This represents a 1% decrease from the same period in 2020/21.
The 41% figure includes all waste streams the partnership handles, including non-household waste. This is likely to be lower than the annual household recycling rate announced by Defra for 2019/20, where the SLWP recorded 48%.
The SLWP, which manages waste for the London boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton, published the data today (1 September) ahead of a partnership meeting next week.
As outlined below, Kingston and Sutton were the highest performing boroughs, recording a 46% recycling rate, while Croydon was the lowest with 35%.
In 2021/22, the partnership recorded a 0.3% rise in its total recycling rate, with 39% of total waste arisings recycled (see letsrecycle.com story).
HWRCs
At its HWRCs, which are managed by Veolia, the SLWP reported a 67% recycling rate in the first quarter.
The data calculated the overall recycling performance between April and June 2021, based off raw tonnage seen at each of its six sites.
This represents a 1% decrease compared to the same period last year and slightly below the partnerships set HWRC recycling performance target of 70%.
EfW
So far this year, the partnership has delivered just over 53,000 tonnes of residual waste to its Beddington energy from waste (EfW) facility, which is operated by Viridor. This represents around 53% of the total waste arisings.
This was a marginal drop in waste when the data is compared to the same period last year.
The partnership also recorded that 9% of this waste was sent to landfill, however said that this was largely down to the planned maintenance shut-down of the EfW facility during the quarter one period.
Total waste arisings in all four boroughs during the first quarter this year stands at 88,985 tonnes, down from 89,807 tonnes in the same period last year.
Budget
During the first three months of the year, the partnership spent £235,750 on internal and external advisors, an overspend of £86,250.
The partnership spent £498,170 on staff resources and communications management, an underspend of £100,930.
The report to go before the committee next week says: “This is the result of several posts remaining vacant whilst the staffing structure is reviewed. Following the review of the structure a consultation with the current staff will need to take place before any proposed structure is finalised and the forecast assumes all posts will be in place from 1 January 2022”.
With regard to advisors, it says: “The internal and external advisors budget is forecasting an £86k overspend. This is due to advisors being commissioned to cover some of the activities of the vacant posts”.
Overall, it recorded an underspend of £14,680, with its total spending coming in at £779,620 during this period.
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