Total ChCh Rubbish Sent to Landfill 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
Have you seen the new Waste Statistics page on the Christchurch City Council website?
The web page shows the following for the 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 year*:
- Organics collected from kerbside green bins – that’s a mix of garden waste and kitchen waste – approx 8kg per person per month (average) or approx 47,000 tonnes. It all goes here.
- Mixed recyclables collected from kerbside yellow bins – an average of approx 4kg paper and cardboard per person per month, approx 0.25kg of metals per person per month, approx 3kg of glass per person per month and approx 500g of plastic per person per month (on average). That’s a total of approx 41,000 tonnes of mixed recyclables collected for the year to June 30 2010. Mixed recyclables get processed here.
- The amount of rubbish collected from the red kerbside bins was approx 8kg per person per month or approx 37,000 tonnes total for the year.
- Both the amount of organics and recyclables are up but so is rubbish (from kerbside) – we are still producing more rubbish that is not recovered.
- But the total amount of total rubbish sent to Kate Valley Landfill (from kerbside wheelie bins, transfer stations and private and commercial waste operators) has dropped again this year to approx 170,000 tonnes down from 220,000 tonnes in 2009. This is great new but means we will need to update the waste counter on our website!
- Another important point to note from the waste statistics page is that it states that the Council will be carrying out a survey into the specifics of the waste still being disposed of as rubbish at transfer stations or going into the red wheelie bin. This will be important information as the more we now about what people are throwing away the more education can be tailored or new solutions found.
If you live outside of Christchurch in any of the other Canterbury districts contact your local district council for more information on the waste produced and going to landfill from your area or check out their websites:
- Timaru District’s waste here.
- Selwyn District’s waste here.
- Waimakariri District’s waste here.
- Ashburton District’s waste here.
- Hurunui District’s waste here.
- MacKenzie District’s waste here.
- Kaikoura Districts’ waste here.
*All numbers are approximations based on reading the CCC graphs from the webpage not actual numbers.
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