Recycling

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What is measured?

Indicator (A) shows the percentage of municipal waste collected by the council during the year that it was recycled and composted. Municipal waste includes waste from households and commercial premises, civic amenity sites, street and beach cleaning, parks/gardens and collection of fly-tipped waste.

Recycling is the council's estimate of the amount of municipal waste it collects from within its area that is being recycled other than by incineration or composting. Composted is the amount of municipal waste which is composted centrally by, or on behalf of, the council.

The indicator excludes abandoned/end of life vehicles, industrial waste and road excavation material.

Indicator (B) details the tonnage of biodegradable waste land filled.

How are we doing?

Our overall performance for recycling improved between 2009/2010 and 2010/2011.

Statutory Performance Indicator (A): The percentage of municipal waste collected during the year that was recycled or composted.

2010/2011	42.9%
2009/2010	37.4%
2008/2009	30.5%
Council target for 2011/2012	42%
Trend

The municipal waste recycling rate continues to improve significantly in 2010/2011, following the introduction of new collection arrangements in November 2009.

This was a major service change which enhanced householder access to recycling collection facilities through increased capacity and extension of material collected.

Local Performance Indicator (B): Tonnage of biodegradable waste land filled.

2010/2011	33,185
2009/2010	35,947
2008/2009	41,050
Council target for 2011/2012	33,569
Trend

The provisional tonnage of biodegradable waste land filled continues to reduce as the level of recycling increased, following the introduction of co-mingled recycling collections in November 2009.

What factors influenced our performance?

The Scottish Government has set interim targets to increase the amount of municipal waste which is recycled or composted to 55% by 2020.

The council’s 2010/11 recycling performance of 42.9% has exceeded the national target of 40%. The increased recycling reflects the implementation of service re-routing, managed weekly collections, and co-mingled collections in 2009.