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-The total waste arisings per year for the UK in the most recent [[DEFRA]] data <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</ref>was almost 223 million tonnes, with 85% of that tonnage arising from England.
+The total waste arisings per year for the UK in the 2019 [[DEFRA]] data reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] was almost 223 million tonnes, with 85% of that tonnage arising from England. The most recent revision for the UK in 2020 updated the 2016 data retrospectively to 221 million tonnes through the reduction in reported Common Sludges (1.4 million tonnes) and Industrial Effluent Sludges (0.5 million tonnes).
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