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[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]

[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]][[Category:Targets & Metrics]]

The total waste arisings per year for the UK reported by [[DEFRA]] in September 2024 was for core data reported for 2020 <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data/uk-statistics-on-waste UK Statistics on Waste September 2024 update]</ref> and was '''191.2 million tonnes''', with 85% of that tonnage arising from England. This is a decrease of 14% on the figures reported for 2018 (data for England is available for 2022 and this indicates an increase of tonnage from 2020 to 2022 of c.17%) .

== Headline Figures ==

The macro-level data reported in 2024 by [[DEFRA]] for tonnage arisings is summarised in the figure below (produced by [[Monksleigh]] from the raw [[DEFRA]] data), with a total of 191.2 million tonnes of waste arising in the UK (with England responsible for 85% of the total):

[[File:UK Macro Tonnage Graphic.png|1000px|center|UK Waste Tonnage Summary]]

The waste mix in 2020 is summarised in the extract from [[DEFRA]] below:

[[File:Waste Mix 2018.png|500px|center|Waste generation by material - UK 2020]]

== Key Destination Information ==

* [[Recycling]] and [[Recovery]] : around 97.3 million tonnes was recycled or recovered (52.3%) in 2020 of which around two thirds are mineral and soil wastes (down 10.3% on 2018)

* [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] : around 9.7 million tonnes was used for energy recovery based on 2020 data (classified by [[DEFRA]] as those sites which have [[R1]] status, those without are reported as [[Incineration]])

* [[Landfill]] : around 45 million tonnes (23.6%) of waste went to landfill in 2020 (down 11% on 2018)

* [[Waste Derived Fuel]] Export : not reported, but previously reported at around 3.2 million tonnes of [[RDF]] or [[SRF]] was sent outside of the UK for energy recovery (the majority to the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden) this tonnage has more than halved since 2018 (see [[Waste Derived Fuel]])

== Performance against Key Targets ==

* The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 44.6% in 2023 vs 44.1% in 2022 <ref>Figures include the metal from [[IBA]]</ref> against an historic EU target of 50% by 2020.

{| class="wikitable"

|-

! Country !! 2017 !! 2018 !!2019 !!2020 !!2021 !!2022 !!2023

|-

| England || 45.2% || 44.7% ||45.5%||44.0%||44.1%||43.4%||44.0%

|-

| Northern Ireland || 46.3%||47.7% ||50.6%||49.1%||48.4%||49.2%||50.2%

|-

| Scotland || 43.5%||42.8%||43.5%||41.0%||41.7%||42.0%||42.1%

|-

| Wales || 55.2%||54.1%||56.4%||56.5%||56.7%||56.9%||57.0%

|-

| UK Total || 45.5%||45.0%||46.0%||44.4%||44.6%||44.1%||44.6%

|}

* The UK C&D recovery rate was 92.6% in 2020 (against an historic EU target of 70% by 2020) equivalent to recovering around around 55 million tonnes of the 59.4 million tonnes classified as non-hazardous C&D wastes. The recovery rates for 2021 and 2022 were 93.6% and 94.3% respectively.

* The UK [[BMW]] to [[Landfill]] has fallen from around 6.3 million tonnes in 2022 to 5.3 million tonnes in 2023.

* The UK packaging waste either recycled or recovered was confirmed at 64.1% in 2024.

==References==

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-[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]]
+[[Category:Tonnage & Waste Types]][[Category:Targets & Metrics]]
+The total waste arisings per year for the UK reported by [[DEFRA]] in September 2024 was for core data reported for 2020 <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data/uk-statistics-on-waste UK Statistics on Waste September 2024 update]</ref> and was '''191.2 million tonnes''', with 85% of that tonnage arising from England. This is a decrease of 14% on the figures reported for 2018 (data for England is available for 2022 and this indicates an increase of tonnage from 2020 to 2022 of c.17%) .
+== Headline Figures ==
+The macro-level data reported in 2024 by [[DEFRA]] for tonnage arisings is summarised in the figure below (produced by [[Monksleigh]] from the raw [[DEFRA]] data), with a total of 191.2 million tonnes of waste arising in the UK (with England responsible for 85% of the total):
+[[File:UK Macro Tonnage Graphic.png|1000px|center|UK Waste Tonnage Summary]]
+The waste mix in 2020 is summarised in the extract from [[DEFRA]] below:
+[[File:Waste Mix 2018.png|500px|center|Waste generation by material - UK 2020]]
+== Key Destination Information ==
+* [[Recycling]] and [[Recovery]] : around 97.3 million tonnes was recycled or recovered (52.3%) in 2020 of which around two thirds are mineral and soil wastes (down 10.3% on 2018)
+* [[Energy Recovery Facility|Energy Recovery]] : around 9.7 million tonnes was used for energy recovery based on 2020 data (classified by [[DEFRA]] as those sites which have [[R1]] status, those without are reported as [[Incineration]])
+* [[Landfill]] : around 45 million tonnes (23.6%) of waste went to landfill in 2020 (down 11% on 2018)
+* [[Waste Derived Fuel]] Export : not reported, but previously reported at around 3.2 million tonnes of [[RDF]] or [[SRF]] was sent outside of the UK for energy recovery (the majority to the Netherlands, Germany and Sweden) this tonnage has more than halved since 2018 (see [[Waste Derived Fuel]])
+== Performance against Key Targets ==
+* The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 44.6% in 2023 vs 44.1% in 2022 <ref>Figures include the metal from [[IBA]]</ref> against an historic EU target of 50% by 2020.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Country !! 2017 !! 2018 !!2019 !!2020 !!2021 !!2022 !!2023
+|-
+| England || 45.2% || 44.7% ||45.5%||44.0%||44.1%||43.4%||44.0%
+|-
+| Northern Ireland || 46.3%||47.7% ||50.6%||49.1%||48.4%||49.2%||50.2%
+|-
+| Scotland || 43.5%||42.8%||43.5%||41.0%||41.7%||42.0%||42.1%
+|-
+| Wales || 55.2%||54.1%||56.4%||56.5%||56.7%||56.9%||57.0%
+|-
+| UK Total || 45.5%||45.0%||46.0%||44.4%||44.6%||44.1%||44.6%
+|}
+* The UK C&D recovery rate was 92.6% in 2020 (against an historic EU target of 70% by 2020) equivalent to recovering around around 55 million tonnes of the 59.4 million tonnes classified as non-hazardous C&D wastes. The recovery rates for 2021 and 2022 were 93.6% and 94.3% respectively.
+* The UK [[BMW]] to [[Landfill]] has fallen from around 6.3 million tonnes in 2022 to 5.3 million tonnes in 2023.
+* The UK packaging waste either recycled or recovered was confirmed at 64.1% in 2024.
+==References==
+<references />