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A total for England cannot be obtained by summing data from all local authorities - data for Waste Collection Authorities must be excluded to avoid double counting. | A total for England cannot be obtained by summing data from all local authorities - data for Waste Collection Authorities must be excluded to avoid double counting. | ||
Totals in Table 1 are based on collected Local Authority collected waste. | |||
===Management of [[Local Authority Collected Waste]]=== | ===Management of [[Local Authority Collected Waste]]=== | ||
The numbers in this section are based on [[Local Authority Collected Waste]] that is [[Disposal|disposed]] or sent for [[Recycling]] or [[Composting]]. | |||
[[Landfill]] estimates include [[Recycling]], [[Composting]] or [[Reuse]] [[Rejects]]. | * [[Landfill]] estimates include [[Recycling]], [[Composting]] or [[Reuse]] [[Rejects]]. | ||
* [[Incineration]] with [[Energy from Waste]] also included are amounts [[Rejects|rejected]] for [[Recycling]], [[Composting]] or [[Reuse]] where [[Incineration]] with [[Energy from Waste]] is reported as the final destination of these [[Rejects|rejects]]. | |||
[[Incineration]] with [[Energy from Waste]] also included are amounts [[Rejects|rejected]] for [[Recycling]], [[Composting]] or [[Reuse]] where [[Incineration]] with [[Energy from Waste]] is reported as the final destination of these [[Rejects|rejects]]. | * RDF is refuse derived fuel. | ||
* Recycled-composted' includes household and non-household sources sent for recycling or for centralised composting; home composting estimates are not included in this total. It also includes small amounts of materials sent for reuse. Material which was collected for recycling but actually rejected at collection, by the MRF or at the gate of a recycling reprocessor is excluded. | |||
RDF is refuse derived fuel. | * Other' includes waste treated-disposed through other unspecified treatment processes as well as process and moisture loss. | ||
Recycled-composted' includes household and non-household sources sent for recycling or for centralised composting; home composting estimates are not included in this total. It also includes small amounts of materials sent for reuse. Material which was collected for recycling but actually rejected at collection, by the MRF or at the gate of a recycling reprocessor is excluded. | |||
Other' includes waste treated-disposed through other unspecified treatment processes as well as process and moisture loss | |||
===Selected Waste Indicators=== | ===Selected Waste Indicators=== | ||