Paper & Card

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Overview

Paper and card wastes include any single one or mixture of the following: Paper, card, board, board/plastic composites and other paper composite products. Most of this waste arises from offices and packaging[1].

Due to the fact paper and card are derived from trees it is important that paper and car waste is recycled so the rate at which these materials are used does not exceed the rate at which the trees can grow[1].

In addition to recycling, a significant portion of paper and card waste is sent to energy recovery facilities, totaling 566,000 tonnes in 2014[2]. ‌

Macro Tonnages

The most recent information published by DEFRA [3] [4]is summarized in the pie chart below, with 6,989,853 tonnes of paper & cardboard wastes generated in the UK in 2016 as part of the broader tonnage reported in UK Waste Tonnage:

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Paper & Cardboard - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016

Books

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Card

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Mixed Paper &Card

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Paper

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

Yellow Pages

Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 DEFRA, 2011. ARCHIVE: Waste Management Advisor - Paper and card (clean). [online] adlib.everysite.co.uk. [Accessed 5 Dec. 2019].
  2. WRAP, 2016. Final Report - Paper and Card Flow 2020. [online]
  3. Digest of Waste Resources 2018 reporting data from 2016
  4. UK Statistics on Waste 2019 updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data