Waste Management

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Waste Management
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Did you know? Over 100,000 tonnes of household
waste is produced each year in Nottingham alone?
Composting organic material would reduce
household waste by 32?
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Whats in the average bin?
23 Paper Card 9 Plastic 3 Textiles 6
Glass 4 Metal 21 Garden Waste 22 Kitchen
Waste 1 Wood 8 Miscellaneous 3 Fines
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Currently, most domestic waste ends up in
landfill sites
This reliance on landfill is, however,
unsustainable for the following reasons There
are already parts of England and Wales struggling
to find suitable landfill sites. This shortage of
space will become more acute if the amount of
waste continues to grow. Communities are often
violently opposed to the creation of any new
sites (NIMBY principle). When biodegradable
waste, such as food, decomposes it releases
methane which, as a greenhouse gas, contributes
to global warming. It is also explosive.
Chemicals and heavy metals can pollute the soil
and groundwater. Leachate, produced from organic
waste, breaks down causing the same problem.
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Last year just over half of the City's waste was
burnt at the Eastcroft Incinerator on London
Road.
The resulting steam is used to supply parts of
the City with heating. In addition any excess is
used to generate electricity, which is sold back
to the National Grid.
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Top Tips for recycling Did you know you could
re-use or recycle around 60 of your rubbish?

• Reduce
• Buy second hand items
• Get broken items repaired
• Buying in bulk to save on unwanted packaging
• Refuse excess packaging e.g. carrier bags
• Create demand for recycling by buying items that
  contain a high percentage of recycled material.

Re-use Use the item again for a different
purpose. Give away furniture, books, toys,
clothes and bric-a-brac etc. to charity shops,
local scout and guide groups or church groups for
reuse or resale for fundraising.
Recycle Raw materials can be used to make new
things. Take metals, plastics, glass, paper,
card, fabric and garden waste to recycling points
or household recycling centres.  
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Waste Management Options
Bring-back schemes where containers are
refilled - such as milk bottles. Refurbishing/
reconditioning goods to extend their useful
life. Used goods being put to another
use rather than being thrown out - e.g. plastic
bags being used as bin liners and old clothes
being used as cleaning cloths. Charity shops
providing a place for goods to be passed on to
new owners.
Producers could think more carefully about the
lifespan of goods and about how much packaging is
essential. Consumers could consider the issues
of packaging and lifespan when making purchasing
decisions.
Recycling goods such as glass bottles and
paper. Composting biodegradable waste for use
as fertiliser. Incineration (burning) of waste
and collecting electricity and sometimes heat
from it.
Waste is put into a hole, which can be natural or
the result of quarrying, or used to make
artificial hills.
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Dear Resident Kerbside Recycling and Refuse
Collection Service From April 2005 your refuse
collection service is being modified to include a
kerbside recycling service. We are doing this in
order to make it easier for residents to recycle
their waste, protect the environment and
ultimately reduce the waste in Nottingham. You
will have received a new brown wheeled bin and
paper/cardboard collection bag, together with
this booklet. This booklet covers areas such as
how the scheme works, how to contact us, common
questions answered and what happens to waste in
Nottingham. There is also a collection calendar
for the coming year. There is a space to write
your house number on and this can be stuck onto
your new brown recycling bin. It should be noted
that the instructions included in this booklet
constitute as a formal notification of a change
in your refuse collection system as required by
the Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section
46. We thank you for your help in participating
in this scheme.
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Household Waste and Recycling Centres The City
has two Household Waste and Recycling Centres
that the public can use for household rubbish
                     
North of the CityCalverton Household Waste
Recycling Centre
South of the CityLenton Household Waste
Recycling Centre, Redfield Road, Lenton Lane
Industrial Estate (near the Showcase Cinema)
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Both sites offer collection points for the
following household waste
Bric-a-brac Cans Cardboard Car batteries
Cookers Washing machines Garden waste Gas
cylinders General waste Glass
Fridges Hardcore Newspapers/Magazines Oil
Metal Plastic bottles Textiles Wood
The site also deals with the de-gassing of
fridges and freezers
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The city must recycle 18 of the waste by March
2006 to reach its statutory target set by the
government
Garden waste/paper recycling rate 37
Expected recycling rate 2004/2005 14
Lichfield recycles 46 of waste