West 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.

West Devon - Profile

Population 52,700
Number of households 24,370
Area (in hectares) 116,000
People per hectare 0.45

West Devon - Waste Summary (tonnes)

Overall household waste produced    27,307
Overall municipal waste produced     29,857

Recycled 8,207
Composted 7,420

West Devon - Recycled by type (tonnes)

Glass 1,686                Paper 1,776
Card 1,191                     Cans 152
Textiles 116                 Plastic 284
Other 3,001

West Devon (Borough only) - Recycling rate

District Recycling rate 51.6%

National position (recycling & composting) 30 out of 235 similar authorities (2010/11)

West Devon - Recycling Rate History

94/95 5.60%                95/96 5.50%

96/97 7.75%                97/98 7.97%

98/99 15.37%              99/00 16.68%

00/01 14.51%              01/02 17.17%

02/03 19.60 %              03/04 27.10%

04/05 28.60%              05/06 34.62%

06/07 40.18%              07/08 39.49%

08/09 42.81%              09/10 43.9%

10/11 51.6%

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