Waste Matters

Daniel Wimberley has been asking some interesting questions about waste:

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES BY THE DEPUTY OF ST. MARY

Question: "Can the Minister inform the Assembly how much non-inert waste the Transport and Technical Services Department dealt with in 2008, with the detail of the different types of waste, and the comparable figures for the previous year?"
 
Answer: The total amount of non-inert waste that the Transport and Technical Services Department dealt with in 2008 was 103,231 tonnes compared to 106,587 tonnes in 2007 as detailed below:

For the details - go to http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/documents/questions/19429-19532-1952009.htm

A summary breakdown is shown below. I've added percentages to the data.

 

		2007	2008	% change
Recyclable waste		32,377.00	30,747.00	5.30%
Non-Recyclable		74,210.00	72,484.00	2.38%
Total		106,587.00	103,231.00	3.25%

It shows that while there has been a reduction in non-inert waste, most of this has been at the expense of the recyclables, which - perhaps because of the economic downturn - have not been as good a figure in 2008 as 2007.

This is reflected in my other table, which shows how the amount of recyclable waste as a percentage of the whole has shifted downwards.

 

% Total
Recyclable waste		30.38%	29.78%
Non-Recyclable		69.62%	70.22%
Total		100.00%	100.00%