Herefordshire Council calculates the total tonnage of household waste it collects which is then sent for recycling. The council then reports this figure to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the UK Government (Defra). Defra publishes this data. We have calculated what percentage the tonnes of waste sent for recycling represent of the total tonnage collected.

We want the total waste collected to reduce. When the council does collect waste we want as much of it as possible to be recycled so we will be able to recover the energy and material that went into creating the original material.