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Belfast City Council
20 July 2018
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Belfast City Council takes in around 151,000 households, 10,000 businesses and a population of 339,000 people.
The Council’s annual operating budget is £150M. The Council’s Waste Management Service deals with the collection and processing of 180,000 tonnes of municipal waste annually. The City’s recycling rate reached a respectable 44% in 2015 but fell back to 41% when the city boundary moved and expanded to take in some new poorer performing areas as part of a Local Government Reform Program. The Council is developing their next strategic waste plan to target 50% recycling and beyond.
