Within Somerset we recycled 47% of our household waste

Other key Somerset waste statistics include:

• 274,800 tonnes of household waste was created during 2006/07.

• Of that figure, 47.3% was recycled

• 52.7% was sent to landfill.

Household Waste Recycling Centres

Within Somerset there are 18 Household Waste Recycling Centres. During 2006/07:

• 69% of the waste entering the Centres was recycled.

• The highest performing HWRC was the one at Bridgwater, which on average recycled 82%.

What we recycled last year:

Of the 47.3% recycled during 2006/07, the following materials made up this figure:

• Garden waste – 14.6%
• Paper (and card) – 11.8%
• Glass - 5.4%
• Metal – 4.6%
• Timber – 2.7%
• Food – 4.5%
• Textiles – 0.8%
• Plastic bottles – 0.5%
• Misc – 2.4%

The national average recycling rate for 2006/07 was 30%

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