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Table 5.8 – Per capita waste generation – all waste types

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All waste types - 2005

2006 population (provisional 2006
census results)

% of all waste generated in catchment

Waste generated (tonnes)

Tonnes of waste/ per capita/ per annum

Kapiti Coast District

46,000

7.3%

34,715

0.755

Lower and Upper Hutt

135,000

29.1%

138,517

1.026

Porirua

47,700

12.7%

60,354

1.265

Wellington

183,500

50.9%

242,628

1.322

Total

412,200

100%

476,215

1.155