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== Performance against Key Targets ==

* The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 46.6% in 2019 vs 45.0% in 2018<ref>with variations in England performance primarily linked to a variation in green waste with changes in plant growth in the year, Northern Ireland improvement due to the introduction of food waste collections, and Wales the improvement in reporting of wood waste destinations has led to a reduction in performance reported from 2018. Figures include the metal from [[IBA]]</ref> against an EU target of 50% by 2020. The 2020 target was missed by the UK:

* The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 46.6% in 2019 vs 45.0% in 2018<ref>with variations in England performance primarily linked to a variation in green waste with changes in plant growth in the year, Northern Ireland improvement due to the introduction of food waste collections, and Wales the improvement in reporting of wood waste destinations has led to a reduction in performance reported from 2018. Figures include the metal from [[IBA]]</ref> against an EU target of 50% by 2020. The 2020 target was missed by the UK and the 2021 performance<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data/uk-statistics-on-waste#impact-of-coronavirus-covid-19</ref> did not change dramatically on the 2020 figures:

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Country !! 2017 !! 2018 !!2019 !!2020

! Country !! 2017 !! 2018 !!2019 !!2020 !!2021

|-

| England || 45.2% || 44.7% ||45.5%||44.0%

| England || 45.2% || 44.7% ||45.5%||44.0%||44.1%

|-

| Northern Ireland || 46.3%||47.7% ||50.6%||49.1%

| Northern Ireland || 46.3%||47.7% ||50.6%||49.1%||48.4%

|-

| Scotland || 43.5%||42.8%||43.5%||41.0%

| Scotland || 43.5%||42.8%||43.5%||41.0%||41.7%

|-

| Wales || 55.2%||54.1%||56.4%||56.5%

| Wales || 55.2%||54.1%||56.4%||56.5%||56.7%

|-

| UK Total || 45.5%||45.0%||46.0%||44.4%

| UK Total || 45.5%||45.0%||46.0%||44.4%||44.6%

|}

* The UK C&D recovery rate was 92.3% in 2018 (against an EU target of 70% by 2020) equivalent to recovering around around 62.6 million tonnes of the 67.8 million tonnes classified as non-hazardous C&D wastes. The recovery rates for 2019 and 2020 were 93.6% and 93.2% respectively.

* The UK [[BMW]] to [[Landfill]] has fallen from around 6.6 million tonnes in 2019 to 6.1 million tonnes in 2020

* The UK [[BMW]] to [[Landfill]] has fallen from around 6.6 million tonnes in 2019 to 6.1 million tonnes in 2020. An increase to 6.8 million tonnes occurred in 2021.

* The UK packaging waste either recycled or recovered was ~~provisionally reported~~ at 63.2% in 2021, similar to 2020.

* The UK packaging waste either recycled or recovered was confirmed at 63.2% in 2021, similar to 2020.

==References==

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 == Performance against Key Targets ==
-* The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 46.6% in 2019 vs 45.0% in 2018<ref>with variations in England performance primarily linked to a variation in green waste with changes in plant growth in the year, Northern Ireland improvement due to the introduction of food waste collections, and Wales the improvement in reporting of wood waste destinations has led to a reduction in performance reported from 2018. Figures include the metal from [[IBA]]</ref> against an EU target of 50% by 2020. The 2020 target was missed by the UK:
+* The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 46.6% in 2019 vs 45.0% in 2018<ref>with variations in England performance primarily linked to a variation in green waste with changes in plant growth in the year, Northern Ireland improvement due to the introduction of food waste collections, and Wales the improvement in reporting of wood waste destinations has led to a reduction in performance reported from 2018. Figures include the metal from [[IBA]]</ref> against an EU target of 50% by 2020. The 2020 target was missed by the UK and the 2021 performance<ref>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data/uk-statistics-on-waste#impact-of-coronavirus-covid-19</ref> did not change dramatically on the 2020 figures:
 {| class="wikitable"
 |-
-! Country !! 2017 !! 2018 !!2019 !!2020
+! Country !! 2017 !! 2018 !!2019 !!2020 !!2021
 |-
-| England || 45.2% || 44.7% ||45.5%||44.0%
+| England || 45.2% || 44.7% ||45.5%||44.0%||44.1%
 |-
-| Northern Ireland || 46.3%||47.7% ||50.6%||49.1%
+| Northern Ireland || 46.3%||47.7% ||50.6%||49.1%||48.4%
 |-
-| Scotland || 43.5%||42.8%||43.5%||41.0%
+| Scotland || 43.5%||42.8%||43.5%||41.0%||41.7%
 |-
-| Wales || 55.2%||54.1%||56.4%||56.5%
+| Wales || 55.2%||54.1%||56.4%||56.5%||56.7%
 |-
-| UK Total || 45.5%||45.0%||46.0%||44.4%
+| UK Total || 45.5%||45.0%||46.0%||44.4%||44.6%
 |}
 * The UK C&D recovery rate was 92.3% in 2018 (against an EU target of 70% by 2020) equivalent to recovering around around 62.6 million tonnes of the 67.8 million tonnes classified as non-hazardous C&D wastes. The recovery rates for 2019 and 2020 were 93.6% and 93.2% respectively.
-* The UK [[BMW]] to [[Landfill]] has fallen from around 6.6 million tonnes in 2019 to 6.1 million tonnes in 2020
+* The UK [[BMW]] to [[Landfill]] has fallen from around 6.6 million tonnes in 2019 to 6.1 million tonnes in 2020. An increase to 6.8 million tonnes occurred in 2021.
-* The UK packaging waste either recycled or recovered was provisionally reported at 63.2% in 2021, similar to 2020.
+* The UK packaging waste either recycled or recovered was confirmed at 63.2% in 2021, similar to 2020.
 ==References==
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