Municipal Waste Management Strategy for County Durham

Municipal Waste Management Strategy 

Baseline Assessment 

March 2010

Durham County Council 

Municipal Waste Management 

Strategy for County Durham: 

Baseline Data Assessment 

Draft Final Report 

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CONTENTS 

1 INTRODUCTION 1 

1.1 WASTE MANAGEMENT IN COUNTY DURHAM 1 

1.2 BACKGROUND 1 

1.3 COUNTY DURHAM’S WASTE STRATEGY 3 

1.4 SCOPE OF THE DATA REVIEW 4 

1.5 STRUCTURE OF THIS REPORT 5 

2 CURRENT WASTE SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE 5 

2.1 HOUSEHOLD WASTE COLLECTION 7 

2.2 NON-HOUSEHOLD WASTE COLLECTIONS 12 

2.3 TRANSFER, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE 12 

2.4 TREATMENT OPTIONS 15 

2.5 DISPOSAL 15 

3 WASTE ARISINGS DATA 17 

3.1 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ARISINGS 17 

3.2 HOUSEHOLD WASTE 20 

3.3 NON-HOUSEHOLD WASTE 29 

4 WASTE COMPOSITION AND CAPTURE ANALYSIS 31 

4.1 COMPOSITION OF DURHAM COUNTY MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE 31 

4.2 MATERIALS CAPTURE ANALYSIS 33 

5 RECYCLING & COMPOSTING PERFORMANCE 35 

5.1 DURHAM COUNTY WASTE TARGETS 35 

5.2 RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING RATES 36 

5.3 BEST VALUE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 37 

5.4 LATS POSITION 42 

6 WASTE ARISINGS PROJECTIONS 45 

ANNEX A KERBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICES (2008/09) 

ANNEX B DETAILED WASTE DATE 2006/07 TO 2008/09 

ANNEX C HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING CENTRES: WASTE ARISINGS 

ANNEX D WASTE TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL DATA 

ANNEX E MATERIALS CAPTURE ANALYSIS

1 INTRODUCTION 

1.1 WASTE MANAGEMENT IN COUNTY DURHAM 

Durham County Council wishes to take a sustainable approach to the 

management of municipal waste in the county, which fully explores waste 

management options other than landfill. European and UK legislation has 

set challenging targets for increased levels of reuse, recycling and composting 

and for the reduction of residual waste to landfill. In this context, Durham 

County Council has established the Waste Solutions Project (WSP) (1) in order 

to provide a long-term solution to the county’s waste treatment requirements. 

Durham County Council recognises the importance of robust and transparent 

waste management data to support the review and ongoing development of 

the waste strategy within the framework of the WSP. Therefore, this baseline 

data assessment, along with other technical reports and options appraisals, 

will be used to inform the development of the Council’s Municipal Waste 

Management Strategy (MWMS) and other procurement plans within the WSP. 

This document presents the findings of a baseline data assessment to establish 

the current situation of the County’s waste infrastructure, arisings and 

management routes. 

1.2 BACKGROUND 

Durham County covers 226,000 hectares extending from the North Sea 

heritage coast to the east of the high moors of the North Pennines area of 

outstanding natural beauty in the west. In April 2009, the new Unitary 

Authority was created, prior to which a two tier system operated with local 

government being split between the County Council and the seven former 

district councils listed below. 

• Chester-le-Street District Council; 

• Derwentside District Council; 

• Durham City Council; 

• Easington District Council; 

• Sedgefield Borough Council; 

• Teesdale District Council; and 

• Wear Valley District Council. 

In 2005, Acorn was commissioned to undertake a data profile of County 

Durham (2) . County Durham has a population of approximately 505,000 (3) . 

There is considerable variation between the seven former district areas, most 

(1) http://www.durhamwsp.info/Pages/Home.aspx 

(2) Acorn data profile report 

(3) ONS data - mid 2007 estimate 

ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL 

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notably between the densely populated former districts of Durham City and 

Easington and the rural area of Teesdale. 

Figure 1.1 Population of Durham County by Former District (2007) 

Population (000's) 

100.0 

90.0 

80.0 

70.0 

60.0 

50.0 

40.0 

30.0 

20.0 

10.0 

- 

Chester-le- 

Street 

Derwentside Durham Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley 

The Acorn County Profile report identified the following points in relation to 

the County’s demographic situation. 

• In total, approximately 33% of the population are ranked as ‘hard-pressed’. 

• The main area of deprivation is in the East Durham area, covering a 

portion of Easington, through south Durham City and into northern 

Sedgefield and east of Wear Valley. 

• Chester-le-Street and Derwentside present a mixed picture with ‘hardpressed’ 

areas alongside areas of varying degrees of affluence. 

• The majority of Teesdale and the western portion of Wear Valley have 

been ranked as ‘wealthy achievers’. 

Table 1.1 Number of households in Durham County by district 

Unitary Authority Area Former District Name 

Number of households 

2001 2009* 

Area North 

Chester-le-Street 

Derwentside 

25,000 

37,000 

24,668 

41,722 

Area East 

Durham City 

Easington 

37,000 

39,000 

39,244 

43,234 

Sedgefield 38,000 40,859 

Area South 

Teesdale 11,000 11,843 

Wear Valley 27,000 30,594 

TOTAL 214,000 232,164 

*Source: Valuation Office Agency of Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs, 29.03.09. 

Until recently the responsibility for waste management in the county was split 

as follows: 


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• the seven district councils were Waste Collection Authorities (WCAs); and 

• the County Council was the Waste Disposal Authority (WDA). 

Since April 2009, the newly formed Unitary Authority, Durham County 

Council, has been responsible for both the collection and disposal of municipal 

waste in County Durham. 

The Unitary Authority has been split into three Operational Delivery Areas 

(ODAs) covering 14 Area Action Partnerships (AAPs), which group areas that 

have similar requirements together. The three ODAs have boundaries based 

on the former district council areas as follows: 

• Chester-le-Street and Derwentside; 

• Durham City and Easington; and 

• Sedgefield, Teesdale and Wear Valley. 

The baseline year assessed in this study represents the 12 month period from 

April 2008 to March 2009, which is before the new responsibilities of the 

Unitary Authority commenced. Therefore, the assessment of baseline data in 

this report is based on the old local authority structure. This should be taken 

into consideration in the event of the use of this report in context of the new 

Unitary Authority structure. 

1.3 COUNTY DURHAM’S WASTE STRATEGY 

1.3.1 Strategy Development 

In 2001, County Durham published a Joint Municipal Waste Management 

Strategy (JMWMS) covering the period 2001-2020. This was subsequently 

reviewed and the Revised JMWMS was adopted by Durham County Council 

in May 2008 as a framework document. 

The Strategy seeks to meet the recycling and recovery targets set in the 

(national) Waste Strategy 2000 and also makes reference to the EU Landfill 

Directive targets and National Indicators (NIs), which replaced Best Value 

Performance Indicators (BVPIs) in 2008/09. 

Key elements of the Strategy are: 

• Reduction in creation of waste: Promotion of waste reduction initiatives, 

introduction of HWRC permits and changes to waste collection methods to 

encourage the reduction of waste arisings. 

• Reuse of materials: Promotion of schemes that reuse unwanted materials, 

such as furniture. 


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• Recycling & composting: Promotion of recycling and composting 

schemes, including kerbside collections and awareness raising. 

• Development of secondary materials market: Commitment to collaborate 

with the waste industry to further develop and promote the market for 

recycled materials. 

• Residual waste: Commitment to investigate options to achieve recycling 

and composting and Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS) targets, 

whilst demonstrating value for money. 

Figure 1.2 shows the relationship between the JMWMS and this baseline data 

assessment and other supporting documents. This report is one of a number 

of documents that support the headline strategy, which updates and replaces 

the ‘County Durham Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy: Baseline 

Assessment’ report of August 2005. 

Figure 1.2 County Durham Joint Municipal Waste Management System and Supporting 

Documents 

Other supporting 

documents 

Baseline 

Assessment 

Note: The JMWMS is currently being reviewed, so documents may change in the future. 

Following the formation of the Unitary Authority, the current strategy is being 

reviewed and a number of the other supporting technical reports may be 

updated or replaced. 

1.4 SCOPE OF THE DATA REVIEW 

Waste Prevention 

& Reuse 

DCC 

JMWMS 

Action 

Plans 

Technical Reports and Options Appraisals 

The objectives of this review and assessment are: 

Recycling 

& Composting 

Strategic Environmental 

Assessment 

Residual Waste 

Management 

• to collate waste arisings and material stream data for County Durham 

including identification of trends over time; 


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• to identify the materials and composition of the various waste streams; 

• to outline the current waste collection services within County Durham and 

the fate of materials; 

• to present recent recycling and composting data and provide 

interpretation of the factors affecting rates; 

• to detail specific local, regional and national indicators and targets; and 

• to define a base year to enable further modelling studies to be projected 

forward and the options of alternative collection scenarios to be appraised. 

It is the intention of this report to collate data and present key statistics from 

actual data sources linking to formal sources of data reporting, including 

Defra’s Waste Data Flow. 

1.5 STRUCTURE OF THIS REPORT 

The remainder of this report comprises the following sections: 

Section 2: Current Waste Services and Infrastructure 

Section 3: Waste Arisings Data 

Section 4: Waste Composition and Capture Analysis 

Section 5: Recycling and Composting Performance 

Section 6: Current Waste Services and Infrastructure 


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2 CURRENT WASTE SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE 

2.1 HOUSEHOLD WASTE COLLECTION 

For the period studied in this baseline assessment report, the responsibility of 

waste collection in County Durham fell to the individual district WCAs. As 

of April 2009, this became the responsibility of Durham County Council 

Unitary Authority. Waste collection and re-use, recycling and composting in 

County Durham is currently undertaken by the following methods: 

• Kerbside collection of recyclable materials and residual waste; 

• Bring banks for a range of materials; 

• Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs), formerly Civic Amenity 

Sites; 

• Third party re-use, recycling and composting collection; and 

• Commercial waste collection (on contract). 

2.1.1 Kerbside Collection 

Kerbside collection of household residual waste, recycling and green waste for 

composting was the responsibility of the WCAs, but is now the responsibility 

of the Unitary Authority. Each district formerly operated its own collection 

service under its own arrangements. Table 2.1 shows the collection services 

provided by each of the seven former district WCAs. 

Table 2.1 Summary of Kerbside Material Collections 

Collection 

Authority 

Residual Dry Recycling (separate or co-mingled) Organics 

(separate 

or comingled) 

Weekly 

Alternate weekly 

Paper 

Cardboard 

Food & Beverage 

Cartons 

Chester-le-Street 

Derwentside 

Durham City 

Easington 

Sedgefield 

Teesdale 

Wear Valley 

Specific details of the collection services provided by each of the seven district 

WCAs for the baseline year are presented in Annex A. 


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Plastic 

Glass 

Cans 

Textiles 

Garden waste 

Food waste

2.1.2 Bring Sites 

Household Refuse Collection 

The collection of household waste is carried out by Durham County Council’s 

in-house service. 

Household Recycling and Composting Collection 

Schemes for the collection of recyclables operate in all former district areas. 

These materials are then sorted, bulked delivered to re-processors who recycle 

the materials into new products. In 2008/09 four separate schemes were 

currently in operation in Durham County. Greencycle operated one 

collection scheme for four of the former districts (Chester le Street, Durham 

City, Easington and Sedgefield), an alternate weekly collection was operated 

in Derwentside, and different schemes were also operated in Teesdale and 

Wear Valley. 

Greencycle were contracted to operate the recycling scheme in the districts of 

Chester-le-Street, Durham City, Easington and Sedgefield since April 2008. 

Prior to this, recycling in these districts was provided by Premier Waste 

Management from its ‘Kerb-it’ scheme. The Greencycle collections ceased at 

the end of March 2009 when the company went into administration. These 

services have now been brought in house and are currently under review. 

The downstream management of collected materials from Teesdale and Wear 

Valley is contracted to Foreman Recycling Limited, a local recycling company. 

JMB Metals is contracted for the downstream management of materials from 

Derwentside. 

Special Collection Services 

Currently, there are individual arrangements with regard to special collections 

in each of the former WCA areas. These include collections for white goods, 

DIY rubble, clinical waste, etc. 

Prior to UA status, the WCAs provided several sites where recyclable 

materials could be brought for collection and subsequent re-processing. In 

total, there are 79 bring sites in County Durham, spread throughout six of the 

former seven districts. Table 2.2 shows the bring bank facilities provided in 

each of the districts in the County and the materials that are accepted. 


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Table 2.2 Materials Collected at Bring Sites 

Chester-le- 

Street 

Derwentside 

Durham 

City 

Former district areas 

Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear 

Valley 

No. of sites 5 29 6 18 0 11 10 

Paper 

Card 

Cans 

Glass 

Plastic 

Cartons 

Textiles 

Shoes 

Scrap metal 

2.1.3 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) 

There are currently fifteen HWRCs in Durham County, operated by the 

County Council’s waste contractor Premier Waste Management, who 

subcontracts these to operatives. These receive household residual waste, 

various types of recyclable waste and green waste for composting but they are 

not licensed to receive wastes from commercial properties. In order to limit 

the illegal depositing of commercial waste at HWRCs, a permit is required to 

visit an HWRC in a van, trailer or pick-up, under the Waste Permit Scheme (1) 

introduced in 2004/5. 

Table 2.3 lists the names of the HWRCs across the county and the materials 

accepted, Figure 2.1 shows the locations. 

(1) http://www.durham.gov.uk/Pages/Service.aspx?ServiceId=6266 


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Table 2.3 Materials Accepted at HWRC 

Former District Name of HWRC 

Soil & 

rubble 

Green waste 

Wood 

Scrap metal 

Gas bottles 

Waste oil 

Car 

batteries 

Tyres 

Household 

batteries 

TVs & 

monitors 

Chester-le-Street Hett Hills 

Derwentside 


Easington 

Sedgefield 

Teesdale 

Wear Valley 

Annfield Plain 

Brooms Dene 

Coxhoe 

Potterhouse 

Horden 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Heighington Lane 

Tudhoe 

Cragwood 

Middleton 

Stainton Grove 

Romanway 

Todhill (Scoby 

Scaur 

Fridges 

Fluorescent 

tube lights 

 

Cardboard 

Cans 

Glass 

Paper 

Textiles 

Shoes 

Nonrecyclables

KEY: 

HWRC 

Durham County Boundary 

Former District Boundaries 

Delivery Area 

Wear Valley 

Middleton 

Teesdale 

Stanley 

! 

Consett Broomsdene 

! 

Hett Hills 

! 

Annfield Plain 



Derwentside 

Stainton Grove 

! Barnard Castle 

. 

0 10 

Kilometres 

! Crook 

Cragwood 

Potterhouse Lane 

! Durham 


Tudhoe 

Todhills (Scoby ! Scaur) 

! Bishop Auckland 

Romanway 

Coxhoe 

Sedgefield 

! Newton Aycliffe 

Heighington Lane 

Easington ! 

Peterlee 

! Sedgefield 

! Seaham 

Thornley Station 

CLIENT: SIZE: TITLE: 

Horden 

Durham County Council A4 Figure 2.1 


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2.1.4 Third Party Recycling and Composting Collection 

In addition to kerbside collections, HWRCs and bring sites, third party 

contractors collect recyclables and materials for re-use throughout the county. 

The vast majority of materials collected by third parties are textiles, green 

waste and paper. For the most part, these organisations are charities or notfor-profit 

organisations and the same organisations operate throughout the 

county. The key contractors that collect the most significant quantities of 

recyclables are listed in Table 2.4 below. 

Table 2.4 Third Party Collection Organisations 

Name of contractor Materials collected 

TCV Green waste 

Eventex Textiles 

Riverdale paper Paper 

World UK Trading Textiles 

Colltex Ltd Textiles 

2.2 NON-HOUSEHOLD WASTE COLLECTIONS 

2.2.1 Commercial Waste Collection 

2.2.2 Fly Tipping 

A number of the former WCAs operated a service to collect waste from a 

number of trade properties. Unlike the service provided to domestic 

properties, this is undertaken under contract and a fee is charged. Durham 

County Council continues to operate this service in five of the former district 

areas. 

Durham County Council operates a fly tipping collection service. A 

householder is able to call the Council and report where the fly tipped 

material is and what it comprises. The Council will aim to pick up and 

dispose of this waste within 24 hours. 

2.3 TRANSFER, TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE 

Figure 2.2 shows the locations of the transfer, treatment and disposal facilities 

in County Durham. 

Currently the following waste transfer, treatment and disposal options are 

utilised for the processing of waste materials collected in the County. 

• Transfer stations; 

• MRFs – in County Durham; 

• MRFs – outside of County Durham; 

• Open windrow composting; 


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• Aerobic digestion; 

• Landfill – in County Durham; and 

• Landfill – outside of County Durham. 

2.3.1 Transfer Stations 

Durham County Council currently uses four waste transfer stations, located at 

Annfield Plain, Heighington Lane, Stainton Grove and Thornley, as shown in 

Figure 2.2. All four transfer stations are operated by Premier Waste 

Management. The transfer stations are used for the bulking of the waste 

prior to further transport to processing or disposal facilities. 

At present, Annfield Plain, Heighington Lane and Stainton Grove accept 

residual waste from WCA collections and HWRCs, which is forwarded onto 

landfill at Joint Stocks or Blaydon. At Thornley, some of the residual waste 

received is sorted for aerobic digestion (see Section 2.4.2 below). However, in 

the baseline year of 2008/09, the aerobic digester was not operational because 

it could not meet regulatory requirements and therefore all waste delivered to 

Thornley was landfilled. 

2.3.2 Management of Dry Recyclables 

Recyclables collected from the kerbside by Greencycle from the districts of 

Chester-le-Street, Durham City, Easington and Sedgefield were brought to 

Greencycles own facility at Tursdale before onward transfer to re-processors. 

For 2009/10 the service has been brought in-house and materials are currently 

delivered to 3 MRFs. 

Recyclables collected from the other former districts of Derwentside, Teesdale 

and Wear Valley were (and are currently) not brought to any of the County 

Council’s transfer stations but were instead delivered to materials recycling 

facilities (MRFs) operated by third parties. Materials collected in Teesdale 

and Wear Valley were delivered to the MRF in Spenneymoor, operated by 

Foreman Recycling Limited. Materials collected from Derwentside were 

delivered to a variety of MRFs during 2008/9. At the MRFs, the recyclable 

materials are sorted and graded prior to onward movement to reprocessors. 

2.3.3 Management of Residual Waste 

Residual household waste from WCA kerbside collections is delivered for 

disposal at Joint Stocks Landfill Site or Blaydon Landfill Site. A portion of 

the waste is delivered directly by the refuse collection vehicles to the landfill 

whilst the remainder goes via one of the four waste transfer facilities. 

Occasionally residual waste goes to other landfill sites when local sites are 

closed due to inclement weather or when commercially advantageous. 


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KEY: 

w/ 

x/ Landfills 

v/ 

Aerobic Digestion Plant 

Open Windrow Composting Facility 

Waste Transfer Sites 

Wear Valley 

Teesdale 

v/ 

Consett 

! 

Derwentside 

! 

Barnard Castle 

Durham County Boundary 

Former District Boundaries 

. 

Delivery Area 

0 10 

Kilometres 

x/ Blaydon Landfill 

v/ 

! Crook 

! Stanley 

! Chester-le-Street 


! Durham 


! Spennymoor 

! Bishop Auckland 

v/ 

x/v/ 

Sedgefield 

! Newton Aycliffe 

v/ w/ 

! Sedgefield 

! Seaham 

Peterlee 

! 

Easington 

Joint Stocks Landfill 

CLIENT: SIZE: TITLE: 

Durham County Council A4 Figure 2.2 


ERM 

Norloch House 

36 King's Stables Road 


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Waste Management Facilities 

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2.4 TREATMENT OPTIONS 

2.4.1 Open Windrow Composting 

There is an open windrow composting facility at Coxhoe in Durham City, as 

shown in Figure 2.2, which is operated by Premier Waste Management. The 

facility is used to compost green wastes from kerbside and third party 

collections and from bring sites. The resulting compost is sold commercially 

as a soil conditioner and is also either used on-site or at other landfills for 

restoration purposes. 

2.4.2 Aerobic Digestion 

2.5 DISPOSAL 

2.5.1 Landfill 

An aerobic digestion facility (known as the Digester) is located at Thornley in 

Easington, as shown in Figure 2.2. The Digester is operated by Premier Waste 

Management and has a maximum capacity of 55,000 tonnes of waste per 

annum. This facility is designed to recycle and convert into compost 

approximately 50-60% of the through put. 

The Digester accelerates the composting of mixed municipal waste such that 

approximately six days after delivery, all biodegradable material has been 

converted to a ‘soil conditioner’ often referred to as a ‘compost like output’ 

(CLO). Materials such as metals, glass and plastics, are mechanically sorted 

from the output of the digestion process and forwarded onto reprocessers. 

The detailed input and output data for the Digester are presented in Annex D. 

Limited outlets have been found for the organic digestate and it is primarily 

used as restoration materials at landfill sites. Durham County Council and 

Premier Waste Management are working together to investigate alternative 

outlets for this output. 

The Digester was decommissioned in early 2008, because it could not meet 

regulatory requirements, and it operated to a limited capacity for the 12 

months prior to this. Durham County Council expects these issues to be 

resolved at some stage but it is not clear when the Digester will resume 

operations. 

Premier Waste Management currently operates one landfill site in County 

Durham at Joint Stocks, Coxhoe in Durham City and one landfill out of 

County at Blaydon, as shown in Figure 2.2. This landfill has a throughput of 

around 300,000 tonnes of residual waste per year. As of August 2009, the 

landfill site had a remaining capacity of 2,400,000 m 3. 

Currently, the bulk of the residual waste received at Joint Stocks is from 

kerbside collections or from the fifteen HWRCs located in the County. In 


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addition, residue from the aerobic digestion process is also received at Joint 

Stocks for landfill. 


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3 WASTE ARISINGS DATA 

3.1 MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ARISINGS 

This section presents County Durham’s municipal solid waste (MSW) arisings 

for 2008/09 and compares this with historical arisings since 2004/05. The 

waste arising data are presented as totals for the county as well as being 

broken down to identify specific trends by district, collection method and 

management route. 

Figure 3.1 shows the total municipal waste arisings in County Durham from 

2004/05 to the baseline year of 2008/09 and Figure 3.2 provides a breakdown 

by district. The detailed data for the last three years are presented in Annex 

B. 

The graphs show that total municipal waste arisings have decreased in the 

five year period across all seven districts. The most significant decrease in 

municipal waste arisings occurred between 2004/05 and 2005/06. This 

corresponds to the implementation of the Waste Permit Scheme (see Section 

2.1.3) which restricted the disposal of commercial waste at HWRCs. The 

impact of the Waste Permit Scheme on waste arisings is discussed in further 

detail in Section 3.2.5. 

Figure 3.1 Total MSW in Durham County: 2004/05 to 2008/09 

Tonnes 

340,000 

330,000 

320,000 

310,000 

300,000 

290,000 

280,000 

270,000 

260,000 

250,000 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

Figure 3.2 shows that total MSW arisings are generally proportional to 

population within the districts. As shown in Figure 1.1, the district with the 

lowest population is Teesdale, which has the lowest waste arisings and the 

district with the highest population is Easington, which has the highest waste 

arisings. 


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Figure 3.2 Total MSW in Durham County by District: 2004/05 to 2008/09 

Total municipal waste arisings (tonnes) 

Figure 3.3 provides a breakdown of municipal waste arisings for the baseline 

year of 2008/09 which shows the proportion of each of the waste collection 

streams in County Durham. 

Figure 3.3 Breakdown of Municipal Waste Arisings: 2008/09 

Tonnes 

100,000 

90,000 

80,000 

70,000 

60,000 

50,000 

40,000 

30,000 

20,000 

10,000 

0 

160,000 

140,000 

120,000 

100,000 

80,000 

60,000 

40,000 

20,000 

0 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

3.1.1 Breakdown of Municipal Waste Arisings 

Kerbside residual 

Kerbside recycling 

Kerbside composting 

Third party recycling 

Third party composting 



Derwentside 

Easington 

Sedgefield 

Teesdale 

Wear Valley 

HWRC 

The total MSW arisings in County Durham from 2004/05 up to the baseline 

year of 2008/09 are presented in Table 3.1. The table provides a breakdown 


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Bring sites recycling 

HWRC residual 

HWRC recycling 

HWRC composting 

Trade 

Fly-tip

of the total MSW based on how it is collected and managed. The following 

points are evident based on the data for the five years in the table: 

• Total MSW arisings have decreased from approximately 330,000 tonnes in 

2004/05 to approximately 280,000 tonnes in the baseline year of 2008/09. 

The most significant drop was between 2004/05 and 2005/06 when total 

MSW arisings decreased by over 10%. This drop was mainly due to a 

substantial reduction in the amount of waste delivered to HWRCs and 

coincided with the introduction of a permit scheme which restricts the 

depositing of commercial waste at HWRCs. 

• Kerbside collection of waste is the most significant method of waste 

collection, accounting for around 70% of total MSW over the five year 

period. 

• Total recycling and composting in County Durham has increased from 

19% of MSW arisings in 2004/05 to 31% in 2008/09. 

Table 3.1 Breakdown of Municipal Waste Arisings in County Durham: 2004/05 to 

2008/09 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

HOUSEHOLD 

Kerbside 

Residual 200,745 186,995 180,519 164,864 151,245 

Recycling 20,716 24,954 25,276 38,064 45,087 

Green (composting) 597 3,754 4,001 4,107 9,786 

Bulky 3,130 3,214 2,990 4,169 

Sub-total 

Third party 

225,188 218,917 212,786 211,204 206,119 

Recycling 1,291 1,631 1,517 1,701 1,839 

Green (composting) 287 1,070 977 1,155 1,998 

Sub-total 

Bring sites 

1,577 2,701 2,494 2,856 3,837 

Recycling 

HWRCs 

2,430 2,238 2,512 2,791 1,780 

Residual 41,361 28,406 31,524 31,524 29,251 

Recycling 36,254 25,203 24,218 22,118 23,724 

Green (composting) 10,635 8,249 8,330 8,596 9,122 

Sub-total 

NON-HOUSEHOLD 

Trade waste 

88,250 61,858 64,072 62,238 62,096 

Residual 

Fly-tip 

8,086 8,328 8,328 8,184 7,867 

Residual 8,370 6,103 5,467 5,066 4,986 

TOTAL 333,901 300,145 295,659 290,212 281,068 


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3.2 HOUSEHOLD WASTE 

Household waste forms by far the most significant proportion of municipal 

waste in Durham County, accounting for approximately 95% of total waste 

arisings between 2004/05 and 2008/09. 

As described in Section 2.1, household waste in County Durham is collected by 

the following means: 

• Kerbside collections of dry recyclables and residual waste; 

• HWRCs; 

• Bring sites; and 

• Third party collections. 

The following sections present the waste arisings from each of the above 

collection methods in more detail. 

3.2.1 Kerbside collection 

Table 3.2 provides a breakdown of the municipal waste collected by WCA 

managed kerbside collections between 2004/05 and 2008/09. 

Section 2.1.1 provides further detail on the kerbside collection services offered, 

to which this data refers. 

Table 3.2 Breakdown of Kerbside Collected Waste: 2004/05 to 2008/09 

Waste Type 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

Residual 200,745 186,995 180,519 164, 864 151,245 

Recycling 20,716 24,954 25,276 38,064 45,087 

Composting 597 3,754 4,001 4,107 9,786 

Bulky 3,130 3,214 2,990 4,169 * 

TOTAL 225,188 218,917 212,786 211,204 206,119 

* Bulky waste figures were not provided separately from kerbside residual/recycling in the 

baseline year 

The following conclusions may be drawn from Table 3.2. 

• Residual waste makes up the most significant proportion of waste 

collected from the kerbside although this is steadily decreasing, whilst 

recycling and composting is increasing. 

• Kerbside recycling has increased steadily up to 2008/09, with an increase 

of over a 50% from the 2004/05 figure. This corresponds with increases 

in the range of materials collected at the kerbside over the five year period. 

A description of how the kerbside recyclables collection services have 

evolved in each of the seven districts is provided in Section 2.1.1. 


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Figure 3.4 Breakdown of Kerbside Collected Dry Recycling: 2004/05 to 2008/09 

Tonnes 

The following chart shows the mix of dry recyclable materials collected at the 

kerbside in 2008/9. This is the total for the County. Paper and card make 

up by far the largest proportion of materials collected, comprising 58% of the 

total weight of dry recyclables collected. Glass is the next highest proportion, 

comprising 24% of the total. 

Figure 3.5 Breakdown of Kerbside Collected Materials by Weight (2008/09) 

Tonnes 

25,000 

20,000 

15,000 

10,000 

5,000 

3.2.2 Third Party Collection 

0 

30,000 

25,000 

20,000 

15,000 

10,000 

5,000 

0 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

paper & 

card 

cans plastic glass textiles scrap 

metal 

white 

goods 

Paper & Card 

Figure 3.6 shows the amount of municipal waste collected by third parties 

between 2004/05 and 2008/09. The waste collected by third parties 

comprises recyclables or compostable material, which is subsequently 

forwarded onto re-processers. 


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Glass 

Metals 

Textiles 

Green 

Plastic 

other

Section 2.1.4 provides further detail on third party collections, to which this 

data refers. 

Figure 3.6 Third Party Collections (2004/05 - 2008/09) 

Tonnes 

4,500 

4,000 

3,500 

3,000 

2,500 

2,000 

1,500 

1,000 

500 

3.2.3 Bring Sites 

0 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

The chart above shows that third party collection is not a significant collection 

method in Durham County, however it has increased over the past 5 years. 

The waste collected at bring sites is comprised purely of recyclables, which are 

subsequently forwarded onto re-processers. Section 2.1.2 provides further 

detail on bring sites. Figure 3.7 shows the 5 year trend in bring site tonnages. 

Figure 3.7 Total Bring Site Recycling (2004/05 - 2008/09) 

Tonnes 

3,000 

2,500 

2,000 

1,500 

1,000 

500 

0 

Third party recycling Third party composting 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 


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Figure 3.8 Breakdown of Bring Site Material Recycling (2004/05 - 2008/09) 

Tonnes 

1,800 

1,600 

1,400 

1,200 

1,000 

800 

600 

400 

200 

0 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

Paper/ Card Mixed 

Collection from bring sites does not account for a significant proportion of 

waste in County Durham. Indeed, the proportion of waste collected from 

bring sites has decreased over the last five years. This could be a result of 

enhanced kerbside recyclables collections over the same time period. There 

are a number of ‘peaks’ in recycling of particular materials at bring sites over 

the five year period. As tonnages collected are so small, these peaks are not 

as extreme as it may appear. 

Figure 3.9 presents a more detailed breakdown of the materials collected from 

brings sites during the baseline year of 2008/09. This shows that glass 

dominates the materials collected at the bring banks in most areas. Paper is 

more prevalent in Chester le Street and Derwentside. Textiles are recycled in 

notable amounts in Wear Valley, Derwentside and Durham City. 


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Glass 

Cans 

Textiles 

Plastic 

Shoes

Figure 3.9 Breakdown of Recyclable Materials Collected at Bring Sites: 2008/09 

Tonnes 

300 

250 

200 

150 

100 

3.2.4 Dry Recycling - Summary 

50 

3.2.5 HWRCs 

0 


Derwentside 


Easington 

Sedgefield 

Teesdale 

Wear Valley 

Dry recycling is collected via kerbside collections, third party collections, 

bring sites and HWRCs (these are dealt with in the following section). 

Further detail on the types of materials collected via each route is provided in 

Section 2.1. The following is evident from the data presented above 

regarding the splits of waste collections: 

• Paper and card were recycled in the greatest quantities over the studied 

time period, accounting for more than twice the amount of glass, which 

was collected in the second greatest quantities. The amount collected 

increased relatively steadily between 2004/05 and 2008/09. 

• The collection of glass has also increased relatively steadily between 

2004/05 and 2008/09. 

paper & card 

• Paper/ card and glass account for at least 90% of the combined kerbside 

and bring site collected recycling between 2004/05 and 2006/07, and 86% 

and 68% for 2007/08 and 2008/09 respectively. 

• The tonnages of plastics have been relatively small between 2004/05 and 

2006/07 but showed a significant increase between 2007/08 and 2008/09. 

Table 3.3 shows the tonnage of municipal waste collected at HWRCs between 

2004/05 and 2008/09. Figure 3.10 shows the trend over this five year period. 

Section 2.1.3 provides further detail on HWRCs, to which this data refers. 


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cans 

plastic 

glass 

textiles 

shoes 

cartons 

scrap metal

Table 3.3 Breakdown of HWRC Collected Waste: 2004/05 to 2008/09 

Material / year 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

Residual 41,361 28,406 31,524 31,524 29,251 

Recycling 36,254 25,203 24,218 22,118 23,724 

Green (composting) 10,635 8,249 8,330 8,596 9,122 

TOTAL 88,250 61,858 64,072 62,238 62,097 

Figure 3.10 HWRC Collected Waste Arisings: 2004/05 to 2008/09 

HWRC waste arisings (tonnes) 

100,000 

90,000 

80,000 

70,000 

60,000 

50,000 

40,000 

30,000 

20,000 

10,000 

0 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

Residual to 

landfill 

Recycling 

Composting 

TOTAL 

Total waste collected at HWRCs decreased dramatically between 2004/05 and 

2005/06. This corresponds to the introduction of the Waste Permit Scheme 

(see Section 2.1.3) which restricts the depositing of commercial waste at 

HWRCs. With the implementation of the scheme, commercial waste was no 

longer deposited at HWRCs, which explains the sharp drop in tonnage. 

Following this, the tonnage remained relatively constant up to 2008/09. The 

combined recycling and composting rate is fairly constant over the time 

period too, and is currently at 53%. This includes re-use/recycling of soil 

and rubble, which are not classified as household waste and which therefore 

do not count towards the household recycling rates for NIs and BVPIs. If this 

tonnage is excluded from the recycling and composting calculations then the 

household recycling rate across the HWRCs reduces to 30%. The following 

chart shows the difference that including or excluding the inert waste 

recycling makes. 


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Figure 3.11 2008/9 HWRC Tonnages - Total, R&C and R&C not including Inerts 

Tonnes 

8000 

7000 

6000 

5000 

4000 

3000 

2000 

1000 

0 


Coxhoe 

Heighington 

Horden 

Breakdown of HWRC Waste 

Potterhouse 

Romanway 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Todhills 

Tudhoe 

Broomsdene 

Total R&C R&C (no Inert) 

Cragwood 

Hett Hills 

Middleton 


Waste collected at HWRCs can be broadly categorised into residual waste, dry 

recycling and composting. A detailed breakdown of the composition of 

waste collected at each of the fifteen HWRCs in the County between 2004/05 

and 2008/09 is provided in Annex C. Summary data for 2008/09 is presented 

in Table 3.4. 

From the HWRCs, waste is forwarded to re-processors for recycling, sent 

directly to landfill, sent to landfill via a transfer station, or sent to aerobic 

digestion via a transfer station. Further detail on the collection and 

management of waste at HWRCs is provided in Section 2.1.3. 


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Table 3.4 Materials Collected at all HWRCs: 2008/09 

Material Type Tonnes 

Large WEEE 201 

Small WEEE 319 

Heavy steel 105 

Light steel 1,498 

Lead 4 

Brass 15 

Copper 35 

Stainless steel 12 

Aluminium 47 

Cardboard 1,110 

Batteries 16 

Cans 20 

Gas Bottles 25 

Glass 215 

Paper 406 

TVs & Monitors 588 

Oil 84 

Fridges 327 

Textiles 147 

Shoes 21 

Fluorescent tubes 4 

Bric-a-brac 166 

Tyres 290 

Cartons 2 

Bikes 1 

Green waste 9,122 

Timber 3,661 

Soil & rubble 14,406 

Total Recycled 32,846 

Residual to landfill 29,251 

Total Tonnage 62,097 

• Soil and rubble is the most abundant recyclable collected at HWRCs, 

accounting for at least 45% of total recycling between 2004/05 and 

2008/09. 

• ‘Other recycling’, comprising materials such as paper, cans and glass 

which are also collected at the kerbside, has decreased steadily since 

2004/05. 


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Table 3.5 HWRC Throughput by District in 2008/9 

Former district Site Tonnage 

Derwentside 

Annsfield Plain 

Brooms Dene 

4,496 

5,991 

Chester-le-Street Hett Hills 7,501 


Coxhoe 

Potterhouse 

4,227 

6,846 

Horden 3,318 

Easington 

Seaham 4,574 

Thornley 2,966 

Cragwood 1,976 

Teesdale 

Middleton 684 

Stainton Grove 1,371 

Sedgefield 

HLTS 

Tudhoe 

4,444 

4,648 

Wear Valley 

Todhills 

Romanway 

4,120 

4,852 

Figure 3.12 shows the variation in site recycling rate for individual sites. The 

smaller sites at Middleton, Stainton Grove and Cragwood all have the lowest 

recycling rates. This is due to lack of space on site and not having the ability 

to offer sufficient receptacles to allow separate collection of the range of 

different materials. These sites operate primarily as a collection point for 

general refuse. 

The majority of sites recycle between 50% and 70% of the material received, 

hence the high average recycling and composting rate of 53% for all sites. 

However, two large sites (looking at throughput, not size), Brooms Dene and 

Hett Hills have a recycling rate of only 30 - 40%. Recycling rates seem to 

have increased across the board from 2007/08 to 2008/09. 

Figure 3.13 shows that the tonnage accepted at Romanway HWRC dropped 

away in 2007/8 due to the site being closed for a number of months. A 

corresponding peak at other sites suggests that people used alternative sites 

whilst Romanway was out of commission. 


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Figure 3.12 HWRC Recycling Rates by Site (2004/5 – 2008/9) 

Recycling Rate (%) 

Figure 3.13 Total Throughput at HWRCs 2004/5 - 2008/9 

Tonnes per annum 

100% 

90% 

80% 

70% 

60% 

50% 

40% 

30% 

20% 

10% 

0% 

10,000 

9,000 

8,000 

7,000 

6,000 

5,000 

4,000 

3,000 

2,000 

1,000 

3.3 NON-HOUSEHOLD WASTE 

0 

2004-5 2005-6 2006-7 2007-8 2008-9 

2004-5 2005-6 2006-7 2007-8 2008-9 

Table 3.6 shows the amounts of non-household waste collected in County 

Durham between 2004/05 and 2008/09. 

Table 3.6 Non-household Waste Arisings in Durham County: 2004/05 to 2008/09 


Coxhoe 

Heighington 

Horden 

Potterhouse 

Romanway 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Todhills 

Tudhoe 

Broomsdene 

Cragwood 

Hett Hills 

Middleton 



Coxhoe 

Heighington 

Horden 

Potterhouse 

Romanw ay 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Todhills 

Tudhoe 

Broomsdene 

Cragw ood 

Hett Hills 

Middleton 


Waste Source 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

Trade 8,086 8,328 8,328 8,184 7,867 

Fly-tip 8,370 6,103 5,467 5,066 4,986 

TOTAL 16,456 14,431 13,795 13,250 12,853 

% of TOTAL MSW 4.93% 4.83% 4.65% 4.61% 4.57% 


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In total, non-household waste arisings have decreased between 2004/05 and 

2008/09. Trade waste has remained fairly constant over the five year period 

but fly-tipped waste has decreased to approximately 60% of the 2004/05 levels 

by 2008/09, accounting for less than 5,000 tonnes per annum. 


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4 WASTE COMPOSITION AND CAPTURE ANALYSIS 

4.1 COMPOSITION OF DURHAM COUNTY MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE 

4.1.1 Comparative Waste Composition Report: November 2007 

In 2007, a comparative waste composition study of County Durham’s 

municipal solid waste was undertaken by Resource Futures. Fourteen 

samples, two from each WCA, of kerbside collected materials were taken for 

analysis over a four week period in each season. Residual waste from 

HWRCs (former civic amenity sites) was also included in the waste 

composition analysis. 

The samples took into consideration the specific demographic make up within 

each of the districts within the County. Key findings from the report are as 

follows: 

• Residual waste arisings for the county was 11.41 kg per household per 

week. 

• Food and plastic waste accounted for 32% and 12% respectively of residual 

waste in the county. 

• Dry recycling arisings accounted for an average of 5.00 kg per household 

per week. 

• Paper and glass recyclables accounted for 54% and 28% respectively of dry 

recycling in the county. 

Table 4.1 presents the results of the comparative waste composition study. 


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Table 4.1 Results of Durham County Council Comparative Waste Composition Report: 

November 2007 

Waste 

Category 

Garden 

waste 

Waste Sub-category 

kg/ hh/ 

wk 

TOTAL MSW Dry Recycling Residual 

% of total 

Kg/ hh/ 

wk 

% of 

total 

kg/ hh/ 

wk 

% of 

total 

Bulky, woody garden 

waste 

0.038 0.20% - 0.00% 0.038 0.30% 

Turf and soil 0.065 7.01% 0.35% - 0.00% 0.065 0.51% 

Leaves, clippings, cuttings 

and plants 

1.211 

6.46% 0.003 0.05% 1.207 9.50% 

Food waste Fruit and vegetable kitchen 

waste 

2.060 

21.69% 

11.00% 0.005 0.08% 2.054 16.17% 

Meat kitchen waste 2.002 

10.69% 0.007 0.11% 1.994 15.70% 

Paper Newspapers & magazines 4.135 22.08% 2.981 49.49% 0.659 5.19% 

Directories & catalogues 

(no Yellow) 

0.085 0.45% 0.039 0.64% 0.040 0.32% 

Yellow directories 0.032 28.74% 0.17% 0.010 0.16% 0.021 0.16% 

Junk mail & other 

recyclable 

0.546 2.92% 0.212 3.52% 0.299 2.35% 

Wall paper/non-recyclable 0.584 

3.12% 0.102 1.70% 0.464 3.66% 

Cardboard Cardboard 

Tetra Pak containers 

1.093 

0.049 

6.10% 

5.84% 

0.26% 

0.329 

0.011 

5.46% 

0.18% 

0.709 

0.037 

5.58% 

0.29% 

Wood Un-treated timber 0.028 0.15% - 0.00% 0.028 0.22% 

Treated timber 0.039 0.78% 0.21% - 0.00% 0.039 0.31% 

MDF and chipboard 0.078 

0.42% - 0.00% 0.078 0.61% 

Glass Glass bottles and jars 

Other glass 

2.075 

0.025 

11.21% 

11.08% 

0.13% 

1.446 

- 

24.01% 

0.00% 

0.389 

0.025 

3.06% 

0.19% 

Plastic Plastic bottles 0.464 2.48% 0.119 1.98% 0.325 2.56% 

Plastic film 0.749 4.00% 0.052 0.87% 0.688 5.42% 

Solid Plastic Packaging 0.358 9.51% 1.91% 0.028 0.47% 0.325 2.56% 

Expanded Polystyrene 0.030 0.16% 0.002 0.02% 0.028 0.22% 

Other plastic 0.179 

0.96% 0.003 0.05% 0.176 1.38% 

Metals Metals, Cans and Foil. 

Other metals 

0.864 

0.107 

5.18% 

4.61% 

0.57% 

0.460 

0.003 

7.65% 

0.05% 

0.327 

0.104 

2.57% 

0.82% 

Textiles 

and shoes 

Suitable for charity shop 

0.124 0.66% 0.020 0.33% 0.101 0.79% 

Unsuitable for charity shop 0.181 2.60% 0.97% 0.004 0.06% 0.177 1.39% 

Shoes 0.073 0.39% 0.003 0.04% 0.070 0.55% 

Other textiles 0.108 

0.57% 0.000 0.01% 0.107 0.84% 

Clinical 

waste 

Disposable nappies 

0.459 

2.59% 

2.45% 0.001 0.01% 0.459 3.61% 

Other Clinical Waste 0.026 

0.14% - 0.00% 0.026 0.21% 

Household Household Batteries 

hazardous 

waste 

0.010 0.06% - 0.00% 0.010 0.08% 

Lightbulbs and fluorescent 

tubes 

0.003 

0.22% 

0.01% 0.000 0.00% 0.002 0.02% 

Other household 

hazardous waste 

0.028 

0.15% 0.000 0.01% 0.028 0.22% 

WEEE Electrical & electronic 

Battery operated 

0.165 

0.011 

0.94% 

0.88% 

0.06% 

0.001 

- 

0.01% 

0.00% 

0.164 

0.011 

1.29% 

0.09% 

Miscellaneous 

items 

Pet waste 

0.564 

7.00% 

3.01% 0.001 0.02% 0.563 4.43% 

Miscellaneous items 0.746 

3.98% 0.137 2.27% 0.586 4.62% 

Fine 

elements 

Particles passing through a 

20mm sieve 

0.332 1.77% 1.77% 0.045 0.74% 0.280 2.20% 


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Although the kerbside and bring site collection services are provided in all 

seven districts in Durham County, it is recognised that not all residents in 

these areas will take advantage of the various schemes offered. The most 

recent assessment of participation in recycling collection schemes by residents 

of Durham County was undertaken in August 2009, which counted the 

number of houses which made use of kerbside recycling in each area. This is 

not an official participation rate study and due to the small survey size and 

limited time span it does not provide a robust enough data set to be used as 

such. WRAP are currently working with Durham County Council to review 

the options for undertaking a further participation study and if this is 

undertaken will be used in the future in place of this limited study. 

Table 4.2 shows the percentage of households participating in kerbside 

recycling in each of the seven districts. 

Table 4.2 Kerbside Recycling Collection Set Out Rate: August 2009 


Set out rate (%) 

* 

Derwentside 79% 

Durham City 77% 

Easington 67% 

Sedgefield 65% 

Teesdale 83% 

Wear Valley 72% 

TOTAL Durham County 74% 

* No figure provided for Chester le Street 

4.2 MATERIALS CAPTURE ANALYSIS 

4.2.1 Conclusions 

A detailed materials capture analysis was undertaken using Durham County’s 

2008/09 data in conformance with Defra MSWM guidance (1) to develop an 

understanding of the potential additional recycling performance available 

from the local waste streams. This will also assist in helping inform potential 

future collection service changes for collecting recyclables and organics. 

Detailed graphs of the analysis are presented in Annex E. The data presents 

the following for each former district: 

• Predicted material in household waste; 

• Quantity of material actually recycled in 2008/09; and 

• Potentially available material in the residual waste stream that can be 

targeted for capture. 

The capture analysis found that there are some materials for which there are 

high capture rates, and clearly a strong level of participation in the recycling 

(1) Defra (2006) A Practice Guide for the Development of Municipal Waste Management Strategies, Information Sheet 7, Material 

Capture Analysis. Defra, London. 


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of these materials. The materials that have the higher rates of capture, in 

excess of 60%, are newspapers and magazines and all types of glass. One 

main area that can be improved upon would be plastics, with material capture 

rates typically around 15%. Capture rates for cans are around the 40-50% 

mark, and as such can also be improved. 


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5 RECYCLING & COMPOSTING PERFORMANCE 

5.1 DURHAM COUNTY WASTE TARGETS 

Defra’s Waste Strategy for England 2007 (1) sets several challenging local and 

national targets relating to waste arisings and recycling and composting rates. 

County Durham’s specific targets relating to the management of waste, which 

take into account the overarching European and national targets, are listed in 

Table 5.1. 

Table 5.1 County Durham Waste Targets 

Waste Management Category Durham County Specific Target (2) 

Household waste, reuse, 

recycling and composting 

• by 2010: 40% of total household waste; 

• by 2015: 45% of total household waste; and 

• by 2020: 50% of total household waste. 

Household residual waste • by 2010: reduction by 29% from 2000 levels; 

• by 2015: reduction by 35% from 2000 levels; and 

• by 2020: reduction by 45% from 2000 levels. 

Municipal waste recovery 

Landfill Allowance and 

Trading Scheme (LATS) 

• by 2010: 53% of total household waste; 

• by 2015: 67% of total household waste; and 

• by 2020: 75% of total household waste. 

• in 2010: biodegradable municipal waste to landfill 

allowance of 118,088 tonnes; 


allowance of 78,655 tonnes; and 


allowance of 55,038 tonnes. 

5.1.1 National Indicators (NI) and Best Value Performance Indicators (BVPI) 

In order to achieve the national targets set in the Waste Strategy for England 

2007, statutory National Indicators (NI) have been set for WCAs and WDAs. 

NIs were introduced in April 2008 and replaced the Best Value Performance 

Indicators (BVPIs). 

Table 5.3 sets out the NIs adopted by Durham County Council, with reference 

to the corresponding former BVPI (see Table 5.2). 

(1) Defra (2007) Waste Strategy for England 2007, TSO, London. 

(2) Durham County Council (2009) Municipal Waste Management Strategy for County Durham 2009-2020, Revised Draft 

Strategy 


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Table 5.2 Best Value Performance Indicators Reported by All Authorities 

BVPI 

BVPI 84 kg per head of household waste collected 

BVPI 82a % household waste recycled and % household waste 

and 82b composted 

BVPI 82c % household waste landfilled 

BVPI 82d % household waste to energy recovery 

BVPI 87 Cost per tonne for disposal (£) 

BVPI 90c % people satisfied with waste disposal 

Table 5.3 National Indicators that Durham Report 

National Indicator 

NI 191 Residual household waste per household 

NI 192 Household waste recycled and composted 

NI 193 Municipal waste landfilled 

5.2 RECYCLING AND COMPOSTING RATES 

Recycling and composting in County Durham comprises materials collected 

via the following routes: 

• Kerbside collections; 

• HWRCs; 

• Bring sites; and 

• Third party collections. 

Table 5.4 Household Recycling and Composting: 2004/05 to 2007/08 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 

Chester-le-Street # 12.7% 24.66% 18.7% 

Durham City # 19.8% 28.31% 22.99% 

Derwentside # 11.9% 29.01% 26.92% 

Easington # 24.4% 33.99% 20.19% 

Sedgefield # 15.4% 26.28% 18.3% 

Teesdale # 23.5% 27.53% 35.31% 

Wear Valley # 15.2% 26.49% 21.74% 

DCC Average* 

* Including HWRCs 

18.48% 25.98% 29.25% 24.99% 

# No district breakdown available 

Recycling and composting rates for the County as a whole increased between 

2004/05 and 2007/08. There was a drop in performance in 2007/08 

compared to 2006/07, however the unaudited figures for 2008/09 suggest the 

increasing trend has continued. 


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Figure 5.1 Breakdown of Recycling by Collection Method: 2004/05 to 2008/09 

Durham County recycling and composting arisings 

(tonnes) 

45,000 

40,000 

35,000 

30,000 

25,000 

20,000 

15,000 

10,000 

5,000 

0 

Figure 5.1 indicates the following: 

• Materials collected by household kerbside and third party collection have 

increased steadily since 2004/05. This is to be expected given the 

additional collection services provided since this year. 

• Materials deposited at HWRCs for recycling and composting decreased 

dramatically between 2004/05 and 2005/6. As noted in Section 3.2.5, this 

corresponds to the introduction of the Waste Permit Scheme (see also 

Section 2.1.3) which prevents the depositing of commercial waste at 

HWRCs. The amounts of waste recycled and composted from HWRCs 

appear to have stabilised since then. 

5.3 BEST VALUE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

WCA kerbside recycling WCA kerbside composting Third party recycling 

Third party composting Bring sites recycling HWRC recycling 

HWRC composting 

The data in the following table presents Durham County Council’s 

performance to date in relation to the former BVPIs. 


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Table 5.5 BVPI Performance 2004-2008 

BVPI Description 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 

82a 

82b 

82c 

82d 

84 

% household waste 

recycled 


composted 


to energy recovery 


landfilled 

kg per household of 

total MSW collected 

Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target Actual Target 

14.10% 14.00% 15.75% 14.50% 16.62% 17.00% 19.10% 17.00% 

4.38% 6.00% 10.23% 10.00% 12.63% 11.00% 5.89% 15.50% 

0.05% 0.30% 0.08% 0.50% 0.01% 0.10% 0.00% 0.10% 

81.47% 79.70% 73.95% 75.00% 70.74% 71.90% 73.60% 67.40% 

575.34 555.00 534.10 560.00 526.25 530.00 519.15 523.00 

Figure 5.2 Figures 5.2 to 5.5 show that County Durham has a mixed 

performance against the waste-related BVPIs. Performance against each of 

the BVPI targets is presented in further detail in the sections below. 

Figure 5.2 Variance Between BVPI Target 82a and DCC Data 2004-2008 

25% 

20% 

15% 

10% 

5% 

0% 

BVPI 82a - % Household Waste Recycling 


2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 


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Figure 5.3 Variance Between BVPI Target 82b and DCC Data 2004-2008 

18% 

16% 

14% 

12% 

10% 

8% 

6% 

4% 

2% 

0% 

BVPI 82b - % Household Waste Composting 

Figure 5.4 Variance Between BVPI Target 82c and DCC Data 2004-2008 

0.60% 

0.50% 

0.40% 

0.30% 

0.20% 

0.10% 

0.00% 


2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 

BVPI 82c - % Household Waste Recovery 


2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 


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Figure 5.5 Variance Between BVPI Target 82d and DCC Data 2004-2008 

90% 

80% 

70% 

60% 

50% 

40% 

30% 

20% 

10% 

0% 

5.3.1 Recycling and Composting Targets 

BVPI 82a - % household waste recycled 

The household recycling rate does show a clear increasing trend over the past 

five years with the rate ranging from 2% above to 0.4% below the BVPI target. 

BVPI 82b - % household waste composted 

The composting rate, as a proportion of total MSW, shows a trend of 

increasing performance from 2004/05 to 2006/07, starting off below target but 

then exceeding the target by 2006/07. However, there was a significant 

deterioration in 2007/08 with the achieved composting rate being only about 

one third of the target rate. 

5.3.2 Household Waste to Recovery Targets 

BVPI 82c– % household waste to recovery 

The recovery rate in Durham is extremely low. Durham has consistently 

been below target for this parameter, but the targets themselves are at such a 

low rate (0.1-0.5%) that the effect on overall recovery results are minimal. 

5.3.3 Household Waste to Landfill Targets 

BVPI 82d– % household waste to landfill 

BVPI 82d - % Household Waste Landfilled 


2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 

This target is a measure of the quantity of residual waste that is diverted from 

landfill. Durham County makes use of the aerobic digestion plant to sort 

BMW and recyclable materials from the mixed residual waste, with the 

intention that this can be diverted from landfill. However, a use has not been 

found for the compost-like output from the digester and therefore the Audit 

Commission does not consider this to be included as a material diverted from 

landfill. The proportion of household waste that is disposed of to landfill 


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showed a steady improvement between 2004/05 to 2006/07. In 2007/08, 

however, the proportion of waste sent to landfill increased and, as a result, the 

target was missed by more than 6%, representing a significant decrease in 

performance. This is due at least in part to the Digester not being operational 

for this year. 

5.3.4 Municipal Solid Waste Targets 

BVPI 84 – kg municipal solid waste collected per head 

The amount of municipal waste produced per head has reduced over time in 

line with the targets set in the BVPIs. The per capita rate of waste generation 

has been slightly below the target maximum amount between 2005/06 and 

2007/08 and thus Durham exceeded the target. 

5.3.5 Comparison of Statutory Performance Standards with other Authorities 

The data in Table 5.6 compares County Durham’s average recycling and 

composting rate with other local authorities (1) . The year selected for 

comparison is the most recent audited year of 2007/08. The local authorities 

in the table have been selected based on the benchmarking family identified 

for County Durham by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance Auditing 

(CIPFA), most recently amended in April 2009. It should be noted that this 

benchmarking family is based on the County Council’s new Unitary Authority 

status, whilst the BVPIs compared below are for 2007/08, which relates to the 

previous local authority structure. 

Table 5.6 Comparison of County Durham’s Statutory Performance Standards with that 

of other Authorities: 2007/08 

Authority 

Type BV 82a BV 82b BV 82c BV 82d BV 84 

Durham C 19% 6% 0% 74% 519.1 

Northumberland C 26% 10% 1% 63% 528.3 

Barnsley MD 17% 15% 0% 68% 439.5 

Bolton MD 19% 11% n/a n/a 418.5 

Doncaster MD 18% 16% 0% 65% 531.5 

Dudley MD 14% 13% 57% 16% 465.1 

Gateshead MD 15% 10% 0% 75% 514.4 

Kirklees MD 19% 7% 42% 32% 463.5 

Rotherham MD 21% 14% 0% 65% 470.5 

St Helens MD 12% 14% n/a n/a 438.2 

Tameside MD 20% 7% n/a n/a 385.9 

Wakefield MD 15% 11% 0% 74% 495.3 

Wigan MD 16% 10% 0% 74% 522.4 

North Lincolnshire UA 21% 22% 1% 56% 588.8 

Stockton-on-Tees UA 16% 10% 61% 13% 468.9 

Stoke-on-Trent UA 16% 9% 54% 21% 487.3 

Note: C= County Council, MD=Metropolitan District, UA=Unitary Authority 

(1) Audit Commission: ‘200708 BVPI Data Quartiles 190309’ downloaded from http://www.auditcommission.gov.uk/localgov/audit/BVPIs/Pages/200708bvpidataquartiles.aspx 


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5.4 LATS POSITION 

The Landfill Allowance and Trading Scheme (LATS) provides a system 

whereby tradable landfill allowances are allocated to waste disposal 

authorities each year. This enables allowances to be traded with other 

authorities, saved for future years (‘banked’) or brought forward from future 

years (‘borrowed’). Allowances cannot be banked or borrowed into ‘target’ 

years, which have been specified by Defra as 2010, 2013 and 2020 

(corresponding to the target years specified by the European Landfill 

Directive). 

Table 5.7 Durham County Council LATS Position 2004-2009 

2004/05 2005/06 

Tonnes 

2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

LATS allowance target 195,902 188,120 176,448 160,885 141,432 

Waste sent to landfill 171,217 133,796 136,766 127,986 133,668 

If Durham continues to recycle and compost at the current rate and the 

quantities of residual materials are landfilled, then the LATS situation to 2020 

would be as presented in Figure 5.6. 

Figure 5.6 LATS Forecast Projection 

tonnes 

250000 

200000 

150000 

100000 

50000 

0 

2004/05 

2005/06 

2006/07 

2007/08 

2008/09 

2010 target 

2010/11 

2011/12 

2013 target 

2013/14 

2014/15 

2015/16 

2016/17 

2017/18 

2018/19 

2020 target 

Permissable BMW landfilled LATS permits required to be purchased 

LATS permits available to sell Tonnes of BMW allowed to be landfilled 

5.4.1 Diversion of Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) from Landfill 

Residual municipal waste diverted from landfill comprises all materials that 

go to recycling and composting, as well as material that is processed through 

the aerobic digestion plant (and which is not landfilled). 

The majority of the diverted waste comprises recycled and composted 

materials from kerbside collection, bring sites and HWRCs. In addition, 


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some recyclable materials are sorted from the residual waste that is processed 

through the aerobic digestion plant. A compost-like material is produced 

from the digestion of residual waste but given that no use has been identified 

for this, it is used primarily as landfill cover material and is therefore not 

counted as diverted waste in this context. No diversion was reported to 

waste data flow for 2008/9, due to the digester not being operational in this 

period. Data for the previous year’s wastes sent to the digester is presented 

in Annex B. 

Durham will require substantially increased recycling and composting and/or 

additional treatment of residual waste, to divert sufficient waste from landfill 

to meet future LATS requirements unless the Authority is prepared to buy 

allowances from other authorities. 


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6 WASTE ARISINGS PROJECTIONS 

It is vitally important that future waste arisings projections are based on 

sound evidence and data. The need for future infrastructure, and the 

potential size of this infrastructure will depend on such forecasts. 

In February 2009, Enviros was commissioned by Durham County Council to 

undertake an Options Appraisal (1) , as part of the Waste Solutions Project. 

One aspect of the exercise was to identify likely future waste arisings on the 

basis of historical and predicted trends. 

The table below presents the four scenarios assessed in the Enviros modelling. 

Table 6.1 Projected Waste Arisings Scenarios 

Scenario # Scenario Name Description 

Scenario 1: Historical trend Growth based on historical waste arisings trend in 

Durham County 

Scenario 2: No growth No growth of waste arisings – maintenance of the 

status quo 

Scenario 3: UK average trend Growth based on average waste arisings trend in the 

UK 

Scenario 4: Growth in number of 

households 

Growth of waste arisings linked to growth in the 

number of households 

For the purposes of the Options Appraisal, which is based on the outcome of 

the base flow modelling, Scenario 4: Growth in number of households was 

adopted to project future waste arisings. Scenario 4 assumes the following: 

• Growth in household numbers up to 2020 as per Durham County Council 

projections, with an annual growth rate of 0.5%; and 

• The amount of waste per household will continue to decline by 0.5% per 

annum up to 2011/12 and will subsequently decline at a steadily reducing 

rate up to 2020. This reflects the waste minimisation activities that are 

being implemented. After 2020, waste per household is assumed to 

remain constant. 

6.1.1 Projected Waste Arisings – Results 

Table 6.2 shows the changes in waste arisings up to 2020/21 on the basis of the 

chosen scenario outlined above. 

(1) Enviros (2009) Options Appraisal for Waste Solutions Project, March 2009 


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Table 6.2 Forecast Future Waste Arisings: 2007/08 to 2020/21 

Chosen Scenario % Increase 

2007/08 291,282 N/A 

2008/09 291,401 0.04% 

2009/10 290,907 -0.17% 

2010/11 290,444 -0.16% 

2011/12 290,034 -0.14% 

2012/13 291,326 0.45% 

2013/14 292,404 0.37% 

2014/15 294,270 0.64% 

2015/16 296,173 0.65% 

2016/17 298,457 0.77% 

2017/18 301,983 1.18% 

2018/19 306,680 1.56% 

2019/20 310,907 1.38% 

2020/21 314,983 1.31% 

The modelling relied on baseline data from 2007/8 and the predicted tonnages 

for 2008/9 do not match the actual tonnages managed. To realign the 

forecast the tonnage data presented in this baseline assessment (281,068 tonnes 

MSW) was used as the new baseline figure. The percentage growth forecasts 

produced by Enviros have been applied to this new baseline to give an 

amended waste forecast, shown in Table 6.3. 

Table 6.3 New Forecast Future Waste Arisings: 2008/09 to 2020/21 

Waste forecast with new baseline and 

chosen scenario % increase 

2008/09 281,068 

2009/10 280,591 

2010/11 280,145 

2011/12 279,749 

2012/13 280,995 

2013/14 282,035 

2014/15 283,835 

2015/16 285,671 

2016/17 287,874 

2017/18 291,275 

2018/19 295,805 

2019/20 299,882 

2020/21 303,814 

Figure 6.1 shows the last five years worth of data and the forecast projection 

based on the data from Table 6.3. 


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Figure 6.1 MSW Historical Data and Future Projections (Tonnes) 

MSW (tonnes) 

340,000 

330,000 

320,000 

310,000 

300,000 

290,000 

280,000 

270,000 

260,000 

250,000 

2004/05 

2005/06 

2006/07 

2007/08 

2008/09 

2009/10 

2010/11 

2011/12 

2012/13 

2013/14 

2014/15 

2015/16 

2016/17 

2017/18 

2018/19 

2019/20 

2020/21 


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Annex A 

Kerbside Collection Services

A1 COUNTY DURHAM KERBSIDE COLLECTION SERVICES (2008/9) 

Table A1.1 Kerbside Collection Services in County Durham (2008/09) 

Collection Type Chester le Street Derwentside Durham City Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley 

Coverage 98% 96% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 

Dry Recycling 

Refuse 

Green waste* 

Materials 

Receptacle 

Box - Glass, cans, 

Bag – paper & 

card, plastic, food 

& beverage cartons 

55 litre green box 

Green reusable bag 

Bin - cans; plastic 

bottles; food & 

beverage cartons; 

paper & 

cardboard; and 

textiles 

Box – glass only 

240 litre bin; 

55 litre green 

plastic box; and 


(textiles) 











Black plastic box; 

and Green 

reusable bag 







Black Box - Glass; 

Green Box - paper 

& cardboard; 

Blue Bag – mixed 

cans & plastics; 

55 litre green and 

black plastic boxes 

and Blue non 

reusable bag 

Glass; cans; paper 

& cardboard; and 

textiles 

55 litre black 

plastic box; 

Frequency Fortnightly Alternate Weekly Fortnightly Fortnightly Fortnightly Fortnightly Fortnightly 

Coverage 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 

Receptacle 

240 litre wheeled 

bin 


bin 


bin 


bin 


bin 


bin 


bin 

Frequency Weekly Alternate Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly Weekly 

Coverage 0 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 

Receptacle n/a 


bin 


bin 


bin 


bin 

Unknown 


bin 

Frequency n/a Fortnightly Fortnightly Fortnightly Fortnightly Weekly Fortnightly 

Food waste 

Receptacle 

Frequency 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

n/a 

* Significant expansion of the green waste collection planned for following year.

Annex B 

Detailed Waste Data: 

2006/07 to 2008/09

B1 DETAILED WASTE DATA 

B1.1 DURHAM COUNTY DETAILED WASTE DATA: 2008/09 

Table B1.1 Municipal Waste Arisings: 2008/09 (tonnes) 

Chester-le-Street Derwentside Durham City Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley HWRC TOTALS 

HOUSEHOLD WASTE 

Household recycling 5,449 9,391 8,271 7,866 7,108 2,213 4,790 23,724 68,811 

Household composting 0 1,379 877 3,886 543 1,998 1,103 9,122 18,908 

Household residual 15,968 23,886 25,168 31,021 27,174 7,478 20,550 29,251 180,495 

Sub-total 21,417 34,656 34,317 42,773 34,824 11,689 26,443 62,096 268,215 

NON-HOUSEHOLD WASTE 

Trade residual 870 2,251 0 2,135 1,943 668 0 7,867 

Trade recycling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Fly-tip residual 713 671 1,540 708 767 15 573 4,986 

Sub-total 1,583 2,922 1,540 2,843 2,710 683 573 0 12,853 

RECYCLING & COMPOSTING 

Kerbside recycling 5,051 8,807 7,774 7,194 6,773 1,885 3,984 41,469 

Bring site recycling 240 316 211 301 165 221 325 1,780 

Third party recycling 158 268 285 371 170 107 481 1,839 

HWRC recycling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23,724 23,724 

Kerbside composting 0 1,379 877 3,886 543 0 1,103 7,788 

Third party composting 0 0 0 0 0 1,998 0 1,998 

HWRC composting 9,122 9,122 

Sub-total 5,449 10,770 9,149 11,752 7,650 4,211 5,893 32,846 87,719 

RESIDUAL WASTE 17,551 26,808 26,709 33,863 29,884 8,161 21,123 29,251 193,348 

TOTAL MSW 23,000 37,578 35,857 45,615 37,534 12,372 27,016 62,096 281,068

Table B1.2 Recycling and Composting: 2008/09 (tonnes) 


KERBSIDE 

kerbside - paper & card 2,736 5,830 4,232 3,762 3,690 1,107 2,737 24,095 

kerbside - cans 385 278 551 603 533 162 209 2,722 

kerbside - plastic 534 712 1,015 944 630 80 0 3,915 

kerbside - glass 1,255 1,940 1,854 1,683 1,612 536 933 9,812 

kerbside - green 0 1,379 877 3,886 543 0 1,103 7,788 

kerbside - textiles 0 47 0 0 0 0 36 82 

kerbside - scrap metal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

kerbside - white goods 10 0 112 202 208 0 69 601 

kerbside - other 133 0 10 0 99 0 0 242 

Sub-total 5,051 10,185 8,652 11,081 7,315 1,885 5,087 0 49,257 

BRING SITES 

bank - paper & card 126 124 32 53 29 68 52 0 484 

bank – cans 5 6 33 0 17 3 0 0 64 

bank – plastic 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 

bank – glass 79 87 63 248 120 149 198 0 944 

bank – textiles 24 78 50 0 0 0 67 0 220 

bank – shoes 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10 

bank – cartons 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 

bank - scrap metal 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 34 

Sub-total 240 316 211 301 165 221 325 0 1,780 

HWRC 

Large WEEE 201 201 

Small WEEE 319 319 

Heavy steel 105 105 

Light steel 1,498 1,498 

Lead 4 4 

Brass 15 15 

Copper 35 35 

Stainless steel 12 12 

Aluminium 47 47 

Cardboard 1,110 1,110 

Batteries 16 16 

Cans 20 20 

Gas Bottles 25 25 

Glass 215 215


Paper 406 406 

TVs & Monitors 588 588 

Oil 84 84 

Fridges 327 327 

Textiles 147 147 

Shoes 21 21 

Fluorescent tubes 4 4 

Bric-a-brac 166 166 

Tyres 290 290 

Cartons 2 2 

Bikes 1 1 

Timber 3,661 3,661 

Soil & rubble 14,406 14,406 

Sub-total 23,725 23,725 

HWRC - Composting (green) 9,122 9,122 

Sub-total 9,122 9,122 

OTHER (THIRD PARTY) 

Paper and card 0.5 0.2 18.9 0.9 0.0 7.0 270.7 298 

Glass 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 

Cans 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 5.9 0.0 12.2 19 

Plastic 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 

Textiles 151 265 264 364 164 98 197 1,504 

Shoes 6.0 2.6 2.2 4.2 0.0 1.9 0.6 17 

Green 0 0 0 0 0 1,998 0 0 1,998 

Scrap metal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Sub-total 158 268 285 371 170 2,105 481 0 3,837 

OTHER(DIGESTER OUTPUT) 

Light plastic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Dense plastic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Shredded textile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Ferrous metals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Non-ferrous metals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Glass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Sub-total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Total Recycling 5,449 10,770 9,149 11,752 7,650 4,211 5,893 32,846 87,720

N.B. Given that the aerobic digestion facility at Thornley was non-operational for the baseline year, data relating to waste diverted from landfill by this means is not included. 

The eventual re-commencement of aerobic digestion as a waste processing technique will undoubtedly impact on the data. However it is not known how long the aerobic 

digestion facility will remain non-operational and it is therefore not considered to be representative to include it in this baseline assessment.

Table B1.3 Waste Disposal: 2008/09 (tonnes) 


HOUSEHOLD RESIDUAL 

to Landfill (Joint Stocks) 15,968 23,886 25,168 31,021 27,174 7,478 20,550 151,245 

to WTS (then landfill) 0 

to WTS (then digester) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Sub-total 15,968 23,886 25,168 31,021 27,174 7,478 20,550 0 151,245 

HWRC RESIDUAL 

to Landfill (Joint Stocks) - - - - - - - 29,251 29,251 

to WTS (then landfill) - - - - - - - - - 

to WTS (then digester) - - - - - - - - - 

Sub-total - - - - - - - 29,251 29,251 

NON-HOUSEHOLD RESIDUAL 

to Landfill (Joint Stocks) 713 671 1,540 708 767 15 573 4,986 

to WTS (then landfill) 870 2,251 0 2,135 1,943 668 0 7,867 

to WTS (then digester) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Sub-total 1,583 2,922 1,540 2,843 2,710 683 573 0 12,853 

Total Disposal 17,551 26,808 26,709 33,863 29,884 8,161 21,123 29,251 193,348

B2 DURHAM COUNTY DETAILED WASTE DATA: 2007/08 






Household composting - 31 867 1,907 505 1,155 797 8,596 13,859 


of which Digester recycling 11,586 

of which Digester residual 29,203 

Sub-total 22,026 37,792 33,578 45,349 38,811 12,139 27,300 62,238 279,232 


Trade residual 888 2,244 - 2,460 1,956 636 - - 8,184 

Trade recycling - - - - - - - - 0 

Fly-tip residual 994 643 1,204 706 885 22 611 - 5,066 

Sub-total 1,882 2,887 1,204 3,166 2,841 658 611 - 13,250 


Kerbside recycling 4,025 9,280 5,962 5,449 5,553 2,174 5,621 - 38,064 

Bring site recycling 301 565 508 463 397 222 335 - 2,791 

Third party recycling 150 250 261 335 188 56 461 - 1,701 

HWRC recycling - - - - - - - 22,118 22,118 

Digester recycling 11,586 

Kerbside composting - 31 867 1,907 505 - 797 - 4,107 

Third party composting - - - - - 1,155 - - 1,155 

HWRC composting - - - - - - - 8,596 8,596 

Sub-total 4,476 10,126 7,598 8,154 6,643 3,607 7,214 30,714 78,532 


TOTAL MSW 23,908 40,679 34,783 48,515 41,651 12,798 27,911 62,238 290,212


Chester-le-Street Durham City Derwentside Easington Sedgefield Teesdale Wear Valley HWRC TOTALS 

KERBSIDE 

kerbside - paper & card 2,172 3,335 5,057 2,821 3,191 1,170 2,962 - 20,709 

kerbside - cans - - - - - - - - 0 

kerbside - plastic - - 306 - - 78 - - 384 

kerbside - glass 974 1,573 1,854 1,009 1,374 548 1,037 - 8,369 

kerbside - green 0 867 31 1,907 505 0 797 - 4,107 

kerbside - textiles 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 - 31 

kerbside - scrap metal 187 225 212 277 323 153 233 - 1,611 

kerbside - white goods 692 828 1,851 1,342 664 224 1,358 - 6,960 

Sub-total 4,025 6,829 9,310 7,356 6,058 2,174 6,419 - 42,171 

BRING SITES 

bank - paper & card 146 155 - 83 105 77 98 - 664 

bank – cans - - - - - - - - - 

bank - plastic - - - - - - - - - 

bank – glass 111 287 249 379 260 120 180 - 1,586 

bank - green 30 50 117 - - - 48 - 246 

bank - textiles 4 - - - - - 6 - 10 

bank - shoes 1 - - 1 - - 1 - 3 

bank - cartons 8 16 200 - 31 25 2 - 283 

bank - scrap metal 

Sub-total 301 508 565 463 397 222 335 - 2,791 

HWRC 

Tyres - - - - - - - 193 193 

Soil & rubble - - - - - - - 15,264 15,264 

Green - - - - - - - 8,596 8,596 

Wood - - - - - - - 4,058 4,058 

Fridges - - - - - - - 391 391 

Other - - - - - - - 2,212 2,212 

Rejected wood - - - - - - - 193 193 

Sub-total - - - - - - - 30,714 30,714


Paper and card - 16 5 - - 15 265 - 300 

Glass - - - - - - - - - 

Cans - - - - - - - - - 

Plastic - - - - - - - - - 

Textiles 150 245 244 335 188 41 174 - 1,377 

Shoes - - - - - - - - - 

Green - - - - - 1,155 - - 1,155 

Scrap metal - - - - - - 22 - 23 

Sub-total 150 261 250 335 188 1,211 461 - 2,856 

OTHER RECYCLING (DIGESTER OUTPUT) 

Light plastic - - - - - - - - 84 

Dense plastic - - - - - - - - 37 

Shredded textile - - - - - - - - 2,029 

Ferrous metals - - - - - - - - 1,672 

Secondary ferrous metals - - - - - - - - 0 

Non-ferrous metals - - - - - - - - 23 

Glass - - - - - - - - 2,266 

Process loss - - - - - - - - 5,475 

Sub-total - - - - - - - - 11,586 

TOTAL RECYCLING 4,476 7,598 10,126 8,154 6,643 3,606 7,215 30,714 90,119




to Landfill (Joint Stocks) 52 12,211 - 6,452 1,009 - 815 - 20,539 

to WTS 18,884 16,589 28,970 34,260 33,525 1,770 21,913 - 155,912 

of which to landfill 17,728 7,361 27,253 12,937 28,141 1,441 20,263 - 115,123 

of which to Digester 

of which is residue to 

1,156 9,229 1,718 21,323 5,384 329 1,651 - 40,789 

landfill 29,203 

Sub-total 36,664 36,161 56,223 53,649 62,675 3,211 42,990 - 164,864 

HWRC RESIDUAL 


to WTS(then landfill) - - - - - - - 8,946 8,946 

Sub-total - - - - - - - 31,524 31,524 


to WTS (then landfill) 1,882 1,204 2,887 3,166 2,841 658 611 - 13,250 


Sub-total 1,882 1,204 2,887 3,166 2,841 658 611 - 13,250 

Total Disposal 38,546 37,365 59,111 56,815 65,516 3,869 43,602 31,524 209,638

B3 DURHAM COUNTY DETAILED WASTE DATA: 2006/07 






Household composting 0 980 34 1,743 508 0 737 8,330 12,331 


of which Digester recycling - - - - - - - - 13,402 

of which Digester residual - - - - - - - - 19,216 

Sub-total 22,736 34,209 32,382 46,012 39,515 15,431 25,357 64,072 279,715 


Trade residual 912 0 2,304 2,460 2,088 564 0 0 8,328 

Trade recycling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Fly-tip residual 1,050 1,141 1,126 775 677 22 676 0 5,467 

Sub-total 1,962 1,141 3,430 3,235 2,765 586 676 0 13,795 


Kerbside recycling 3,923 5,171 1,486 3,770 4,769 5,878 3,613 0 28,611 

Bring site recycling 233 455 293 386 366 466 313 0 2,512 

Third party recycling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

HWRC recycling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24,218 24,218 

Digester recycling - - - - - - - - 13,402 

Kerbside composting 0 980 34 1,743 508 0 737 0 4,001 

Third party composting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

HWRC composting 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,330 8,330 

Sub-total 4,157 6,605 1,813 5,900 5,643 6,344 4,663 32,548 81,074 


TOTAL MSW 24,698 35,351 35,812 49,248 42,280 16,017 26,033 64,072 293,510



KERBSIDE 

kerbside - paper & card 2,189 3,072 9 2,517 3,008 3,707 2,004 - 16,507 

kerbside – cans 185 208 21 247 129 492 128 - 1,411 

kerbside – plastic 4 - 34 - - 137 - - 175 

kerbside – glass 1,019 1,449 118 900 1,295 1,532 712 - 7,025 

kerbside – green 0 980 34 1,743 508 - 737 - 4,001 

kerbside - textiles 21 - 111 - - 4 22 - 158 

kerbside - scrap metal - - - - - - - - - 

kerbside - white goods 506 442 1,193 106 336 6 747 - 3,335 

Sub-total 3,923 6,150 1,520 5,513 5,277 5,878 4,350 - 32,612 

BRING SITES 

bank - paper & card 115 183 9 68 115 246 90 - 826 

bank – cans 4 - 21 15 25 163 75 - 303 

bank – plastic 4 - 34 - - - 148 - 185 

bank – glass 89 239 118 303 226 12 - - 987 

bank – green 21 33 111 - - 45 - - 210 

bank – textiles - - - - - - - - 0 

bank – shoes - - - - - - - - 0 

bank – cartons 

bank - scrap metal 

Sub-total 233 455 293 386 366 466 313 - 2,512 

HWRC 

Tyres - - - - - - - 262 262 

Soil & rubble - - - - - - - 16,058 16,058 

Green - - - - - - - 8,330 8,330 

Wood - - - - - - - 4,385 4,385 

Fridges - - - - - - - 391 391 

Other - - - - - - - 3,122 3,122 

Rejected wood - - - - - - - 262 262 

Sub-total - - - - - - - 32,548 32,548


Paper and card - - - - - - - - - 

Glass - - - - - - - - - 

Cans - - - - - - - - - 

Plastic - - - - - - - - - 

Textiles - - - - - - - - - 

Shoes - - - - - - - - - 

Green - - - - - - - - - 

Scrap metal - - - - - - - - - 

Sub-total - - - - - - - - - 

OTHER RECYCLING (DIGESTER OUTPUT) 

Light plastic - - - - - - - - 240 

Dense plastic - - - - - - - - 11 

Shredded textile - - - - - - - - 662 

Ferrous metals - - - - - - - - 1,158 

Secondary ferrous metals - - - - - - - - 42 

Non-ferrous metals - - - - - - - - 69 

Glass - - - - - - - - 1,379 

Process loss - - - - - - - - 9,842 

Sub-total - - - - - - - - 13,402 

TOTAL RECYCLING 4,157 6,605 1,813 5,900 5,643 6,344 4,663 32,548 81,074




to Landfill (Joint Stocks) 7 11,909 - 3,488 923 288 3,777 - 20,392 

to WTS 20,086 18,195 32,469 39,172 35,073 9,128 19,269 - 173,392 

of which to landfill 17,306 13,430 27,446 27,641 30,261 8,817 15,874 - 140,774 

of which to Digester 2,780 4,765 5,023 11,532 4,812 310 3,395 - 32,618 

of which is residue to 

landfill 

- - - - - - - 

- 19,216 

Sub-total 180,382 

HWRC RESIDUAL 


to WTS (then landfill) - - - - - - - 8,946 8,946 

Sub-total - - - - - - - 31,524 31,524 


to Landfill (Todhills & Joint 

Stocks) 1,050 1,141 1,126 775 677 22 676 - 5,467 

to WTS (then landfill) 912 0 2,304 2,460 2,088 564 - - 8,328 


Sub-total 1,962 1,141 3,430 3,235 2,765 586 676 0 13,795 

TOTAL DISPOSAL 1,962 1,141 3,430 3,235 2,765 586 676 31,524 225,701

Annex C 

Household Waste Recycling 

Centres: Waste Arisings

C1 HWRC WASTE ARISINGS: 2008/09 

Table C1.1 HWRC Waste Arisings: 2008/09 (tonnes) 

Broomsdene 

Cragwood 

Hett Hills 

Middleton 

Stainton 

Grove 

Annfield 

Plain 

Large WEEE 36 3 27 3 6 28 15 11 10 26 3 16 4 3 9 201 

Small WEEE 51 10 12 13 4 37 19 24 32 65 13 5 6 6 21 319 

Heavy steel 29 19 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 18 0 0 105 

Light steel 80 31 29 7 18 130 102 117 51 303 178 140 90 99 124 1,498 

Lead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 

Brass 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 1 1 15 

Copper 1 1 2 0 0 2 4 0 0 11 0 2 6 1 4 35 

Stainless steel 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 12 

Aluminium 2 2 3 0 0 1 5 2 1 15 0 3 5 3 5 47 

Cardboard 0 0 0 0 0 116 90 146 134 228 150 143 0 0 104 1,110 

Batteries 7 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 

Cans 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 20 

Gas Bottles 3 0 4 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 1 3 4 1 0 25 

Glass 0 0 0 26 0 10 13 22 17 31 34 15 16 10 21 215 

Paper 5 0 2 19 0 13 24 59 35 102 30 29 35 3 49 406 

TVs & Monitors 65 31 35 0 0 45 29 64 35 112 42 48 40 19 22 588 

Oil 8 0 10 0 0 4 7 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 8 84 

Fridges 42 14 35 0 0 34 15 38 9 28 20 16 34 24 18 327 

Textiles 17 0 0 0 0 20 20 18 0 30 0 13 12 0 17 147 

Shoes 5 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 3 1 21 

Fluorescent tubes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 

Bric-a-brac 145 0 0 0 0 5 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 166 

Tyres 42 3 34 0 0 15 26 11 16 25 23 18 29 26 21 290 

Cartons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 

Bikes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Green waste 625 0 903 0 0 638 643 799 453 1,999 918 407 357 552 829 9,122 

Timber 133 0 78 0 0 362 239 415 446 382 317 583 265 272 169 3,661 

Soil & rubble 1,053 351 1,069 0 0 1,022 1,161 1,074 1,137 1,233 1,326 1,482 998 1,206 1,293 14,406 

Total Recycled 2,349 469 2,276 78 30 2,497 2,421 2,827 2,388 4,620 3,064 2,941 1,929 2,238 2,720 32,846 

Total Landfill 3,642 1,507 5,224 606 1,341 1,999 1,806 1,618 930 2,226 1,787 1,633 1,037 1,882 1,928 29,168 

Total 5,991 1,976 7,501 684 1,371 4,496 4,227 4,444 3,318 6,846 4,852 4,574 2,966 4,120 4,648 62,014 

Coxhoe 

Heighington 

Lane 

Horden 

Potterhouse 

Romanway 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Todhills 

Tudhoe 

TOTAL


Broomsdene 

Cragwood 

Hett Hills 

Middleton 

Stainton 

Grove 

Annfield 

Plain 

Large WEEE 15 0 0 0 0 7 3 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 40 

Small WEEE 14 3 1 1 0 3 1 8 4 15 3 0 2 2 3 59 

Heavy steel 51 32 32 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 20 3 0 158 

Light steel 137 36 32 3 21 163 137 183 83 392 124 210 112 126 164 1,921 

Lead 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 

Brass 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 4 0 1 3 1 2 23 

Copper 2 1 2 0 1 5 5 0 2 13 0 2 5 1 5 45 


Aluminium 3 3 3 0 1 4 6 3 8 17 0 3 4 4 6 65 

Cardboard 0 0 0 0 0 68 93 201 160 304 95 140 39 0 137 1,239 

Batteries 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 20 

Cans 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 

Gas Bottles 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 71 

Glass 4 1 4 0 0 0 3 1 3 4 0 2 2 1 0 25 

Paper 0 0 0 24 0 0 15 86 24 55 0 34 31 0 73 341 

TVs & Monitors 6 0 5 21 0 11 16 49 43 111 12 15 34 3 52 379 

Oil 82 38 33 0 2 54 43 83 52 168 39 56 38 54 47 789 

Fridges 9 0 11 0 0 5 9 10 7 10 4 6 10 10 9 99 

Textiles 42 14 37 5 12 29 18 31 12 42 13 18 15 26 22 336 

Shoes 18 0 0 0 0 16 18 30 2 38 0 0 8 4 24 159 


Bric-a-brac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 

Tyres 185 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 210 

Cartons 17 0 26 0 0 24 17 16 10 21 12 17 17 24 16 217 

Bikes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Green waste 607 0 807 1 0 628 608 910 496 1,941 370 475 372 595 782 8,593 

Timber 20 0 20 0 0 138 196 343 193 268 143 211 209 309 181 2,232 

Soil & rubble 1,087 372 1,126 0 0 1,164 1,159 1,412 1,323 1,443 683 1,656 1,063 1,374 1,402 15,263 


Total Landfill 4,220 1,991 5,046 726 1,502 2,586 1,822 2,083 1,279 2,986 1,229 2,051 1,203 2,290 2,165 33,180 

Total 6,536 2,494 7,189 785 1,556 4,914 4,177 5,521 3,706 7,856 2,729 4,909 3,193 4,833 5,125 65,523 

Coxhoe 

Heighington 

Lane 

Horden 

Potterhouse 

Romanway 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Todhills 

Tudhoe 

TOTAL


Broomsdene 

Cragwood 

Hett Hills 

Middleton 

Stainton 

Grove 

Annfield 

Plain 

Coxhoe 

Large WEEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Small WEEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Heavy steel 66 29 23 0 14 9 16 0 9 50 2 1 18 19 18 274 

Light steel 180 33 58 0 7 192 156 170 93 302 179 237 116 80 155 1,956 

Lead 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 11 

Brass 3 1 2 0 1 1 2 1 2 6 0 2 20 1 3 45 

Copper 2 2 4 0 2 2 5 1 3 13 1 3 30 1 5 74 


Aluminium 4 2 3 0 3 3 7 1 9 17 1 3 10 3 6 73 

Cardboard 0 0 0 0 0 77 93 161 129 279 146 132 0 0 121 1,139 

Batteries 19 2 0 0 8 9 7 4 5 20 0 3 4 1 8 91 

Cans 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 25 1 3 0 1 1 0 20 55 

Gas Bottles 1 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 5 5 2 10 4 3 1 39 

Glass 0 0 0 20 0 0 13 54 30 59 1 37 39 0 28 280 

Paper 2 0 2 16 3 14 11 48 26 92 14 27 13 5 25 299 

TVs & Monitors 87 15 28 0 0 51 47 66 52 148 31 54 38 46 46 709 

Oil 4 0 3 0 0 1 6 6 3 7 7 8 8 4 2 59 

Fridges 58 11 49 8 10 34 21 22 16 48 25 19 13 28 19 381 

Textiles 17 0 2 0 0 14 18 23 6 24 0 20 16 1 23 164 

Shoes 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 4 1 21 


Bric-a-brac 168 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 211 

Tyres 22 1 30 0 0 20 23 12 17 20 31 18 24 27 17 262 

Cartons 0 

Bikes 0 

Green waste 453 1 716 0 1 597 515 782 478 1,989 805 454 314 505 719 8,330 

Timber 149 0 171 5 0 172 266 363 591 1,071 295 588 245 400 213 4,529 

Soil & rubble 949 362 1,190 0 0 1,324 1,159 1,260 1,452 1,400 1,350 1,594 1,242 1,474 1,275 16,032 


Total Landfill 3,484 1,523 4,912 672 1,502 2,010 1,813 1,647 1,017 2,483 2,421 1,357 1,110 1,925 2,188 30,065 

Total 5,677 1,987 7,200 727 1,553 4,534 4,184 4,681 3,960 8,045 5,311 4,569 3,284 4,528 4,896 65,136 

Heighington 

Lane 

Horden 

Potterhouse 

Romanway 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Todhills 

Tudhoe 

TOTAL


Broomsdene 

Cragwood 

Hett Hills 

Middleton 

Stainton 

Grove 

Annfield 

Plain 

Coxhoe 

Large WEEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Small WEEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Heavy steel 96 38 26 0 12 21 0 0 16 68 22 0 7 15 28 348 

Light steel 273 41 63 0 3 151 304 205 125 374 116 227 103 87 280 2,352 

Lead 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 

Brass 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 6 0 1 1 1 2 22 

Copper 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 9 0 4 1 1 2 27 


Aluminium 6 1 6 0 0 3 5 2 5 16 0 4 1 4 6 60 

Cardboard 0 0 0 0 0 102 84 137 128 266 141 99 0 0 99 1,056 

Batteries 17 4 0 0 2 7 9 2 9 21 0 13 1 9 12 105 

Cans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 29 61 

Gas Bottles 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 4 5 1 2 5 2 2 27 

Glass 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 70 30 48 0 46 26 0 56 285 

Paper 5 0 4 0 0 10 6 32 0 81 14 8 6 5 13 184 

TVs & Monitors 30 2 21 2 4 20 16 34 24 64 40 22 24 22 21 346 

Oil 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 4 4 5 1 3 2 3 4 31 

Fridges 54 8 57 4 13 32 15 18 20 41 21 18 15 19 16 351 

Textiles 7 0 0 0 0 2 12 17 18 0 0 2 4 5 9 76 

Shoes 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 2 1 16 

Fluorescent tubes 

Bric-a-brac 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 27 21 0 0 0 0 0 201 

Tyres 26 0 20 0 0 15 21 2 13 21 27 15 22 25 11 217 

Cartons 

Bikes 

Green waste 356 0 710 0 0 484 600 813 558 1,941 844 470 267 485 706 8,234 

Timber 150 7 211 0 3 359 250 613 530 1,044 309 537 337 503 203 5,055 

Soil & rubble 858 398 1,261 0 0 1,059 1,102 1,304 1,173 1,361 1,468 1,488 1,105 1,364 1,170 15,110 


Total Landfill 3,430 1,748 5,159 642 1,585 1,410 1,635 1,413 978 2,113 2,342 1,303 1,169 1,500 1,834 28,261 

Total 5,448 2,247 7,544 648 1,623 3,683 4,075 4,725 3,669 7,513 5,346 4,262 3,096 4,055 4,506 62,442 

Heighington 

Lane 

Horden 

Potterhouse 

Romanway 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Todhills 

Tudhoe 

TOTAL


Broomsdene 

Brown Houses 

Butsfield 

Cragwood 

Hett Hills 

Middleton 



Large WEEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Small WEEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Heavy steel 88 27 7 35 27 0 10 70 2 0 7 86 15 3 36 53 0 464 

Light steel 342 28 20 25 106 0 2 217 265 253 233 434 101 330 139 192 319 3,006 

Lead 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 10 

Brass 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 1 4 5 0 1 2 1 3 30 

Copper 3 2 0 1 5 0 1 5 3 1 5 9 0 3 2 3 3 45 

Stainless steel 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 16 

Aluminium 5 2 0 2 8 0 1 4 7 3 8 19 0 5 8 6 6 84 

Cardboard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 83 147 122 351 119 107 0 9 101 1,130 

Batteries 14 3 1 5 9 0 0 3 6 6 10 20 1 8 11 5 21 122 

Cans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 33 

Gas Bottles 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 1 4 5 5 8 3 8 4 6 52 

Glass 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 47 45 45 0 32 28 0 27 232 

Paper 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 15 6 11 0 6 8 0 6 8 14 83 

TVs & Monitors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Oil 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 2 4 2 10 4 5 1 7 4 54 

Fridges 68 13 15 16 66 10 17 35 27 32 26 47 35 34 27 24 23 515 

Textiles 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15 26 4 0 2 19 1 0 84 

Shoes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 

Fluorescent tubes 

Bric-a-brac 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 21 13 122 0 0 38 3 0 376 

Tyres 10 0 0 0 15 0 0 14 12 0 14 14 19 8 24 21 6 157 

Cartons 

Bikes 

Green waste 12 0 0 0 649 0 0 758 866 1,107 1,031 2,255 1,384 797 403 493 739 10,496 

Timber 15 0 0 0 309 0 0 569 427 798 639 1,327 366 1,079 584 546 235 6,894 

Soil & rubble 1,557 0 0 470 1,494 0 12 1,674 1,904 1,663 1,933 1,767 2,293 2,618 2,275 1,624 1,714 22,998 

Total Recycled 2,259 81 45 557 2,702 10 42 3,541 3,617 4,134 4,130 6,532 4,354 5,037 3,612 3,002 3,235 46,888 

Total Landfill 4,794 1,949 2,061 2,333 6,583 925 2,331 953 2,317 1,950 1,989 2,048 3,092 2,033 1,881 1,699 2,433 41,370 

Total 6,053 2,030 2,106 2,890 9,285 935 2,373 4,493 5,934 6,083 6,119 8,580 7,446 7,069 5,493 4,701 5,669 88,259 

Coxhoe 

Heighington 

Lane 

Horden 

Potterhouse 

Romanway 

Seaham 

Thornley 

Todhills 

Tudhoe 

TOTAL

Annex D 

Waste Treatment and 

Disposal Data

D1 TREATED WASTE 

Table D1.1 Waste Treated at the Aerobic Digestion Facility – Thornley (tonnes) 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

TOTAL input into digester from Thornley WTS - 28,651 32,618 40,789 - 

TOTAL output from digester - 28,471 32,618 40,789 - 

recycled Light Plastic - 61 240 84 - 

recycled Dense Plastic - - 11 37 - 

ferrous metals - 1,166 1,158 1,672 - 

secondary Ferrous metals - 104 42 - - 

non-Ferrous metals - 62 69 23 - 

glass - 1,321 1,379 2,266 - 

shredded textile - - - 2,029 - 

soil conditioner - 9,078 9,973 13,497 - 

water loss - 4,922 9,842 5,475 - 

to landfill - contrary & cover materials - 11,756 9,906 15,705 - 

to reprocessor - diverted BMW - 16,715 22,713 4,082 - 

to reprocessor - non-diverted BMW 

Note: 

- - - 21,002 - 

1. Due to technical reasons Durham County could claim diversion only for metals, glass and plastics in 2007-08. 

2. Due to regulator issues, the digester was non-operational in 2008/09.

D2 LANDFILL DISPOSAL 

Table D2.1 Landfill Inputs: 2004/05 to 2008/09 (tonnes) 

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 

from HWRC 24,398 21,161 21,113 21,113 22,600 

from WCA collection 54,686 23,983 20,388 20,539 9,401 

from Digestor (residue) - 11,756 9,906 15,705 - 

from WTS 172,705 139,859 149,719 130,857 164,568 

from Thornley 51,743 23,345 18,719 8,756 44,265 

from Annfield 76,332 67,316 71,757 63,969 61,562 

from Stainton Grove 4,039 9,304 9,088 7,695 8,206 

from Heighington Lane 40,592 39,894 50,156 50,438 50,535 

TOTAL MSW to landfill 251,789 196,759 201,126 188,215 196,570 

NB. Residual waste received at Thornley is forwarded onto landfill and to aerobic digestion. All residual waste from Annfield, Stainton Grove and Heighington Lane is 

forwarded onto to landfill.

Annex E 

Materials Capture Analysis

E1 DURHAM COUNTY: MATERIAL CAPTURE ANALYSIS 

E1.1 MATERIALS CAPTURE ANALYSIS 

A materials capture analysis was undertaken using Durham County’s 2008/09 

data in conformance with Defra MSWM guidance (1) to develop an 

understanding of the potential additional materials that might be available for 

recycling from the different waste streams and, hence, to help inform future 

potential changes in systems for collecting recyclables and compostables. 

A materials capture rate analysis is primarily a tool which can: 

• demonstrate existing performance levels, and potential improvements that 

can be gained from improving performance in respect of already targeted 

materials; 

• quantify the potential recycling available from materials currently not 

being targeted; 

• make appropriate comparisons between waste collection systems in 

different collection authorities to help understand why performance 

varies; and 

• identify which materials should be targeted for future campaigns and 

initiatives. 

This analysis will help to inform priorities for which services should be 

changed, the impact of changes on both recycling and composting 

performance, and the consequent contribution to the diversion of waste from 

landfill. 

E1.1.1 Approach to Capture Analysis 

Stage 1: Material Potentially Available 

Waste composition figures were applied to waste arisings data to estimate the 

amount of material available in the waste stream. It should be noted that 

these were mapped as practically as possible, but allowances should be made 

when interpreting the data as similar materials are often bunched together 

such as paper and card etc. 

Stage 2: Comparison with Tonnages Recycled 

The second stage compared the tonnages potentially available with the 

tonnages of materials recycled. Data on the type and weight of materials 

(1) Defra (2006) A Practice Guide for the Development of Municipal Waste Management Strategies, Information Sheet 7, 

Material Capture Analysis. Defra, London.

collected by different collection services were collated at a County and district 

level. 

Stage 3: Material Remaining 

In order to estimate the materials remaining in the waste stream, the 

quantities of the materials collected were subtracted from those that are 

available within the waste stream. 

Stage 4: Percentage of Material Captured 

The percentage capture rate was calculated by dividing the material recycled 

by the material available.

Table E1.1 Material Capture Rates (%) for Former Districts 

Primary category Sub-category Chester le 

Paper and card 

Plastic film 

Dense plastic 

Textiles 

Misc. combustible 

Misc. noncombustible 

Glass 

Ferrous metal 

Non-ferrous metal 

Putrescibles 

Street 

Derwentside 

District Current Capture Rates 

Newspapers and magazines 

Directories and catalogues NO 

53% 94% 67% 61% 52% 67% 65% 

Yellow Pages 43% 86% 68% 35% 22% 78% 49% 

Junk mail and other recyclable paper 12% 38% 12% 14% 11% 17% 22% 

Wall paper/non-recyclable paper 2% 5% 4% 3% 3% 3% 4% 

Liquid Cartons 2% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3% 

Cardboard non-corrugated 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Cardboard corrugated 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Refuse sacks and other plastic film 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Carrier bags 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

PET bottles 15% 46% 17% 14% 14% 13% 0% 

HDPE bottles 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Other plastic packaging 15% 29% 17% 14% 14% 7% 0% 

Polystyrene 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Hard plastic 15% 26% 17% 14% 14% 6% 0% 

Clothes 28% 41% 35% 40% 26% 32% 50% 

Other textiles 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Shoes 5% 1% 1% 2% 0% 3% 5% 

Non treated wood 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Treated wood 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Kitchen units 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Other wood furniture 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Non wood furniture 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Carpet, underlay & carpet floor tiles 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Disposable nappies 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Other combustible 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

DIY rubble 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Plasterboard 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Other non combustible 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Brown glass containers 66% 77% 75% 66% 62% 69% 64% 

Green glass containers 67% 77% 76% 67% 63% 70% 65% 

Clear glass containers 42% 55% 52% 41% 38% 45% 39% 

Blue glass containers 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Non packaging glass 36% 34% 38% 7% 29% 38% 26% 

Ferrous food and beverage cans 37% 38% 55% 44% 43% 49% 32% 

Aerosols 15% 16% 27% 19% 18% 22% 12% 

Other ferrous 7% 7% 21% 8% 8% 9% 6% 

Non ferrous food and beverage cans 41% 42% 59% 47% 47% 53% 35% 

Aerosols 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Foil 16% 16% 28% 19% 19% 23% 12% 

Other non ferrous 2% 3% 5% 3% 3% 4% 2% 

Raw fruit and vegetable matter 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Cooked and prepared food 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Garden waste 0% 38% 0% 77% 15% 0% 50% 

Soil 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Other putrescibles 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 

Fines

Figure E1.1 Chester-le-Street: Captured and Available Materials (Tonnage): 2008/09 

Material 

Hazardous 

WEEE 

Fines 

Other putrescibles 

Soil 

Garden waste 

Cooked & prepared food 

Raw fruit & vegetable matter 

Other non ferrous 

Foil 

Non-Ferrous Aerosols 

Non ferrous cans 

Other ferrous 

Ferrous Aerosols 

Ferrous cans 

Non packaging glass 

Clear glass 

Green glass 

Brown glass 

Other non combustible 


Other wood furniture 

Treated wood 

Non treated wood 

Shoes 

Other textiles 

Clothes 

Hard plastic 

Polystyrene 

Other plastic packaging 

Plastic bottles 

Refuse sacks & other plastic film 

Cardboard 

Liquid Cartons 

Wall paper/non-recyclable paper 

Junk mail & other recyclable paper 


Newspapers & magazines 

Material in Hhd waste Hhd Recycled Available Material 

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 

Arisings (Tonnes)

Figure E1.2 Derwentside: Captured and Available Materials (Tonnage): 2008/09 

Material 

Hazardous 

WEEE 

Fines 


Soil 

Garden waste 




Foil 



Other ferrous 


Ferrous cans 


Clear glass 

Green glass 

Brown glass 




Treated wood 


Shoes 


Clothes 

Hard plastic 

Polystyrene 




Cardboard 






Material in Hhd Waste Hhd Recycled Available Material 

0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 

Arisings (Tonnes)

Figure E1.3 Durham City: Captured and Available Materials (Tonnage): 2008/09 

Material 

Hazardous 

WEEE 

Fines 


Soil 

Garden waste 




Foil 



Other ferrous 


Ferrous cans 


Clear glass 

Green glass 

Brown glass 




Treated wood 


Shoes 


Clothes 

Hard plastic 

Polystyrene 




Cardboard 






Material in Hhd waste Hhd Recycled Available Material 

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 

Arisings (Tonnes)

Figure E1.4 Easington: Captured and Available Materials (Tonnage): 2008/09 

Material 

Hazardous 

WEEE 

Fines 


Soil 

Garden waste 




Foil 



Other ferrous 


Ferrous cans 


Clear glass 

Green glass 

Brown glass 




Treated wood 


Shoes 


Clothes 

Hard plastic 

Polystyrene 




Cardboard 







0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 

Arisings (Tonnes)

Figure E1.5 Sedgefield: Captured and Available Materials (Tonnage): 2008/09 

Material 

Hazardous 

WEEE 

Fines 


Soil 

Garden waste 




Foil 



Other ferrous 


Ferrous cans 


Clear glass 

Green glass 

Brown glass 




Treated wood 


Shoes 


Clothes 

Hard plastic 

Polystyrene 




Cardboard 







0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 

Arisings (Tonnes)

Figure E1.6 Teesdale: Captured and Available Materials (Tonnage): 2008/09 

Material 

Hazardous 

WEEE 

Fines 


Soil 

Garden waste 




Foil 



Other ferrous 


Ferrous cans 


Clear glass 

Green glass 

Brown glass 




Treated wood 


Shoes 


Clothes 

Hard plastic 

Polystyrene 




Cardboard 







0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 

Arisings (Tonnes)

Figure E1.7 Wear Valley: Captured and Available Materials (Tonnage): 2008/09 

Material 

Hazardous 

WEEE 

Fines 


Soil 

Garden waste 




Foil 



Other ferrous 


Ferrous cans 


Clear glass 

Green glass 

Brown glass 



Treated wood 


Shoes 


Clothes 

Hard plastic 

Polystyrene 




Cardboard 







0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,000 

Arisings (Tonnes)

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