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[[Category:Technologies & Solutions]]

== Overview ==

[[DEFRA]] publish an annual ~~digest~~ of ~~waste statistics~~ <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> and this page and the broader summary page on [[UK Waste Tonnage]]. The headline tonnages for 2016 ~~for~~ the UK (from a total of ~~214.3~~ million tonnes) were:

Each year [[DEFRA]] publish an annual Digest of Waste Statistics <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref>, <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition/ Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics]</ref> which brings together a wide range of key statisitics on waste and resource in to one publication; this WikiWaste page ([[Waste Facilities in UK]]) and the broader WikiWaste summary page on [[UK Waste Tonnage]] are updated annually with the most up to date data available.

The Digest of Waste Statisitics uses a number of data sets which are not all for the same time period with some showing a 'lag' over a number of years due to the reporting period of UK waste arisings data to the EU.

The headline tonnages for 2016 through [[Waste Facilities in UK|Waste Facilities in the UK]] (from a total of 221 million tonnes) were:

* [[Recycling]] and [[Recovery]] 104 million tonnes (48.5%)

* [[Landfill]] 52.3 million tonnes (24.4%)

* [[Energy Recovery Facility]] 7.3 million tonnes (3.4% but the fastest growing)

*

== Split by Type of Treatment Method ==

The split by treatment method is heavily distorted by [[Soil]] and [[Mineral Waste]] contributing significantly to [[Backfilling]] and [[Landfill]] but also the [[Recycling]] and other [[Recovery]] (where some categories of application of this material to land are classified as Recovery). The majority of Household and similar wastes were treated at an [[Energy Recovery Facility]].

The split by treatment method is heavily distorted by [[Soil]] and [[Mineral Waste]] contributing significantly to [[Backfilling]] and [[Landfill]] but also the [[Recycling]] and other [[Recovery]] (where some categories of application of this material to land are classified as [[Recovery]]). The majority of Household and similar wastes were treated at an [[Energy Recovery Facility]].

{| class="wikitable"

|+style="caption-side:bottom;text-align=left;"|Final Treatment Methods for Waste, UK, 2016. Percentage of waste material by treatment type.

|-

! Waste Material !! [[Energy Recovery]] !! [[Incineration]] !! Recycling and Other Recovery !! [[Backfilling]] !! Deposit onto/into Land ([[Landfill]]) !! Land Treatment and Release into Water Bodies

! Waste Material !! [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] !! [[Incineration]] !! Recycling and Other Recovery !! [[Backfilling]] !! Deposit onto/into Land ([[Landfill]]) !! Land Treatment and Release into Water Bodies

|-

| Metallic Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 14% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

| [[Metal|Metallic Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 14% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

|-

| Glass Wastes || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 2% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

| [[Glass|Glass Wastes]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 2% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

|-

| Paper & Cardboard Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 4% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

| [[Paper & Card|Paper & Cardboard Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 4% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

|-

| Plastic Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

| [[Plastic|Plastic Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

|-

| Wood Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 8% || style='text-align:right;' | 13% || style='text-align:right;' | 2% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

| [[Wood|Wood Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 8% || style='text-align:right;' | 13% || style='text-align:right;' | 2% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

|-

| Vegetable Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 4% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

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| Household & Similar Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 76% || style='text-align:right;' | 38% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 11% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

|-

| Mineral Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 55% || style='text-align:right;' | 5% || style='text-align:right;' | 6% || style='text-align:right;' | 60%

| [[Mineral Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 55% || style='text-align:right;' | 5% || style='text-align:right;' | 6% || style='text-align:right;' | 60%

|-

| Soils || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 12% || style='text-align:right;' | 89% || style='text-align:right;' | 55% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

| [[Soil, Rubble, Hardcore|Soils]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 12% || style='text-align:right;' | 89% || style='text-align:right;' | 55% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%

|-

| Dredging Spoils || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 40%

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== Split by Number of Permitted Facility ==

[[DEFRA]] consolidate information from each of the four UK environment agencies authorized by an [[Environmental Permit]] or similar. The data with : in the table is not available, Energy Recovery has [[R1]] status, and excludes sites exempt from requiring an [[Environmental Permit]] and intermediate treatment (which includes most [[Anaerobic Digestion]]).

[[DEFRA]] consolidate information from each of the four UK environment agencies authorized by an [[Environmental Permit]] or similar. The data with : in the table is not available, [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] has [[R1]] status, and excludes sites exempt from requiring an [[Environmental Permit]] and intermediate treatment (which includes most [[Anaerobic Digestion]]).

~~[[File:Number and Capacity of Final Treatment, UK and England 2014-2016.png|frame|center|Number and Capacity of Permitted Final Treatment Facilities, UK and England, 2014-2016]]~~

{| class="wikitable"

|+ style="caption-side:bottom;" | Number and Capacity of Permitted Final Treatment Facilities, UK and England, 2014-16

|-

! rowspan="2" | Facility Type !!rowspan="2" | Measure !! colspan="2" |UK !! colspan="2"|England

|-

! 2014 !! 2016 !! 2014 !! 2016

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] || Number of Facilities || style="text-align:right;"|29|| style="text-align:right;"|37|| style="text-align:right;"|13|| style="text-align:right;"|23

|-

| Capacity (kt/yr) || style="text-align:right;"|4,862|| style="text-align:right;"|9,808|| style="text-align:right;"|2,803|| style="text-align:right;"|7,202

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[Incineration]] || Number of Facilities<ref>The page on [[R1]] gives a more up to date listing of those facilities which are now [[Energy Recovery]]</ref> || style="text-align:right;"|83|| style="text-align:right;"|78|| style="text-align:right;"|60|| style="text-align:right;"|57

|-

| Capacity (kt/yr) || style="text-align:right;"|9,859|| style="text-align:right;"|8,474|| style="text-align:right;"|9,040|| style="text-align:right;"|8,193

|-

| rowspan="2" | [[Recovery]] other than [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] (includes [[Backfilling]]) || Number of Facilities || style="text-align:right;"|2,660|| style="text-align:right;"|3,506|| style="text-align:right;"|1,669|| style="text-align:right;"|1,944

|-

| Capacity || style="text-align:right;"| : || style="text-align:right;"| : || style="text-align:right;"| : || style="text-align:right;"| :

|-

| rowspan="2" | Deposit onto/into Land ([[Landfill]]) || Number of Facilities (including closed facilities) || style="text-align:right;"|596|| style="text-align:right;"|604|| style="text-align:right;"|493|| style="text-align:right;"|510

|-

| Rest (remaining) Capacity (thousand m<sup>3</sup>) || style="text-align:right;"|592,637|| style="text-align:right;"|554,751|| style="text-align:right;"|484,370|| style="text-align:right;"|464,891

|}

== Links to other Pages ==

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* [[Residual Waste EFW]]

* [[Biomass Waste EFW]] (including [[Waste Wood EFW]], [[Sewage Sludge EFW]] and [[Agricultural Waste EFW]])

* [[Anaerobic Digestion ~~Sites~~]]

* [[Anaerobic Digestion]] Sites

* [[Material Recovery Facility ~~Sites~~]] (handling [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]])

* [[Material Recovery Facility]] Sites (handling [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]])

* [[Mechanical Biological Treatment ~~Sites~~]]

* [[Mechanical Biological Treatment]] Sites

== References ==

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 [[Category:Technologies & Solutions]]
 == Overview ==
-[[DEFRA]] publish an annual digest of waste statistics <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> and this page and the broader summary page on [[UK Waste Tonnage]]. The headline tonnages for 2016 for the UK (from a total of 214.3 million tonnes) were:
+Each year [[DEFRA]] publish an annual Digest of Waste Statistics <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref>, <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition/ Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics]</ref> which brings together a wide range of key statisitics on waste and resource in to one publication; this WikiWaste page ([[Waste Facilities in UK]]) and the broader WikiWaste summary page on [[UK Waste Tonnage]] are updated annually with the most up to date data available.
+The Digest of Waste Statisitics uses a number of data sets which are not all for the same time period with some showing a 'lag' over a number of years due to the reporting period of UK waste arisings data to the EU.
+The headline tonnages for 2016 through [[Waste Facilities in UK|Waste Facilities in the UK]] (from a total of 221 million tonnes) were:
 * [[Recycling]] and [[Recovery]] 104 million tonnes (48.5%)
 * [[Landfill]] 52.3 million tonnes (24.4%)
 * [[Energy Recovery Facility]] 7.3 million tonnes (3.4% but the fastest growing)
 *
 == Split by Type of Treatment Method ==
-The split by treatment method is heavily distorted by [[Soil]] and [[Mineral Waste]] contributing significantly to [[Backfilling]] and [[Landfill]] but also the [[Recycling]] and other [[Recovery]] (where some categories of application of this material to land are classified as Recovery). The majority of Household and similar wastes were treated at an [[Energy Recovery Facility]].
+The split by treatment method is heavily distorted by [[Soil]] and [[Mineral Waste]] contributing significantly to [[Backfilling]] and [[Landfill]] but also the [[Recycling]] and other [[Recovery]] (where some categories of application of this material to land are classified as [[Recovery]]). The majority of Household and similar wastes were treated at an [[Energy Recovery Facility]].
 {| class="wikitable"
 |+style="caption-side:bottom;text-align=left;"|Final Treatment Methods for Waste, UK, 2016. Percentage of waste material by treatment type.
 |-
-! Waste Material !! [[Energy Recovery]] !! [[Incineration]] !! Recycling and Other Recovery !! [[Backfilling]] !! Deposit onto/into Land ([[Landfill]]) !! Land Treatment and Release into Water Bodies
+! Waste Material !! [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] !! [[Incineration]] !! Recycling and Other Recovery !! [[Backfilling]] !! Deposit onto/into Land ([[Landfill]]) !! Land Treatment and Release into Water Bodies
 |-
-| Metallic Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 14% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
+| [[Metal|Metallic Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 14% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
 |-
-| Glass Wastes || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 2% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
+| [[Glass|Glass Wastes]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 2% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
 |-
-| Paper & Cardboard Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 4% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
+| [[Paper & Card|Paper & Cardboard Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 4% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
 |-
-| Plastic Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
+| [[Plastic|Plastic Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
 |-
-| Wood Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 8% || style='text-align:right;' | 13% || style='text-align:right;' | 2% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
+| [[Wood|Wood Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 8% || style='text-align:right;' | 13% || style='text-align:right;' | 2% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
 |-
 | Vegetable Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 4% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
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 | Household & Similar Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 76% || style='text-align:right;' | 38% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 11% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
 |-
-| Mineral Waste || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 55% || style='text-align:right;' | 5% || style='text-align:right;' | 6% || style='text-align:right;' | 60%
+| [[Mineral Waste]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 55% || style='text-align:right;' | 5% || style='text-align:right;' | 6% || style='text-align:right;' | 60%
 |-
-| Soils || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 12% || style='text-align:right;' | 89% || style='text-align:right;' | 55% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
+| [[Soil, Rubble, Hardcore|Soils]] || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 12% || style='text-align:right;' | 89% || style='text-align:right;' | 55% || style='text-align:right;' | 0%
 |-
 | Dredging Spoils || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 1% || style='text-align:right;' | 0% || style='text-align:right;' | 40%
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 == Split by Number of Permitted Facility ==
-[[DEFRA]] consolidate information from each of the four UK environment agencies authorized by an [[Environmental Permit]] or similar. The data with : in the table is not available, Energy Recovery has [[R1]] status, and excludes sites exempt from requiring an [[Environmental Permit]] and intermediate treatment (which includes most [[Anaerobic Digestion]]).
+[[DEFRA]] consolidate information from each of the four UK environment agencies authorized by an [[Environmental Permit]] or similar. The data with : in the table is not available, [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] has [[R1]] status, and excludes sites exempt from requiring an [[Environmental Permit]] and intermediate treatment (which includes most [[Anaerobic Digestion]]).
-[[File:Number and Capacity of Final Treatment, UK and England 2014-2016.png|frame|center|Number and Capacity of Permitted Final Treatment Facilities, UK and England, 2014-2016]]
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ style="caption-side:bottom;" | Number and Capacity of Permitted Final Treatment Facilities, UK and England, 2014-16
+|-
+! rowspan="2" | Facility Type !!rowspan="2" | Measure !! colspan="2" |UK !! colspan="2"|England
+|-
+! 2014 !! 2016 !! 2014 !! 2016
+|-
+| rowspan="2" | [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] || Number of Facilities || style="text-align:right;"|29|| style="text-align:right;"|37|| style="text-align:right;"|13|| style="text-align:right;"|23
+|-
+| Capacity (kt/yr) || style="text-align:right;"|4,862|| style="text-align:right;"|9,808|| style="text-align:right;"|2,803|| style="text-align:right;"|7,202
+|-
+| rowspan="2" | [[Incineration]] || Number of Facilities<ref>The page on [[R1]] gives a more up to date listing of those facilities which are now [[Energy Recovery]]</ref> || style="text-align:right;"|83|| style="text-align:right;"|78|| style="text-align:right;"|60|| style="text-align:right;"|57
+|-
+| Capacity (kt/yr) || style="text-align:right;"|9,859|| style="text-align:right;"|8,474|| style="text-align:right;"|9,040|| style="text-align:right;"|8,193
+|-
+| rowspan="2" | [[Recovery]] other than [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] (includes [[Backfilling]]) || Number of Facilities || style="text-align:right;"|2,660|| style="text-align:right;"|3,506|| style="text-align:right;"|1,669|| style="text-align:right;"|1,944
+|-
+| Capacity || style="text-align:right;"| : || style="text-align:right;"| : || style="text-align:right;"| : || style="text-align:right;"| :
+|-
+| rowspan="2" | Deposit onto/into Land ([[Landfill]]) || Number of Facilities (including closed facilities) || style="text-align:right;"|596|| style="text-align:right;"|604|| style="text-align:right;"|493|| style="text-align:right;"|510
+|-
+| Rest (remaining) Capacity (thousand m<sup>3</sup>) || style="text-align:right;"|592,637|| style="text-align:right;"|554,751|| style="text-align:right;"|484,370|| style="text-align:right;"|464,891
+|}
 == Links to other Pages ==
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 * [[Residual Waste EFW]]
 * [[Biomass Waste EFW]] (including [[Waste Wood EFW]], [[Sewage Sludge EFW]] and [[Agricultural Waste EFW]])
-* [[Anaerobic Digestion Sites]]
+* [[Anaerobic Digestion]] Sites
-* [[Material Recovery Facility Sites]] (handling [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]])
+* [[Material Recovery Facility]] Sites (handling [[Dry Mixed Recyclables]])
-* [[Mechanical Biological Treatment Sites]]
+* [[Mechanical Biological Treatment]] Sites
 == References ==