

		Home
		Current Issue
		Archive
		News & Events
		Economic Data
		Population Economy Transport Property Education Others - - - Key Facts
		Register
		About us
		Contact us
		Links
		Useful Documents

Economic Data

< Back to Economic Data home

Others

38: HEALTH
39: MORTALITY RATES
40: ROAD ACCIDENTS
41: CRIME (SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE & LOTHIAN AND BORDERS POLICE FIGURES FOR EDINBURGH CITY)
42: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER
43: FIRE (LOTHIAN & BORDERS)
44: COMMUNITY / NEIGHBOURHOOD ISSUES
45: LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE
46: CLIMATE
50: CLEANLINESS, WASTE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING
51: ENERGY AND WATER CONSUMPTION

download source data PDF <<

50: CLEANLINESS, WASTE COLLECTION AND RECYCLING

EDINBURGH | LOTHIAN | SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH	sources / notes	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Street Cleanliness Index (100 = max.)	(*1)
.. City Wide			56	60	60	66	66	66		'CIMS' score
.. City Centre			56	61	59	63	62	61		'CIMS' score

'Common' neighbourhood problems	(*2)
.. vandalism / graffiti / damage to property			20%	21%	20%	19%	17%
.. rubbish or litter lying around			41%	39%	33%	33%	29%

Air quality (City Centre)
.. particulate (PM10) concentrations	(*3)	23.4	25.5	26.8	25.4	18.4	16.6			micro gms / cubic m

Air quality (City Centre)	(*4)
.. nitrogen dioxide concentrations		45	43	48	48	23	35	27		micro gms / cubic m
.. sulphur dioxide concentrations		6	5	7	5	3	3	3		micro gms / cubic m
.. ozone concentrations		30	30	35	40	50	50	52		micro gms / cubic m

Drinking water quality	(*5)
.. % of samples failing coliform tests				0.69%	0.77%	0.55%	0.64%	0.42%
.. % of samples failing colour tests				0.00%	1.50%	8.72%	5.63%	0.89%
.. % of samples failing acidity (pH) tests				0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Bathing water quality (Firth of Forth)	(*6)
No. of M.C.S. recommended beaches			Sep-35	Nov-35	Oct-35	17 /35	15 /32	15/32	13/30

Controlled waste collected by L.A.s	(*7)
Total waste collected			257,367	252,381	257,796	262,585	267,129	261,938		tonnes
Waste collected for disposal			244,297	240,999	240,541	231,300	224,172	204,988		tonnes
.. Household waste			162,954	167,770	161,228	161,657	179,338	177,590		tonnes
.. Waste collected at civic amenity sites			25,982	22,701	30,269	23,383	n/a	n/a		tonnes
.. Non-household waste collected separately			55,361	50,528	49,044	46,260	44,834	27,398		tonnes
Waste collected for recycling & composting			13,070	11,382	17,255	31,285	42,957	56,950		tonnes
.. Household waste			13,070	11,382	13,416	25,590	37,466	50,270		tonnes
.. Non-household waste			0	0	3,839	5,695	5,491	6,680		tonnes

Waste production ratios	(*8)
Total waste per household			1.2	1.16	1.18	1.2	1.2	1.16		tonnes per h'hold
Household waste per household			0.94	0.93	0.94	0.96	0.97	1.01		tonnes per h'hold
Total waste per head of population			0.57	0.56	0.58	0.59	0.59	0.57		tonnes per capita
Household waste per head of population			0.45	0.45	0.46	0.47	0.48	0.49		tonnes per capita

Recycling / composting by LAs	(*9)
Recycled + composted waste			13,070	11,382	17,255	31,285	42,442	56,550
Recycled waste only			10,488	10,837	13,353	24,342	31,938	37,393		tonnes
.. of which paper & card			5,910	5,616	7,821	11,971	13,396	14,773		tonnes
.. of which glass			3,464	3,368	440	4,562	5,164	8,147		tonnes
.. of which textiles			211	269	354	2,300	1,994	2,053
.. of which steel cans			n/a	0	120	93	72	200

Recycling ratios :
% of waste recycled	(*10)			4.50%	5.20%	9.30%	12.00%	14.30%
% of waste composted	(*10)			0.00%	1.50%	2.30%	3.90%	7.30%
% of waste recycled or composted	(*10)			4.50%	6.70%	11.60%	15.90%	21.70%
% of h'hold waste recycled or composted	(*11)	4.90%	5.50%	5.00%	8.30%	12.10%	17.10%	28.30%
% of commercial waste recycled or composted	(*11)						10.00%	22.80%
Household waste recycled per h'hold	(*10)					61				kilograms

% households offered kerbside recycling	(*12)				47%	50%	54%	53%

% h'holds recycling in last month :	(*13)
.. glass bottles					43%		53%
.. plastic					14%		26%
.. metal cans					17%		29%
.. newspapers, paper, cardboard					61%		64%

Noise complaints requir. further investig.	(*14)	590	1,086	1,136	1,243	1,582	1,875	7,233

This table has been truncated to fit the page. To view the table in full, please Click Here.

LOTHIAN sources
/ notes 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

'Common' neighbourhood problems (*1)

.. vandalism / graffiti / damage to property 18% 20% 16% 17% 16%

.. rubbish or litter lying around 37% 36% 30% 30% 28%

Drinking water quality (*2)

.. % of samples failing coliform tests 0.63% 0.58% 0.50% 0.75% 0.42%

.. % of samples failing colour tests 0.00% 0.67% 4.31% 3.57% 0.41%

.. % of samples failing acidity (pH) tests 0.00% 0.00% 0.24% 0.06% 0.00%

Bathing water quality (Firth of Forth) (*3)

No. of M.C.S. recommended beaches Sep-35 Nov-35 Oct-35 17 /35 15 /32 15/32 13/30

Controlled waste collected by LAs (*4)

Total waste collected 456,612 468,823 473,659 487,263 506,666 492,012 tonnes

Waste collected for disposal 436,556 445,555 439,986 428,990 419,606 369,729 tonnes

.. Household waste 309,991 326,452 308,209 305,178 340,586 309,087 tonnes

.. Waste collected at civic amenity sites 47,855 43,393 59,707 53,973 n/a n/a tonnes

.. Non-household waste collected separately 78,710 75,710 72,070 69,839 79,020 60,642 tonnes

Waste collected for recycling & composting 20,056 23,268 33,674 58,273 87,060 122,381 tonnes

.. Household waste 20,056 22,290 28,341 47,441 65,105 103,676 tonnes

.. Non-household waste 0 978 5,333 10,832 21,955 18,705 tonnes

Waste production ratios (*5)

Total waste per household 1.31 1.31 1.34 1.38 1.32 tonnes per h'hold

Household waste per household 1.1 1.1 1.12 1.1 1.11 tonnes per h'hold

Total waste per head of population 0.59 0.6 0.61 0.62 0.64 0.61 tonnes per capita

Household waste per head of population 0.49 0.5 0.51 0.52 0.52 0.52 tonnes per capita

Recycling / composting by LAs (*6)

Recycled + composted waste 20,056 23,268 33,674 58,273 122,381 tonnes

Recycled waste only 17,241 20,476 25,790 38,611 69,351 tonnes

.. of which paper & card 8,391 11,407 13,847 17,199 25,973 tonnes

.. of which glass 4,691 4,964 2,021 6,859 12,535 tonnes

.. of which textiles 309 407 553 2,535 2,566 tonnes

.. of which steel cans n/a 0 120 223 328 tonnes

Recycling ratios : (*7)

% of waste recycled

.. East Lothian 8.60% 9.10% 11.20% 18.00%

.. Midlothian 3.90% 4.60% 4.70% 10.80%

.. West Lothian 5.10% 5.60% 8.40% 13.20%

% of waste composted

.. East Lothian 3.80% 4.40% 8.50% 9.50%

.. Midlothian 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 10.60%

.. West Lothian 1.70% 5.40% 9.50% 13.80%

% of waste recycled or composted

.. East Lothian 12.40% 13.60% 19.70% 27.50%

.. Midlothian 3.90% 4.60% 4.70% 21.40%

.. West Lothian 6.80% 11.00% 17.50% 27.00%

% h'holds recycling in last month : (*8)

.. glass bottles 41% 55%

.. plastic 16% 37%

.. metal cans 18% 38%

.. newspapers, paper, cardboard 58% 71%

This table has been truncated to fit the page. To view the table in full, please Click Here.

SCOTLAND sources
/ notes 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

/ notes

'Common' neighbourhood problems (*1)

.. vandalism / graffiti / damage to property 19% 19% 18% 18% 16%

.. rubbish or litter lying around 29% 30% 29% 29% 27%

Drinking water quality (*2)

.. % of samples failing coliform tests 1.12% 0.92% 1.25% 0.86% 0.88% 0.97% 0.77%

.. % of samples failing colour tests 1.19% 0.17% 3.80% 3.26% 1.51% 0.85%

.. % of samples failing acidity (pH) tests 0.14% 0.08% 0.22% 1.58% 1.04% 0.82%

Bathing water quality (*3)

No. of M.C.S. recommended beaches 20 /123 22 /123 33 /123 56 /123 50/118 50/117 48/110

Controlled waste collected by LAs (*4)

Total waste collected 3,211,430 3,266,697 3,345,458 3,317,051 3,506,288 3,541,681 tonnes

Waste collected for disposal 3,066,747 3,091,214 3,078,864 2,920,341 2,859,453 2,586,814 tonnes

.. Household waste 2,020,436 2,120,791 2,094,872 2,015,578 2,275,611 2,093,922 tonnes

.. Waste collected at civic amenity sites 384,578 351,632 381,868 359,875 n/a n/a tonnes

.. Non-household waste collected separately 661,733 618,791 602,124 544,888 583,842 492,892 tonnes

Waste collected for recycling & composting 144,683 175,483 266,594 396,680 646,835 955,005 tonnes

.. Household waste 144,683 148,788 206,166 330,396 521,812 797,034 tonnes

.. Non-household waste n/a 26,695 60,428 66,284 125,023 157,971 tonnes

Waste production ratios (*5)

Total waste per household 1.4 1.42 1.4 1.47 1.47 tonnes per h'hold

Household waste per household 1.12 1.14 1.14 1.17 1.2 tonnes per h'hold

Total waste per head of population 0.63 0.65 0.66 0.66 0.69 0.69 tonnes per capita

Household waste per head of population 0.5 0.52 0.53 0.54 0.55 0.56 tonnes per capita

Recycling / composting by LAs (*6)

Recycled + composted waste 144,683 175,483 266,594 396,680 955,005 tonnes

Recycled waste only 110,008 131,273 198,839 286,069 555,194 tonnes

.. of which paper & card 36,985 58,172 67,660 91,406 131,811 tonnes

.. of which glass 32,266 36,782 36,950 46,669 74,563 tonnes

.. of which textiles 1,543 2,146 3,583 5,558 14,377 tonnes

.. of which steel cans n/a 403 376 410 1,083 tonnes

Recycling ratios :

% of waste recycled (*7) 4.60% 5.90% 8.70% 12.20% 16.10%

% of waste composted (*7) 0.80% 2.00% 3.40% 5.30% 8.30%

% of waste recycled or composted (*7) 5.40% 8.00% 12.10% 17.50% 24.40%

% of household waste recycled (*8) 5.10% 6.10% 7.40% 9.60% 12.30% 16.10%

Household waste recycled per h'hold (*7) 59 kilograms

% households offered kerbside recycling (*9) 42% 47% 71%

% h'holds recycling in last month : (*10)

.. glass bottles 35% 50%

.. plastic 13% 36%

.. metal cans 14% 37%

This table has been truncated to fit the page. To view the table in full, please Click Here.