Progress on waste and recycling

Action	Measure of success	Information
Generate renewable electricity from the Javelin Park Energy from Waste facility	Energy created Emissions created Materials recovered and recycled	25,000 homes a year are powered by energy generated by waste at Javelin Park Find out about emissions from the facility Find out about materials recovered and recycled
Gloucestershire Resources and Waste Partnership minimisation initiatives	Number of campaigns Level of engagement in campaigns Campaign outcomes met	Find out about our latest waste minimisation campaign Find out about the success of our last waste minimisation campaign Real Nappies project - In 2020, 435 parents switched to real nappies (removing 679 tonnes from waste. Quarterly waste reduction campaigns produced.
Recycling increases and residual waste decreases as outlined in the GCC Waste Action Plan	Tonnage of recycling collected Tonnage of residual waste collected	Find out about the percentage of waste collected Find out about the tonnage of waste collected 50.7% of Gloucestershire household waste recycled (2020/21). Reduces carbon emissions by 40,000 tonnes per year compared to landfill