Processed Waste - Find a freedom of information request

Request

1. On your website you state 43% of waste in 17/18 was recycled, reused or composted.

 

Can you tell me?

a. what percentage of this waste is processed in the UK

b. If any is processed abroad, which countries are involved?

Decision

a. Percentage of waste processed in the UK 17/18 = 62%

b. Countries exported to:

 

India

Indonesia

Netherlands

China

Malaysia

Portugal

Korea

Turkey

Latvia

 

As the recycling we send to our contractor is less than the total capacity they process, where they then send on the materials they sort relates to their total output not just the recycling they process on behalf of Lincolnshire. Therefore LCC can only list the countries where they send it and do not know what fraction relates to LCC

 

Reference number
FOI0393
Date request received
24 July 2019
Date of decision
06 September 2019