
Textiles 152                 Plastic 326
Other 2,994

Torridge (District only) - Recycling rate

District Recycling rate 44.1%

National position (recycling & composting) 84 out of 235 similar authorities (2010/11)

Torridge - Recycling Rate History

94/95 4.50%                95/96 5.50%

96/97 10.46%              97/98 9.03%

98/99 11.02%              99/00 10.60%

00/01 10.42%              01/02 11.69%

02/03 21.34%              03/04 22.67%

04/05 24.42%              05/06 29.34%

06/07 32.49%              07/08 35.31%

08/09 37.51%              09/10 41.3%

10/11 44.1%

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