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The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998
Table 10E5 Waste collected for recycling by origin and type of waste, 1994

(thousand tonnes)

Type of waste

Total1

Reported Grand Total

Sub-total

Households

Commercial

Industrial

Civic Amenity

Voluntary

Private

Public

Private

Public

Private

Public

Private

Public

Private

Public

Private

Public

Total    

811.73

55.33

332.31

379.81

40.84

3.43

Sub-total

811.73

858.10

712.88

98.85

22.03

33.30

310.04

22.28

376.66

3.15

3.26

37.58

0.89

2.55

Paper/board

102.71

105.09

56.13

46.59

1.17

21.67

30.26

11.45

23.92

1.44

0.51

9.96

0.27

2.07

Ferrous metals

340.96

374.40

332.90

8.07

3.71

1.11

134.55

0.12

194.00

-

0.31

6.83

0.33

0.01

Glass

37.71

38.44

12.03

25.68

0.08

2.23

8.50

9.56

1.61

0.08

1.85

13.57

-

0.24

Cars

55.42

62.12

52.29

3.13

16.10

1.03

28.64

0.02

7.38

0.30

0.17

1.79

-

-

Other non-ferrous metals

107.56

110.20

107.07

0.50

0.40

0.17

90.01

-

16.54

-

0.11

0.33

-

-

Tyres

11.98

12.08

11.27

0.71

0.30

-

4.40

0.01

6.57

-

-

0.69

-

-

Aluminium

3.86

3.86

3.48

0.38

0.07

0.02

0.71

0.01

2.44

-

0.05

0.25

0.20

0.09

Oil

30.23

30.24

29.80

0.43

-

-

5.58

0.04

24.16

0.08

0.06

0.31

-

-

Plastics

16.64

16.64

16.54

0.11

0.01

0.03

6.14

-

10.39

-

-

0.08

-

-

Batteries

1.84

1.87

1.77

0.07

0.16

-

0.85

-

0.71

-

0.04

0.07

0.01

-

Textiles

1.33

1.33

0.84

0.49

0.04

0.04

0.23

-

0.34

-

0.16

0.37

0.07

0.08

Miscellaneous

101.47

101.82

88.77

12.70

-

7.00

0.18

1.07

88.59

1.25

-

0.34

-

0.05

Source: SOAEFD: EPU

1 This figure differs marginally from the figure stated in the "Reported Grand Total" column of this table. This is due to local authorities reporting discrepant information.

 

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