UK Statistics on Waste

Published by:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Last updated:
11 October 2018
Topic:
Environment
Licence:
Open Government Licence

Summary

This release contains statistics on waste produced at a UK level. The topics covered in this publication are: •Waste from Households – 2010-16. UK and country breakdown. •BMW (Biodegradable Municipal Waste) to landfill – 2010-16. UK and country breakdown. •WStatR (Waste Statistics Regulation) generation breakdown – 2012 & 2014. UK and England breakdown but not DAs. •WStatR treatment breakdown – 2012 & 2014. UK and England breakdown but not DAs. •WStatR infrastructure breakdown - 2014. UK and England breakdown but not DAs. •C&I (Commercial and Industrial) waste generation – UK 2010, 2012 & 2014, England 2010 - 2016. UK and England breakdown but not DAs. •C&D (Construction and Demolition) recovery – 2010-15. UK and England breakdown but not DAs. •Packaging waste recycling and recovery – 2016. UK only.

UK figures are compiled to comply with reporting requirements against the EC Waste Framework Directive, EC Waste Statistics Regulation, EC Landfill Directive and EC Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive.

If you require the datasets in a more accessible format, please contact Waste Statistics (RAS) at WasteStatistics@defra.gsi.gov.uk

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Table 1.1: Waste from Households, UK and country split 2010-16 CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 2.1: Biodegradable municipal waste to landfill, UK and country split 2010-16 CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 2.2: BMW to landfill by main EWC codes, UK and country split 2010-16 CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 3.3: Non-Hazardous Construction and Demolition Waste, UK and England 2010-2014 CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 4.1: Commercial and Industrial Waste, UK and England 2010-2016 CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 5.1: Total generation of waste by NACE and EWC STAT 2010-2014, England CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 5.2: Total generation of waste by NACE and EWC STAT 2010-2014, UK CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 5.3: Total waste sent to final treatment by EWC STAT 2010-14, England CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 5.4: Total waste sent to final treatment by EWC STAT 2010-14, UK CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 6.1: Capacity of permitted final treatment facilities, UK and England 2012-2014 CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Table 7.1: Packaging waste recycling and recovery by material, UK 2012-16 CSV 10 April 2018 Preview
Notes for UK Statistics on Waste dataset February 2018 CSV 10 April 2018 Preview

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website link html 29 May 2015

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