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[[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 ~~indciates~~ an increase of tonnage from 2020 to 2022 of c.17%) .

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 ==

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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|~~centre~~|UK Waste Tonnage Summary]]

[[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|~~700px~~|center|Waste generation by material - UK ~~2018~~]]

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

== Key Destination Information ==

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== Performance against Key Targets ==

* The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 44.1% in ~~2022~~ vs 44.6% in ~~2021~~<ref>Figures include the metal from [[IBA]]</ref> against an historic EU target of 50% by 2020. Data for 2023 is included in the table below for England and Scotland, but excluded for Wales and Northern Ireland as they have reported [[Municpal Waste]] recycling rates and not [[Waste from Households]].

* 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"

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

|-

| England || 45.2% || 44.7% ||45.5%||44.0%||44.1%||43.4%||44.0%<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results/local-authority-collected-waste-management-provisional-annual-results-202324 Provisionl LACW Results for England 2023/24]</ref>

| 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%

| 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%||42.1%||43.5%~~<ref>[https://data.gov.scot/sepa/waste/household.html#summary-table Household Waste Recycling, Calendar Year 2023]</ref>~~

| 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%

| 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%

| 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 ~~2018~~ and ~~2019~~ were 93.1% and 93.3% respectively.

* 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 6.6 million tonnes in ~~2019~~ to 6.3 million tonnes in ~~2022~~.

* 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 62.4% in ~~2022, marginally lower than 2021~~.

* 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: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 indciates an increase of tonnage from 2020 to 2022 of c.17%) .
+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 ==
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 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|centre|UK Waste Tonnage Summary]]
+[[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|700px|center|Waste generation by material - UK 2018]]
+[[File:Waste Mix 2018.png|500px|center|Waste generation by material - UK 2020]]
 == Key Destination Information ==
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 == Performance against Key Targets ==
-* The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 44.1% in 2022 vs 44.6% in 2021<ref>Figures include the metal from [[IBA]]</ref> against an historic EU target of 50% by 2020. Data for 2023 is included in the table below for England and Scotland, but excluded for Wales and Northern Ireland as they have reported [[Municpal Waste]] recycling rates and not [[Waste from Households]].
+* 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"
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 ! Country !! 2017 !! 2018 !!2019 !!2020 !!2021 !!2022 !!2023
 |-
-| England || 45.2% || 44.7% ||45.5%||44.0%||44.1%||43.4%||44.0%<ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results/local-authority-collected-waste-management-provisional-annual-results-202324 Provisionl LACW Results for England 2023/24]</ref>
+| 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%
+| 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%||42.1%||43.5%<ref>[https://data.gov.scot/sepa/waste/household.html#summary-table Household Waste Recycling, Calendar Year 2023]</ref>
+| 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%
+| 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%
+| 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 2018 and 2019 were 93.1% and 93.3% respectively.
+* 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 6.6 million tonnes in 2019 to 6.3 million tonnes in 2022.
+* 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 62.4% in 2022, marginally lower than 2021.
+* The UK packaging waste either recycled or recovered was confirmed at 64.1% in 2024.
 ==References==
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