UK Waste Tonnage: Difference between revisions
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[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]][[Category:Targets & Metrics]] | [[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]][[Category:Targets & Metrics]] | ||
The total waste arisings per year for the UK reported by [[DEFRA]] in | The total waste arisings per year for the UK reported by [[DEFRA]] in May 2022 was for core data reported for 2018 <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste July 2020 update]</ref> and was '''222.2 million tonnes''', with 84% of that tonnage arising from England. This is an increase of 1.8% on the figures reported for 2016. | ||
== Headline Figures == | == Headline Figures == | ||
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* around 26.4 million tonnes was waste arisings from households in 2019 (22.1 million tonnes was from England equivalent to 83% of the total and virtually the unchanged between 2018 and 2019) | * around 26.4 million tonnes was waste arisings from households in 2019 (22.1 million tonnes was from England equivalent to 83% of the total and virtually the unchanged between 2018 and 2019) | ||
* around 43.9 million tonnes was [[Commercial and Industrial Waste]] or [[C&I Waste]] in 2018 with unchanged estimates for England for 2019 (around 37.2 million tonnes or 85% was generated in England). | * around 43.9 million tonnes was [[Commercial and Industrial Waste]] or [[C&I Waste]] in 2018 with unchanged estimates for England for 2019 (around 37.2 million tonnes or 85% was generated in England). | ||
'''Extract from DEFRA data digest : Waste Generation by Waste Material, UK, 2018''' | |||
[[File:Waste Mix 2018.png|700px|center|Waste generation by material - UK 2018]] | |||
== Key Destination Information == | == Key Destination Information == | ||