Disposal of carpets and other textile flooring materials by authorities in Wale
Hello,
Firstly, thank you for your time. We have strived to keep our request as efficient as possible to answer, with mostly multiple-choice questions.
I am writing on behalf of a client, who is requesting information regarding the disposal of carpet waste and other textile flooring materials by authorities across the UK. We understand that in some areas of the UK collection and disposal responsibilities are shared depending on how the council(s) is structured. If the question should be directed to a higher/lower tier authority, please indicate who this would be in lieu of an answer.
Please see questions below (please mark multiple choice answers by typing - highlighting text is not visible via the WDTK request platform).
1. How many Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) do you operate in total and out of these how many accept carpets and other textile flooring materials (underlay, rugs, mats, covers) from:
Please provide a number for each option:
a) Residents only
b) Commercial operators only
c) Residents and commercial operators
2. How are carpets and other textile flooring materials managed and stored at HWRCs?
Please select one option:
a) In a separate sheltered container
b) In a separate un-sheltered container
c) Mixed in with mattresses and other bulky household waste
d) Mixed in with residual and black bag waste
3. How are carpets and other textile flooring materials disposed of from HWRCs?
Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery (please specify type - RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) or SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel))
4. Do you provide residents with a bulky household waste collection service, and does this service accept carpets and other textile flooring materials?
Please answer yes or no
5. How are carpets and other textile flooring materials collected via the bulky household waste service disposed of?
Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery (please specify type - RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) or SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel))
6. Do you collect, record and report data and information on carpets and other textile flooring materials collected at both HWRCs and via the bulky household waste service?
Please specify yes or no for each service
7. If yes, is this data and information broken down by material type and recorded using the government database WasteDataFlow?
Please answer yes, no or not applicable
8. Does your authority have plans to revise how carpets and other textile flooring materials are collected, stored and/or disposed of in the next 12 months?
Please answer yes or no
9. If yes, please give details about how you plan to revise these processes.
10. What are your authorities’ biggest challenges in accepting and processing carpets and other textile flooring materials?
Please select from the list below
a) Storage space and bulky nature of materials
b) Limited recycling and disposal options
c) Cost of processing these materials
d) All the above
11. Where possible, please provide URLs for pages on your website which provide relevant information about HWRCs, a bulky household waste collection service and/or any other resources relating to the disposal of carpets and other textile flooring materials.
Yours faithfully,
Emma Kilmurray
Dear Emma Kilmurray,
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs)- Information Request
Thank you for your request for information about: Disposal of carpets and
other textile flooring materials by authorities in Wales
Your request was received on 22/05/2024 and is being handled under the
terms of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. Your query has
been given the reference 00207092.
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Dear Emma Kilmurray
Thank you for your request for information regarding disposal of carpets and other textile flooring materials by authorities in Wales, which we received on the 22nd of May 2024.
The information that you have requested is detailed below.
1. How many Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) do you operate in total and out of these how many accept carpets and other textile flooring materials (underlay, rugs, mats, covers) from:
Please provide a number for each option:
a) Residents only
2
b) Commercial operators only
0
c) Residents and commercial operators
0
2. How are carpets and other textile flooring materials managed and stored at HWRCs?
Please select one option:
a) In a separate sheltered container
Yes
b) In a separate un-sheltered container
c) Mixed in with mattresses and other bulky household waste
d) Mixed in with residual and black bag waste
3. How are carpets and other textile flooring materials disposed of from HWRCs?
Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling
Yes
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery (please specify type - RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) or SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel))
4. Do you provide residents with a bulky household waste collection service, and does this service accept carpets and other textile flooring materials?
Please answer yes or no
No
5. How are carpets and other textile flooring materials collected via the bulky household waste service disposed of?
Please select one option:
Non applicable
a) Sent for recycling
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery (please specify type - RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) or SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel))
6. Do you collect, record and report data and information on carpets and other textile flooring materials collected at both HWRCs and via the bulky household waste service?
Please specify yes or no for each service
Yes
7. If yes, is this data and information broken down by material type and recorded using the government database WasteDataFlow?
Please answer yes, no or not applicable
Yes
8. Does your authority have plans to revise how carpets and other textile flooring materials are collected, stored and/or disposed of in the next 12 months?
Please answer yes or no
No
9. If yes, please give details about how you plan to revise these processes.
Non applicable
10. What are your authorities' biggest challenges in accepting and processing carpets and other textile flooring materials?
Please select from the list below
a) Storage space and bulky nature of materials
b) Limited recycling and disposal options
c) Cost of processing these materials
d) All the above
Yes
11. Where possible, please provide URLs for pages on your website which provide relevant information about HWRCs, a bulky household waste collection service and/or any other resources relating to the disposal of carpets and other textile flooring materials.
http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/
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Information Commissioner's Office - Wales
Second Floor, Churchill House
Churchill Way,
Cardiff
CF10 2HH
029 20678400 / Fax:029 20678399
[email address]
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
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Dear FOI Unit,
Thank you for your reply.
I have just seen however on your council website that you do offer a bulky collections service which does accept carpets (https://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/en/li...). You answered No to Q4 - are you happy for this to be amended to Yes? If so, please provide an answer for Q5.
Yours sincerely,
Emma Kilmurray
Dear Emma
Thank you for your email. We apologise you were given the incorrect information for question 4.
We have now asked the service area to provide an answer to question 5 as soon as possible. We will write to you again as soon as this has been received.
Kind regards
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
tel / ffôn: 01446 700111
mob / sym:
e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]
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Dear Emma
We have now received a response from the service area with regards to Q5.
They advise that the answer is:
a) Sent for recycling
I trust this assists.
Kind regards
Information Governance Officer
Legal Services
Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
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mob / sym:
e-mail / e-bost: [email address] or [email address]
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