Disposal of carpets and other textile flooring materials
Case reference FOI2024/00911
Received 22 May 2024
Published 14 June 2024
Request
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.
Response
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
A) 6
b) Commercial operators only
A) 0
c) Residents and commercial operators
A) 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
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
A) 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))
A) RDF is sent for incineration for energy recovery. Though less than 1% of Herefordshire’s waste also goes to landfill.
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
A) Yes.
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))
A) RDF is sent for incineration for energy recovery. Though less than 1% of Herefordshire’s waste also goes to landfill.
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
A) No for both services.
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
A) N/A
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
A) No
9. If yes, please give details about how you plan to revise these processes.
A) N/A
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
A) 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.
A) https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/rubbish-recycling/get-rid-large-unwanted-item
https://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/rubbish-recycling/household-waste-recycling-centres/1
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