For the year ending June 2009 the amount of waste that Christchurch households sent to Kate Valley Landfill was 222,685 tonnes*. That’s 639kg per person per year. It is broken down as follows:
A recent press release from Transwaste Canterbury stated that the amount of Canterbury waste that went to Kate Valley landfill during 2009 was 231,123 tonnes, 52,044 tonnes less than in 2008. Read more here.
Over the coming year SIFT will be looking to obtain more detailed information about how much waste is produced across Canterbury and where it all goes (landfill, recycling, offshore).
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You can also read more information about Kate Valley Landfill on our blog here and through this website here.
*Source – Christchurch City Council, based on % breakdowns of waste sent to landfill as sourced from the Christchurch City Council’s 2008 solid waste survey conducted between July and December 2008. The figures are indicative only.
