Waste Statistics in Moray

Latest Quarterly Recycling Figures

Latest Quarterly Recycling Figures: 46.6% of Household Waste

New National Targets

(Percentage of Municipal Waste to be recycled or composted)

2010 -  40%

2013 -  50%

2020 -  60%

2025 -  70%

• The Council collects 0.77 tonnes of household waste per head each year
• Each household produces on average 1.9 tonnes of waste each year.
• The proportion of Council Tax that goes towards waste collection and disposal is 2.7%.
• Approximately 38% of all waste is "green" waste i.e. garden and kitchen waste
• The average person throws away 74kg of green waste each year, which is the same as 1077 banana skins
• Dallachy Landfill has less than 12 years capacity left.  Current waste growth rates will result in a doubling of household waste within 37 years.
• Glass takes more than 100,000 years to decompose; aluminium cans - 80 to 100 years; steel cans - 100 years; cigarette ends - up to 2 years; fruit peelings - up to 2 years.
• Disposable nappies take between 250 and 500 years to decompose.
• 5 million nappies are disposed of every year in Moray alone.
• Green waste is the most potent source of methane, a Greenhouse gas, when it is disposed of in landfill.
• The rate at which waste is landfilled in the UK would fill up the Royal Albert Hall within 1 hour.

Figures for 2001 - 2007

Total Household Waste Arising for 2001-2002: 49924 tonnes
Recycled or composted: 3184 tonnes (6.3%)

Total Household Waste Arising for 2003-2004: 43140 tonnes
Recycled or composted: 4776 tonnes (11%)

Total Household Waste Arising for 2004-2005: 50267 tonnes
Recycled or composted: 8953 tonnes (17.8%)

Total Household Waste Arising for 2005-2006: 49422 tonnes
Recycled or composted: 14341 tonnes (29%)

Total Household Waste Arising for 2006-2007: 52764 tonne
Recycled or composted: 24622 tonnes (36.3%)