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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
[[DEFRA]] publish an annual | 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%) | * [[Recycling]] and [[Recovery]] 104 million tonnes (48.5%) | ||
* [[Landfill]] 52.3 million tonnes (24.4%) | * [[Landfill]] 52.3 million tonnes (24.4%) | ||
* [[Energy Recovery Facility]] 7.3 million tonnes (3.4% but the fastest growing) | * [[Energy Recovery Facility]] 7.3 million tonnes (3.4% but the fastest growing) | ||
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== Split by Type of Treatment Method == | == 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]]. | ||
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| 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 | | 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 | ||
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| rowspan="2" | [[Incineration]] || Number of Facilities || style="text-align:right;"|83|| style="text-align:right;"|78|| style="text-align:right;"|60|| style="text-align:right;"|57 | | 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 | ||
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| 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 | | 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 | ||