Gloucestershire Waste & Recycling Collections Benchmarking
Collection Schemes
Cost of
Dry Residual Food Garden garden
Dry scheme Local Authority Container scheme waste waste waste waste
type
Card
Cans Glass
frequency frequency Paper frequency frequency service per
year
PlasticBottles Mixedplastics
Cotswold Box 35-60 litres, Multi-stream Fortnightly Fortnightly Y Y Y Y Y Y Weekly Weekly £30 District Council Reusable Sack
Cheltenham Box 35-60 Litres, Multi-Stream Fortnightly Fortnightly Y Y Y Y Y Y Weekly Fortnightly £42 Borough Council Householder Provided Carrier Bag, Reusable Sack
Forest of Dean Box 35-60 Litres, Multi-Stream Weekly Fortnightly Y Y Y Y N Y Weekly Fortnightly £30 District Council Householder Provided Carrier Bag, Reusable Sack
Gloucester City Box 35-60 Litres, Multi-Stream Weekly Fortnightly Y Y Y Y Y Y Weekly Fortnightly £42 Council Reusable Sack
Stroud District Box 35-60 Litres, Two Stream Fortnightly Fortnightly Y Y Y Y Y Y Weekly Fortnightly £39 Council Reusable Sack, (paper and Wheeled Bin 181- card separate) 240 Litres
Tewkesbury Wheeled Bin 181- Co-mingled Fortnightly Fortnightly Y Y Y Y Y Y Weekly Fortnightly £45 Borough Council 240 Litres
Kerbside Dry Recycling Yields
140.0
120.0
100.0
80.0
kg/hh/yr 60.0
40.0
20.0
0.0 Paper Card Mixed Paper and Card Glass Metals Plastics
Cotswold District Council Cheltenham Borough Council Forest of Dean District Council Gloucester City Council Stroud District Council Tewkesbury Borough Council Average Kerbside Dry Recycling Yields
250
200
150
kg/hh/yr 215.0 213.2 100 192.0 169.8 159.7 140.8
50
0 Cotswold District Cheltenham Borough Forest of Dean District Gloucester City Council Stroud District Council Tewkesbury Borough Council Council Council Council Household Residual Waste (collected from kerbside)
500
450
400
350
300
250
438.1 200 374.2 kg/hh/yr 355.0 346.5 150 315.4
228.7 100
50
0 Cotswold District Cheltenham Borough Forest of Dean District Gloucester City Council Stroud District Council Tewkesbury Borough Council Council Council Council Food Waste Yields
120
100
80
60
kg/hh/yr 109.7
92.3 40 74.3 76.6
59.3 58.9
20
0 Cotswold District Cheltenham Borough Forest of Dean District Gloucester City Stroud District Council Tewkesbury Borough Council Council Council Council Council Garden Waste Yields
300
250
200
150 kg/hh/yr 254.0
100 195.5
153.9
50 96.9 103.7
56.7
0 Cotswold District Cheltenham Borough Forest of Dean Gloucester City Stroud District Tewkesbury Borough Council Council District Council Council Council Council Garden Waste Service Analysis
Annual charge Number of Proportion of Tonnes Yield per for service subscribers households collected subscriber subscribing
Cotswold District Council £30 23,645 10,572 447.1 43% Cheltenham Borough Council £42 16,848 5,298 314.4 41% Forest of Dean District Council £30 15,800 7,368 466.3 42% Gloucester City Council £42 19,000 5,818 306.2 34% Stroud District Council £39 10,350 2,951 285.1 20% Tewkesbury Borough Council £45 15,000 6,021 401.4 38% Garden Waste Yield per Subscriber
500
450
400
350
300
250 466.30
kg/mm/yr 447.10 200 401.40
314.40 150 306.20 285.10
100
50
0 Cotswold District Cheltenham Forest of Dean Gloucester City Stroud District Tewkesbury Borough Council Borough Council District Council Council Council Council