Recycling Stats for Sunderland

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Recycling Stats for Sunderland

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Customer Request Number:  FOI_5319

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Dear The North Star,

I refer to your recent request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. I can confirm that the Council does hold this
information, as detailed below.

Can you please advise me on the following:

- Where does our recycling go? (and if multiple places, please state)

Recycled Material Reprocessor Location
Newspapers/ Magazines  1. Deeside
 2. India
 3. Norfolk
Cardboard  1. Birmingham
 2. Germany
 3. India
 4. Malaysia
 5. Spain
 6. Taiwan
 7. Thailand
 8. Vietnam
Coloured Card and Grey Board  1. Birmingham
 2. India
 3. Malaysia
 4. Netherlands
Cartons  1. Halifax
Steel Cans  1. Darlington
 2. Northants
 3. Rotherham
 4. Wales
Aluminium Cans  1. Cheshire
Glass  1. Lanarkshire
 2. Nottingham
 3. Rotherham
 4. Scotland
Plastics  1. Derbyshire
 2. Belgium
 3. Kent
 4. Manchester
 5. Peterborough
 6. Birmingham

- How much of our recycling gets recycled by whatever time period we have
recorded (by percentage if possible)

Currently an average of 87.69% of recycling material is recycled compared
to an average of 85.40% in 2021.

- Has Sunderland council stopped sending plastic to Turkey as per a BBC
report in 2019?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ty...

Sunderland last sent plastics to Turkey for recycling in 2021.

This information has been provided in response to a Freedom of Information
request and this must be acknowledged in any subsequent use of the
information. In addition, the authority must be notified of any proposed
re-use of this information for commercial or other purposes.

I hope this is satisfactory. If, however, you are dissatisfied with our
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directed, by email to [1][Sunderland City Council request email] by post or
by hand addressed to Business Support, Sunderland City Council, City Hall,
Plater Way SR1 3DP.

If this fails to resolve your concerns, then you have the right to apply
to the Information Commissioner for a decision.

Kind Regards

Steve Hanratty

Business Manager

Economic Regeneration

City Development Directorate

Sunderland City Council

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