Hull facts & figures
Hull’s recycling rate is currently 22.8 per cent. That's 20 per cent up on last year. The projected recycling figure for 2007 to 2008 is expected to be 26.5 per cent.
There are approximately 115,164 households in Hull. The population of Hull is approximately 249,100.
In 2006\7 Hull produced 120,778 tonnes of household waste. This equates to 1.05 tonnes of waste per household or 484.86kg of waste per person.
On that basis each person produces on average over eight times their own bodyweight of waste each year (based on average weight of 75 kg), that is just under 6½ tonnes.
There are 23 domestic refuse collection rounds that collect waste from every household in Hull.
Currently there are approximately 150,000 black boxes and 100,000 blue bins. Every week 115,000 wheelie bins are emptied in the city. If you lined them all up next to each other they would reach York. If they were laid down they would reach Liverpool (125 miles).
There are over 70 bring sites across Hull. There are three household waste recycling centres across Hull.
Hull’s recycling rate is currently 22.8 per cent. That's 20 per cent up on last year. The projected recycling figure for 2007 to 2008 is expected to be 26.5 per cent.
Burma Drive recycles around 80 per cent of all the waste taken to it.
In 2006/07 Burma Drive and Wilmington Recycling Centres processed 26,000 tonnes of waste between them.
On average each household takes 225 kg of waste to Burma Drive and Wilmington.
In the first two years it was opened Burma Drive was shortlisted for four prestigious awards. Its excellent design is now seen as Best Practice throughout the country.
The two sites at Burma Drive and Wiltshire Road cost over £1million each. This may sound a lot but they save around £200,000 per year in landfill tax so they are very cost effective.
