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

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

== Headline Figures ==

The ~~most recent~~ macro-level data reported in 2019 by [[DEFRA]] for tonnage arisings is summarised in the figure below, with a total of nearly 223 million tonnes of waste arising in the UK (with England responsible for 85% of the total):

The macro-level data reported in 2019 by [[DEFRA]] for tonnage arisings is summarised in the figure below, with a total of nearly 223 million tonnes of waste arising in the UK (with England responsible for 85% of the total):

[[File:UK Macro Tonnage Graphic.png|frame|centre|UK Waste Tonnage Summary]]

The reduction in total arisings in the 2020 [[DEFRA]] figures to 221 million tonnes has no effect on Household, Construction, Agriculture or Mining and Quarrying.

* around 81 million tonnes was mineral Waste (17m from mining and quarrying and 63 million from construction) and 58.7 million tonnes was soils (primarily from construction), the two largest waste categories in the UK (63% of the total)