Results Obtained So Far
Waste audit results
As part of the new caddy scheme, in Forest Row and Danehill, and to further assist us in assessing what is left in the landfill bin, we carried out a waste audit in April 2007 before the scheme started to establish a baseline of how much and what people were putting in their landfill bin. We have randomly selected 200 properties, which include bungalows, flats, detached, semi detached and terraced properties, within the pilot area. These properties will have the contents of the landfill bin collected separately for all of the waste audits. The waste will then be labeled up by the type of property and taken away where it will be sorted into the following categories of waste and weighed
| 1. Glass Packaging | 12. Batteries |
| 2. Other Glass | 13. Raw organic waste |
| 3. Plastic Bottles | 14. Other organic waste |
| 4. Other Plastic | 15. Garden waste |
| 5. Paper Waste | 16. Other wood |
| 6. Cardboard | 17. Sanitary waste |
7. Waxed liquid food and drinks cartons (e.g. tetra paks) |
18. Nappies |
| 8. Textiles | 19. WEEE (electrical items) |
| 9. Tin Foil | 20. Fines e.g. dust |
| 10. Metal Packaging | 21. Miscellaneous non-combustibles |
| 11. Other Metal | 22. Miscellaneous combustibles |
- Waste Audit Results - April 2007 (pdf 57.6KB)
The results showed that 73% of the waste being placed in the landfill bin could be home composted or recycled by taking it to a neighbourhood recycling point or a household waste recycling site. This would then leave only 27% of the waste in the landfill bin.
