Isle of Man Government - Statistics on recycling

Paper

Paper recycled via public recycling sites (tonnes)

Month	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
January	66.96	109.87	116.98	140.3	136.72	96.66	76.22	93.18	86.62	73.22	86.54	53.56	59.8	44.52	53.7
February	108.65	116.1	109.82	116.64	126.24	87.08	77.7	70.14	82.36	72.2	62.42	51.30	58.1	38.22	57.46
March	114.74	130.64	117.16	138.68	143.5	93.86	97.56	89.38	80.74	63.26	57	55.11	47.68	59.1	43.6
April	107.76	123.14	122.58	135.5	134.9	96.3	90.2	80.8	77.86	89.12	77.82	49.34	54.08	44.54	45.8
May	115.41	116.44	124.64	142.86	136.54	88.9	87.66	96.02	86.26	73.58	66.32	53.78	50.72	44.9	57.2
June	103.59	108.49	112.62	125.48	130.98	92.26	83.46	78.26	76.2	66.28	70.66	54.58	50.46	56.42	46.14
July	122.35	112.15	130.32	141.9	140.34	84.14	102.28	77.96	78.72	78.88	81.12	68.28	49.56	46.3	60.21
August	105.84	119.85	112.52	134.44	129.32	85.64	85.62	80.92	86.52	67.44	53.48	49.20	51.14	42.57
September	109.14	117.7	131.14	132.84	138.82	89.16	92.06	81.48	72.6	62.76	66	59.36	58.56	41.78
October	112.45	122.84	134.46	148.32	131.22	89.28	76.1	67.88	86.2	73.04	66.8	54.78	47.17	39.35
November	119.11	115.38	140.02	141.04	105.74	92.38	74.6	90.34	72.34	80.54	58.14	51.28	45.56	43.22
December	114.84	116.28	125.98	145	104.36	83.68	86.06	83.38	76.42	74.3	58.36	42.02	60.64	40.35
TOTAL	1300.8	1408.9	1478.2	1643	1558.7	1079.3	1029.5	992.8	962.84	874.62	804.66	642.59	633.47	541.27
Compared to previous year	-	8.31%	4.92%	11.14%	-5.13%	-31%	-4.70%	-3.56%	-3%	-9.17%	-8%	-20.14%	-1.42%	-14.56%

In addition to the Department operated bring banks there are kerbside collection schemes operated by Douglas Borough Council, Braddan, Malew

Glass

Glass recycled via public recycling sites (tonnes)

Month	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
January	133.82	110.54	103.34	93.18	96.96	130.58	87.64	73.78	114.14	126.35	76.7
February	105.36	79.58	75.54	72.64	71.26	71.68	68.18	74.48	78.16	91.6	92.38
March	106.04	90.62	74.82	81.04	79.72	54	71.64	68.16	59.18	89.92	73.7
April	113.58	91.74	91.02	102.48	73.82	91.52	83.62	111.16	67.42	52.86	78.9
May	117.98	79.96	80.72	111.52	103.2	76.46	78.22	84.96	92.6	94.62	104.19
June	120.08	111.16	104.82	70.96	87.42	80.16	87.7	51.82	84.86	91.76	99.36
July	122.52	84.78	94.62	81.98	92.34	105.4	90.36	82.54	78.64	81.3	110.76
August	119.12	87.98	83.24	88.86	82.22	84.12	87.36	86.1	87	69.4
September	124.4	93.44	97.58	76.08	87.32	84.22	79.96	83.94	86.1	60.98
October	100.78	50.88	68.26	72.08	84.98	68.78	70.74	73.42	71.4	65.14
November	80.7	42.22	71.24	69.34	65.34	60.46	62.62	84.24	78.86	67.02
December	111.38	39.84	91.41	73.57	61.94	94.56	103.46	50.72	103.38	68.55
TOTAL	1355.8	1075	1036.6	993.73	986.52	1001.9	971.5	925.32	1001.7	959.5
Compared to previous year	2.41%	-21%	-.3.6%	-4%	-1%	1.56%	-3.04%	-4.75	8.25%	-4.22%

Food and drink cans

Cans recycled via public recycling sites (tonnes)

Month	2005	2006	2007	2008	*2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
January	1.74	1.86	2.21	2.1	2.02	6.87	6.1	7.46	5.7	4.22	4.36	5.52	5.26	2.94
February	1.41	1.42	1.67	1.74	1.54	4.46	4.55	5.04	5	2.82	3.44	4.34	4.16	6.26
March	1.52	1.1	1.49	1.56	2.1	4.82	4.53	5.9	4.97	2.51	4.66	3.48	3.74	4.52
April	1.62	1.36	1.69	2.28	1.77	4.76	4.36	5.6	7.23	2.46	3.64	5.14	2.92	4.4
May	1.95	1.77	2.28	1.99	1.69	6.42	4.93	7.14	5.55	5.24	5.16	4.75	4.9	6.3
June	1.73	1.73	2.12	2.2	2.7	6.84	5.45	6.58	7.88	5.02	3.92	3.04	4.34	4.82
July	1.74	2.26	2.07	2.56	1.77	4.48	4.32	7.62	7.73	5.36	3.78	2.44	6.46	6.72
August	2.01	1.73	2.13	2.27	3.6	7.75	5.24	7.73	6.72	3.26	5.04	5.14	3.8
September	1.64	1.67	1.82	2.53	3.78	5.77	4.81	4.49	7.43	4	3.44	4.24	5.46
October	1.86	1.73	2.12	1.93	2.86	5.34	7.91	7.34	4.89	4.86	4.45	3.88	5.63
November	1.28	1.46	1.54	1.79	4.1	4.46	5.22	4.41	4.2	3.3	3.4	6	5.28
December	1.55	2.12	1.86	2.53	4.75	5.39	5	6.59	6.44	2.48	5.84	3.42	3.1
Annual Total	20.05	20.21	23	25.48	32.68	67.36	62.42	75.9	73.74	45.53	51.13	51.39	55.05
Compared to previous year				10.78%	28%	206%	-7.35%	21.60%	-2.85%	-38.26%	12.29%	0.50%	7.12%

From 2009 steel cans have been accepted with Aluminium cans

Plastic Bottles

Plastic Bottles recycled via all Civic Amenity sites

Year	Tonnage	Previous year increase decrease
2008	2.8
2009	3.1	10.70%
2010	10	322%
2011	16.3	63%
2012	15.2	-6.75%
2013	17.3	13.81%
2014	22.07	27%
2015	25.19	14.13%
2016	37.4	48.47%
2017	26.04	-30.28%
Total	175.4

Household batteries

Dry- cell batteries (kg) recycled

Year	Civic Amenity Sites	Manx Co-op stores	Schools	Total weight (kg)
2005 (June - Dec 05)	760	210		970
2006	1778	782		2560
2007	2370	1720	75	4155
2008	3135	2030	235	5400
2009	3740	1715	265	5720
2010	4910	1930	170	7010
2011	5030	1700	190	6920
2012	5210	1440	330	6980
2013	5530	1520	160	7210
2014	5570	1580	80	7230
2015	5190	1630	130	6950
2016	5650	1090	150	6890
2017	6430	980	100	7510
Total	55,303	18,327	1,885	75,515

Since June 2005 we have collected and recycled over 75.5 tonnes of dry-cell batteries. In terms of the actual number of batteries we have recycled nearly 3.5 million 'AA' batteries

Statistics on recycling