Key Metrics
A number of Key Metrics are reported for the UK that monitor the delivery and performance of policy and legislation. This category captures those Key Metrics and links to pages associated with them.
The main Key Metrics in the UK are reported via the UK statistics on waste[1], which in turn link to other databases. There are some Key Metrics that are not captured in this report, however. This includes, for example, the report on the Government’s progress towards its 25 year plan[2], which includes minimising residual waste.
This page excludes producer responsibility schemes where there are no specific targets or metrics associated with them, for example batteries.
Types of Key Metrics
The following are the main metrics reported and captured in WikiWaste. For greater detail on the waste definitions and differences between countries in the UK read more here
Individual performance for each local authority is listed in the relevant authorities’ page for recycling and waste per person (and carbon for Scotland). Performance can be compared on the Key Metric Rankings page.
The overarching recycling performance for the 4 countries of the the UK is measured using the 'Waste from Households' metric.
Each country of the UK uses slighly different definitions for the waste their local authorities collect, and the targets associated with those definitions.
As series of targets were set to reduce landfilling of Biodegrabble Municipal Waste by 2010, 2014 and 2020. Further detail is set out in the Biodegradable Municipal Waste page in WikiWaste.
The targets at EU and UK level are set out in the page in WikiWaste on Packaging Waste with the progress against each target for each material.
The target for reducing residual waste (excluding mineral-based waste such as soil and stone) (kg/person) in England has been set for 2042 and is set out, with progress against target, in the page on Residual Waste in WikiWaste.
Links to
Key Metrics content in WikiWaste draws on multiple sources, combined and maintained by the WikiWaste editorial and data team. Typical inputs include:
- Official regulator and government datasets (permitting, waste statistics, compliance scheme reporting).
- Specialist industry reports and open publications.
- Operator and Local Authority information on facilities, contracts and performance.
- Monksleigh modelling and derived datasets where appropriate.
Detailed methodology, including the relationship between the data, is set out on the page(s) where it is used, including the last-updated date. Further detail, where required, is also set out in the Data Sources and Limitations page in WikiWaste.
Purpose
The Key Metrics category captures the main metrics measured in assessing progress towards policy and legislative targets and links them to associated pages within WikiWaste.
Approach
The main targets and progress towards them are captured from a variety of referenced data sources, with local authority key metrics captured on a single page that allows comparison between performance.
Other metrics are captured in WikiWaste, for example total waste generated in Waste Types, but these are more general reporting of metrics that do not necessarily have associated targets to measure progress against.
