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| How much waste do we produce in Warwickshire? In 2009/2010, 292,062 tonnes of municipal waste was produced in Warwickshire. The majority of this was household waste, which made up 268,867 tonnes. In the year 2009/10, 77,084 tonnes of Warwickshire’s biodegradable municipal waste was landfilled, which is 36,411 tonnes less than our annual allocated allowance of 113,495 tonnes of BMW for the year. What currently happens to waste produced in Warwickshire? In 2009/10 41.8% of waste was sent to landfill, 23.8% was recycled, 24.26% was composted and 10% was sent to an energy from waste facility. Reduce Waste prevention and reuse is critical to the development of sustainable waste management practices and was highlighted as one of the key objectives in Waste Strategy for England 2007. Figures for 2009/10 show that the annual kg of waste produced per head was 509kg. Recycling and Composting The five district Councils are leading on enhancing kerbside collection services for recyclable materials and have made significant investments and improvements to their kerbside collection schemes. The following table shows the recycling and composting rates achieved in 2009/2010.
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| c/o Warwickshire County Council, Shire Hall, Warwick CV34 4RA | Telephone: 01926 412593 |