Waste Facilities in UK: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 14:32, 9 March 2021

Overview

Each year DEFRA publish an annual Digest of Waste Statistics ^[1], ^[2] 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 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.

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
Metallic Waste	0%	0%	14%	0%	0%	0%
Glass Wastes	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%
Paper & Cardboard Waste	0%	0%	4%	0%	0%	0%
Plastic Waste	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%
Wood Waste	8%	13%	2%	1%	0%	0%
Vegetable Waste	0%	1%	4%	0%	0%	0%
Household & Similar Waste	76%	38%	1%	0%	11%	0%
Mineral Waste	0%	0%	55%	5%	6%	60%
Soils	0%	0%	12%	89%	55%	0%
Dredging Spoils	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	40%
Other Waste	16%	48%	6%	4%	27%	0%
All Wastes	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

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).

Number and Capacity of Permitted Final Treatment Facilities, UK and England, 2014-16
Facility Type	Measure	UK		England
Facility Type	Measure	2014	2016	2014	2016
Energy Recovery	Number of Facilities	29	37	13	23
Energy Recovery	Capacity (kt/yr)	4,862	9,808	2,803	7,202
Incineration	Number of Facilities^[3]	83	78	60	57
Incineration	Capacity (kt/yr)	9,859	8,474	9,040	8,193
Recovery other than Energy Recovery (includes Backfilling)	Number of Facilities	2,660	3,506	1,669	1,944
Recovery other than Energy Recovery (includes Backfilling)	Capacity	:	:	:	:
Deposit onto/into Land (Landfill)	Number of Facilities (including closed facilities)	596	604	493	510
Deposit onto/into Land (Landfill)	Rest (remaining) Capacity (thousand m³)	592,637	554,751	484,370	464,891

Links to other Pages

WikiWaste has a number of pages dedicated to summarizing specific Treatment and Disposal facilities, grouped broadly at present into:

Residual Waste EFW
Biomass Waste EFW (including Waste Wood EFW, Sewage Sludge EFW and Agricultural Waste EFW)
Anaerobic Digestion Sites
Material Recovery Facility Sites (handling Dry Mixed Recyclables)
Mechanical Biological Treatment Sites

References

↑ UK Statistics on Waste 2020
↑ Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics
↑ The page on R1 gives a more up to date listing of those facilities which are now Energy Recovery

[1] UK Statistics on Waste 2020

[2] Digest of Waste and Resource Statistics

[3] The page on R1 gives a more up to date listing of those facilities which are now Energy Recovery

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 == Overview ==
-[[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> and this page and the broader summary page on [[UK Waste Tonnage]] are published annually, although the raw data can be can be from earlier years. The headline tonnages for 2016 through [[Waste Facilities in UK|Waste Facilities in the UK]] (from a total of 221 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]].