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Brown Bin Collection Banbridge District Council

Brown Bin Collection Banbridge District Council. Barry Patience Head of Technical Services. Background. Population cc 19,000 (50% urban, 50% rural) Bin collection scheme: Alternate week; green (with insert) and brown, then black. Green bin (mixed dry recyclable) with insert (glass)

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Brown Bin Collection Banbridge District Council

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  1. Brown Bin Collection Banbridge District Council Barry Patience Head of Technical Services

  2. Background • Population cc 19,000 (50% urban, 50% rural) • Bin collection scheme: • Alternate week; green (with insert) and brown, then black. • Green bin (mixed dry recyclable) with insert (glass) • Brown bin (food and garden organic waste) • Black bin (landfill waste)

  3. Focus on brown bin for organics • Brown bins rolled out 100% by 2005 • Initially for peelings and garden waste only • 2008 public allowed to put all food waste including meat and bones into bin. • WRAP survey Spring 2009

  4. WRAP findings • Samples taken from Acorn groups 1,2,3,4,5. • Capture rate was 44% in Banbridge • Separate collection rates averaged 60% with Belfast at 45%, in similar Acorn groups. • Weight of food in brown bin was 1.4kg hh wk. average for the other 6 was 1.9kg hh wk. • Scope for improvements and better communication

  5. Campaigns • ‘Must’ and Must not’ stickers • Hibernation publicity • ‘How do you do yours?’ • Ongoing campaigns

  6. Since 2009 • 3 seasons in Banbridge!! • Cutting (April – Sep), some cutting, no cutting (Dec-Feb) • Summer tonnages since 2009 > 6% • Winter tonnages since 2009 > 27% • Winter tonnages are 50% lower than in the Summer. • Bins collected drop from 75% of possible bins in the summer to 50% in the winter. (Barry’s statistics)

  7. Food or not food; that is the question! • 4.1kg hh wk is collected in the winter • Winter is a time when the green waste has all but stopped; drop by 65% in CRC. • Note: over the last few years food being wasted has dropped by around 15%

  8. Conclusion The brown bin collecting food and garden organic waste works. • The collected waste has a significant amount of food captured (44%>>>) • The public satisfaction with the scheme is 88%> • Good EU standard product.

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