Glossary of terms used within the Online Recycling Information System
Aluminium diversion rate: The amount of aluminium packaging in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes or bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns.sites
Bring/CA diversion rate: The amount of material in the household waste stream that is diverted for recycling via bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Bring/CA sites: Bring or civic amenity sites
Chargeable scheme / chargeable organic scheme: Refers to whether or not households are charged for an organic kerbside recycling scheme
Co-mingled: Refers to a dry kerbside recycling scheme where materials are collected in a single compartment vehicle with the sorting of materials occurring at a Material Recovery Facility (MRF)
Container type: This describes the type of container used by the householder to store materials for collection at kerbside
Dry diversion: The total amount of organic and separate food material in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes, bring/CA sites, voluntary and other schemes per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Dry kerbside scheme: Refers to a kerbside recycling scheme that collects dry materials such as paper, card, cans, plastic bottles, mixed plastic, glass, aerosols, batteries, foil and textiles
Dry recycling: Recycling of dry materials such as paper, card, cans, plastic bottles, mixed plastic, glass, aerosols, batteries, foil and textiles
Frequency of collection: Refers to how often recycling is collected from households at the kerbside e.g. more than weekly, weekly, fortnightly, monthly or less than monthly
Frequency of residual collection / frequency of residual kerbside collection: Refers to how often residual waste is collected from households at the kerbside e.g. more than weekly, weekly, fortnightly, monthly or less than monthly
Garden + card: Refers to an organic kersbide recycling scheme that accepts garden waste and card together in the same container
Garden + card + food: Refers to an organic kersbide recycling scheme that accepts garden waste, card and food waste together in the same container
Garden + food: Refers to an organic kersbide recycling scheme that accepts garden waste and food waste together in the same container
Garden only: Refers to an organic kersbide recycling scheme that only accepts garden waste
Glass diversion rate: The amount of glass packaging in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes or bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Household composting rate: The amount of household waste composted as a proportion of total household waste. As reported by government
Household composting rate (England): This figure equates to bvpi82b but is no longer officially reported
Household recycling & composting rate: The amount of household waste recycled and composted as a proportion of total household waste. As reported by government
Household recycling & composting rate (England): This figure includes tonnes collected for reuse and equates to the officially reported NI 192
Household recycling rate: The amount of household waste recycled as a proportion of total household waste. As reported by government
Household recycling rate (England): This figure equates to bvpi82a but is no longer officially reported
Household waste: Household waste includes household collection rounds (‘bin’ waste), other household collections such as bulky waste collections, waste from services such as litter collections, waste from civic amenity sites and wastes separately collected for recycling or composting through bring/drop off schemes, kerbside schemes and at civic amenity sites
Household waste total: Total household waste generated, including waste collected for recycling as well residual waste. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Kerbside diversion rate: The amount of material in the household waste stream that is diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Kerbside sort: Refers to a dry kerbside recycling scheme where materials are sorted by material type at the kerbside into different compartments on a vehicle
Kg hh yr: Kilogrammes per household per year
Material types collected: Refers to the packaging material types that are recycled via kerbside schemes or bring/CA sites e.g. paper & card, plastic, aluminium, steel and glass
Materials collected: Refers to the dry, organic or separate food materials that are collected via kerbside recycling schemes
Municipal composting rate: The amount of municipal waste composted as a proportion of total municipal waste. As reported by government
Municipal recycling & composting rate: The amount of municipal waste recycled and composted as a proportion of total municipal waste. As reported by government
Municipal recycling rate: The amount of municipal waste recycled as a proportion of total municipal waste. As reported by government
Municipal waste: Municipal waste is that which comes under the control of the Local Authority and includes household waste and other wastes collected by a waste collection authority or its agents, such as municipal parks and gardens waste, beach cleansing waste, commercial or industrial waste, and waste resulting from the clearance of fly-tipped materials
Municipal waste composted: The amount of municipal waste composted. As reported by government
Municipal waste incinerated: The amount of municipal waste incinerated with or without energy recovery. As reported by government
Municipal waste landfilled: The amount of municipal waste sent to landfill. As reported by government
Municipal waste management: Refers to how municipal waste is managed e.g. recycled, composted, incinerated with or without energy recovery, sent to landfill or treated in some other way
Municipal waste other treatment: The amount of municipal waste sent for treatment other then recycling, composting, incineration or landfill. As reported by government
Municipal waste recycled: The amount of municipal waste recycled. As reported by government
Municipal waste recycled & composted: The amount of municipal waste recycled and composted. As reported by government
Municipal waste total: The total amount of municipal waste generated. As reported by government
No. of bring/CA sites: Refers to the number of bring and/or Civic Amenity sites there are in a given local authority. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
No. of households in LA / No. of households in LA (WDF estimate): Number of households in the local authority. Estimate obtained from WasetDataFlow
No. of households served: Number of households served by a particular kerbside recycling/composting scheme
No. of material types collected: Number of packaging material types collected within an LA via either kerbside schemes or bring/CA sites
No. of materials collected kerbside: Number of materials collected via a particular kerbside recycling scheme
Organic & separate food diversion: The total amount of dry material in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes, bring/CA sites, voluntary and other schemes per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Organic kerbside scheme: Refers to a kerbside recycling scheme that collects organic materials such as garden waste, card and food waste
Organic recycling: Recycling of organic materials such as garden waste, card and food
Other diversion rate: The amount of material in the household waste stream that is diverted for recycling via routes other than kerbside schemes and bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Outside search criteria: Councils showing grey shading do not meet the selected search criteria
Overall diversion: The total amount of dry, organic and separate food material in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes, bring/CA sites, voluntary and other schemes per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Packaging diversion - overall: The total amount of packaging material types in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes and bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Packaging diversion - single material types: The total amount of specific packaging material types in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes and bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Packaging recycling: Recycling of packaging materials types such as paper & card, plastic, aluminium, steel and glass
Paper & card diversion rate: The amount of paper and card packaging in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes or bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Performance indicators: Indicators used to measure recycling and composting performance
Plastic diversion rate: The amount of plastic packaging in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes or bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Quartiles: Quartiles are used to divide local authorities into into four groups with equal frequencies based on different performance data. The lowest 25% of local authorities fall below the lower quartile and the highest 25% of local authorities fall above the upper quartile. The median represents the mid-point i.e., 50% of authorities fall below this value and 50% fall above
Scheme type / kerbside scheme type: Refers to the type of dry, organic or separate food kerbside recycling scheme. See specific scheme types for further detail
Selected: Councils with orange shading have been selected and relate to the information displayed in the text box
Separate food: Refers to the collection of food waste separately from other organic waste
Separate food kerbside scheme: Refers to a kerbside recycling scheme that collects food waste separately from other organic waste
Separate food recycling: Recycling of food waste separately from other organic waste
Services provided kerbside: Refers to the types of waste and recycling services offered to households e.g. dry, organic, separate food, residual
Single material: Refers to a dry kerbside recycling scheme where only one material is collected for recycling e.g.paper only
Steel diversion rate: The amount of steel packaging in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes or bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Total diversion rate: The amount of material in the household waste stream that is diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes, bring/CA sites and voluntary and other schemes per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns
Two stream: Refers to a dry kerbside recycling scheme where materials are collected in two categories (e.g. paper/card and glass/cans/plastic) in separate containers and loaded into dedicated compartments on a single vehicle
Voluntary & other schemes: Includes street recycling schemes, voluntary and community kerbside recycling schemes and voluntary and community bring/CA sites
WasteDataFlow: The web based system for municipal waste data reporting by UK local authorities to government : www.wastedataflow.org
Year data related to: The year for which the data were generated
