Surrey Household Waste Study

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M.E.L Research & Service

2004

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Contents

Quality guarantee.i

1.1 Background. 1

1.2 Recycling targets 1

1.3 Biodegradable waste 2

1.4 The Animal By-Products Regulation 3

1.5 Recycling and waste management in Surrey 4

1.6 Waste analysis 4

1.7 The general method . 5

2.1 Sampling . 6

2.2 Collection method. 9

2.3 Proximate analysis and categorisation 9

3.1 Calculation method. 14

3.2 October results 14

Materials put out for recycling .14

Residual waste.15

Primary categories.18

3.3 February results 23

Materials put out for recycling .23

Residual waste.23

Table 3.8: Surrey average residual waste February 2003.25

Primary categories.26

Primary categories.26

4.1 Variation of generation rates and composition 31

Acorn A ‘thriving’ 31

Acorn B ‘expanding’.36

Acorn C ‘rising’.38

Acorn D ‘settling’ households40

Acorn E ‘aspiring’.46

Acorn F ‘striving’.47

Surrey average 55

5.1 Biodegradable content of the total household waste stream . 58

5.2 Biodegradable content of collected household waste 58

Appendix 1 Full results from the October 2002 campaign

Appendix 2 Full results from the February 2003 campaign