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
January	66.96	109.87	116.98	140.3	136.72	96.66	76.22	93.18	86.62
February	108.65	116.1	109.82	116.64	126.24	87.08	77.7	70.14	82.36
March	114.74	130.64	117.16	138.68	143.5	93.86	97.56	89.38	80.74
April	107.76	123.14	122.58	135.5	134.9	96.3	90.2	80.8	77.86
May	115.41	116.44	124.64	142.86	136.54	88.9	87.66	96.02	86.26
June	103.59	108.49	112.62	125.48	130.98	92.26	83.46	78.26	76.2
July	122.35	112.15	130.32	141.9	140.34	84.14	102.28	77.96	78.72
August	105.84	119.85	112.52	134.44	129.32	85.64	85.62	80.92	86.52
September	109.14	117.7	131.14	132.84	138.82	89.16	92.06	81.48	72.6
October	112.45	122.84	134.46	148.32	131.22	89.28	76.1	67.88	86.2
November	119.11	115.38	140.02	141.04	105.74	92.38	74.6	90.34	72.34
December	114.84	116.28	125.98	145	104.36	83.68	86.06	83.38	76.42
TOTAL	1300.8	1408.9	1478.2	1643	1558.7	1079.3	1029.5	992.8	962.84
Compared to previous year	-	8.31%	4.92%	11.14%	-5.13%	-31%	-4.70%	-3.56%	-3%

Month	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
January	73.22	86.54	53.56	59.8	44.52	53.7	53.06	45.72	36.24
February	72.2	62.42	51.30	58.1	38.22	57.46	42.64	33.8	29.63
March	63.26	57	55.11	47.68	59.1	43.6	44.28	40.98	39.24
April	89.12	77.82	49.34	54.08	44.54	45.8	44.16	10.7	34.94
May	73.58	66.32	53.78	50.72	44.9	57.2	52.18	34.49	28.8
June	66.28	70.66	54.58	50.46	56.42	46.14	43.16	35.3	37.28
July	78.88	81.12	68.28	49.56	46.3	60.21	52.56	41.42	28.44
August	67.44	53.48	49.20	51.14	42.57	43.12	40.22	35.04	32.48
September	62.76	66	59.36	58.56	41.78	46.54	41.28	38.89	30.24
October	73.04	66.8	54.78	47.17	39.35	56.56	51.18	31.52	31.72
November	80.54	58.14	51.28	45.56	43.22	42.44	37.66	29.2	31.5
December	74.3	58.36	42.02	60.64	40.35	49.5	46.14	34.09	26.64
TOTAL	874.62	804.66	642.59	633.47	541.27	602.27	548.52	411.15	387.15
Compared to previous year	-9.17%	-8%	-20.14%	-1.42%	-14.56%	11.20%	-8.92%	-25.04%	-5.83%

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	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
January	50.42	100.56	100.74	127.46	133.82	110.54	103.34	93.18	96.96
February	67.98	66.04	71.38	87.5	105.36	79.58	75.54	72.64	71.26
March	73.62	77.24	86.94	94.3	106.04	90.62	74.82	81.04	79.72
April	76.6	79.32	83.68	103.04	113.58	91.74	91.02	102.48	73.82
May	77.56	95.14	90.26	116.1	117.98	79.96	80.72	111.52	103.2
June	80.36	71.92	101.36	124.42	120.08	111.16	104.82	70.96	87.42
July	81.99	87.36	103.1	114.76	122.52	84.78	94.62	81.98	92.34
August	80.04	90.96	105.12	119.9	119.12	87.98	83.24	88.86	82.22
September	77.5	77.28	86.58	96.7	124.4	93.44	97.58	76.08	87.32
October	69.64	78.41	93.3	115.08	100.78	50.88	68.26	72.08	84.98
November	77.18	73.3	81.4	101.1	80.7	42.22	71.24	69.34	65.34
December	84.66	93.5	110.4	123.36	111.38	39.84	91.41	73.57	61.94
TOTAL	897.55	991.03	1114.3	1323.7	1355.8	1075	1036.6	993.73	986.52
Compared to previous years	-	10.40%	12.43%	18.70%	2.41%	-21%	-3.6%	-4%	-1%

Month	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
January	130.58	87.64	73.78	114.14	126.35	76.7	130.9	100.44	108.98
February	71.68	68.18	74.48	78.16	91.6	92.38	77.12	75.36	93.62
March	54	71.64	68.16	59.18	89.92	73.7	72.46	80.4	94.22
April	91.52	83.62	111.16	67.42	52.86	78.9	84.88	59.1	122.2
May	76.46	78.22	84.96	92.6	94.62	104.19	110.14	131.84	87.8
June	80.16	87.7	51.82	84.86	91.76	99.36	92.8	118.48	116.08
July	105.4	90.36	82.54	78.64	81.3	110.76	104.22	118.8	86.14
August	84.12	87.36	86.1	87	69.4	91.36	90.3	87.06	116.44
September	84.22	79.96	83.94	86.1	60.98	82.42	86.42	108.7	85.28
October	68.78	70.74	73.42	71.4	65.14	92.48	82.7	78.02	74.84
November	60.46	62.62	84.24	78.86	67.02	68.52	73.34	83.04	79.28
December	94.56	103.46	50.72	103.38	68.55	79.62	113.63	117.58	108.86
TOTAL	1001.9	971.5	925.32	1001.7	959.5	1050.39	1118.9	1158.8	1173.7
Compared to previous year	1.56%	-3.04%	-4.75	8.25%	-4.22%	9.40%	17.52%	3.56%	1.28%

Food and drink cans

Cans recycled via public recycling sites (tonnes)

Month	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	*2009	2010	2011	2012
January	1.42	1.74	1.86	2.21	2.1	2.02	6.87	6.1	7.46
February	1.57	1.41	1.42	1.67	1.74	1.54	4.46	4.55	5.04
March	1.82	1.52	1.1	1.49	1.56	2.1	4.82	4.53	5.9
April	1.47	1.62	1.36	1.69	2.28	1.77	4.76	4.36	5.6
May	2.17	1.95	1.77	2.28	1.99	1.69	6.42	4.93	7.14
June	1.93	1.73	1.73	2.12	2.2	2.7	6.84	5.45	6.58
July	1.77	1.74	2.26	2.07	2.56	1.77	4.48	4.32	7.62
August	2.08	2.01	1.73	2.13	2.27	3.6	7.75	5.24	7.73
September	1.61	1.64	1.67	1.82	2.53	3.78	5.77	4.81	4.49
October	1.43	1.86	1.73	2.12	1.93	2.86	5.34	7.91	7.34
November	1.91	1.28	1.46	1.54	1.79	4.1	4.46	5.22	4.41
December	1.65	1.55	2.12	1.86	2.53	4.75	5.39	5	6.59
TOTAL	20.83	20.05	20.21	23	25.48	32.68	67.36	62.42	75.9
Compared to previous year	-	-	-	-	10.78%	28%	206%	-7.35%	21.60%

Month	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
January	5.7	4.22	4.36	5.52	5.26	2.94	6.2	7.2	6.72
February	5	2.82	3.44	4.34	4.16	6.26	5.18	6.46	7.22
March	4.97	2.51	4.66	3.48	3.74	4.52	4.54	5.71	9.68
April	7.23	2.46	3.64	5.14	2.92	4.4	4.36	3.12	9.04
May	5.55	5.24	5.16	4.75	4.9	6.3	6.14	9.3	6.58
June	7.88	5.02	3.92	3.04	4.34	4.82	5.84	7.48	7.08
July	7.73	5.36	3.78	2.44	6.46	6.72	6.54	10.34	5.83
August	6.72	3.26	5.04	5.14	3.8	5.61	5.31	11.68	7.16
September	7.43	4	3.44	4.24	5.46	4.72	6.07	7.23	5.3
October	4.89	4.86	4.45	3.88	5.63	6.12	6.21	6.14	5.36
November	4.2	3.3	3.4	6	5.28	5.14	4.74	5.8	5.06
December	6.44	2.48	5.84	3.42	3.1	5.42	6.18	7.27	8.02
TOTAL	73.74	45.53	51.13	51.39	55.05	62.97	67.31	87.73	83.05
Compared to previous year	-2.85%	-38.26%	12.29%	0.50%	7.12%	14.30%	6.89%	30.33%	-5.33%

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%
2018	33.45	28.40%
2019	35.02	4.69%
2020	32.82	-6.28%
2021	30.7	-6.45
TOTAL: 307.39

Household batteries

Dry- cell batteries (kg) recycled

Year	Civic Amenity Sites	Manx Co-op stores	Schools	Hospital	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
2018	5,870	1,200	110		7,180
2019	7,230	1,160	80		8,470
2020	6,140	1070	170	620	8,000
2021	4,870	880	300	1200	7,250
Total	79,413	22,637	2549	1820	106,419

Since June 2005 we have collected and recycled over 91 tonnes of dry-cell batteries. In terms of the actual number of batteries we have recycled nearly 4.3 million 'AA' batteries.