Municipal Waste Data Monitoring and Reporting: Interim Guidelines

Definition & Calculation Additional Information
Equivalent
DEFRA
BVPI
Key Performance
Indicators (KPIs)
Annual waste characterisation
study to be commissioned by the
Department to determine
appropriate biodegradability
factor for NI. 71% to be used in
the interim.
Definition of BMW ( Annex C)
g Biodegradable municipal
waste (BMW) landfilled
Calculation of proportion of BMW landfilled
X*Y where:
X = Tonnage of municipal waste disposed of in landfill
Y = Biodegradability Factor
Household numbers per District
Council to be provided by Dept
of Social Development (DSD)
annually from Sept/Oct 2003 on
DSD website at
www.dsdni.gov.uk/statisticsresearch/housing-statistics.asp
Calculation of household waste generation rate
BV 84 (per
head)
X/Y, where:
h Total household waste
collected per household
(from which waste growth
rates are also calculated)
X = Total tonnage of household waste collected (including
private/voluntary collections of household waste for
recycling and at Civic Amenity Sites)
Current housing figures per
District Council in Annex E.
Include service support costs
based on Service Level
Agreements or allocations and
apportionments. Exclude other
corporate and democratic core
costs.
Y = Total no. of households in District Council / Group area
BV 86 Calculation of net cost of collection (Including capital
charges
i Cost of waste collection
per household (including
recycling)
A/B where:
A = Net Expenditure before income from Rates and General
Grant
Household numbers as for KPI(h)
B = Total no. of households in District Council / Group area