Waste management

  • Road Sweeping and Waste Tipping

    1) Do you operate your own fleet of vehicles or use third party contractors for the following functions? a. Interceptor and drain (roads) cleaning b. Road sweeping Road sweeping is a function provided by District and Unitary councils in Devon.  … Continue reading →

  • Nappies

    For the financial year 2018/19 or the calendar year 2018-2019, whichever is more convenient, please provide the following information. 1. Do you distribute any free promotional disposable nappies (such as Pampers) or reusable nappies to parents at any of your … Continue reading →

  • Household waste and recycling

    1) Please state the number of household waste and recycling centres operated by or operated by sub-contractor on behalf of your local authority in each of the last five financial years, and the current financial year to date. Please provide … Continue reading →

  • Waste to energy contract

    1, Does the council have a contract in place to process its waste through energy recovery (energy-from-waste or waste-to-energy) ? Yes 2, If it does does it involve the council building its own EfW plant or does it involve sending … Continue reading →

  • Dry Recyclate Glass and Paper Tenders and Contracts

    “We understand that the following contract has expired:- Service – Treatment- Dry recyclate-Glass Contractor – Berryman Expiry date – 31/12/2018 Service – Treatment- Dry recyclate-Paper Contractor – Palm Recycling Expiry date – 31/12/2018 Can you advise if a new contract … Continue reading →

  • Plastic waste handling

    HOW PLASTIC WASTE IS HANDLED: SEGREGATED: Devon County Council have stated that “Plastics segregated at HWRCs are sent to reprocessors. In 2017/18 1,327 tonnes of plastic waste was sent to reprocessors.” What exactly does this tonnage of plastic waste represent? … Continue reading →

  • Plastic bottle use and disposal

    Does Devon County Council local authority procure plastic bottles for use in local authority premises; if so, how many per year over the last 5 years? No, they are purchased by Devon Norse, the Devon County Council facilities contractor.  We … Continue reading →

  • Waste collection and recycling function

    Please can you provide me the following information regarding your local authority’s domestic waste collection provision. 1. What is the frequency of your general kerbside household waste collection i.e. weekly, fortnightly, monthly? 2. a. What kerbside recycling provision does your … Continue reading →

  • Recycling and Waste

    “I write to you under the Freedom of Information Act to request a list of all waste, dog, litter, recycling bins and household waste recycling centres in your area. Please provide the information in the form of a CSV file … Continue reading →

  • Exported waste

    – How much waste is exported from your UK local authority and to where in years 2016-2017? What was the received revenue from waste export in years 2016-2017? Devon County Council do not hold this information – How much has … Continue reading →