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The total waste arisings per year for the UK reported by DEFRA in July 2020 was for data reported for 2018 ^[1] and was 222.2 million tonnes, with 84% of that tonnage arising from England. This is an increase of 1.8% on the figures reported for 2016.

Headline Figures

The macro-level data reported in 2020 by DEFRA for tonnage arisings is summarised in the figure below, with a total of 222.2 million tonnes of waste arising in the UK (with England responsible for 84% of the total):

Figures from 2016 (the previous base year) and those reported earlier in 2020 reflected adjustments by DEFRA to report dry weights associated with tonnage arisings of Sludges. The summary text in the July 2020 DEFRA report stated:

around 80.4 million tonnes was mineral Waste and 58.5 million tonnes was soils in 2018 (primarily from construction), the two largest waste categories in the UK (63% of the total)
around 26.4 million tonnes was waste arisings from households in 2019 (22.1 million tonnes was from England equivalent to 83% of the total and virtually the unchanged between 2018 and 2019)
around 43.9 million tonnes was Commercial and Industrial Waste or C&I Waste in 2018 with unchanged estimates for England for 2019 (around 37.2 million tonnes or 85% was generated in England).

Key Destination Information

Recycling and Recovery : around 108.4 million tonnes (50.4%) was recycled or recovered in 2018 (55% of which was mineral wastes and 12% soils)
Energy Recovery : around 8.5 million tonnes (vs a capacity of 11.4 million tonnes) was used for energy recovery based on 2018 data (classified by DEFRA as those sites which have R1 status, those without are reported as Incineration)
Landfill : around 50.8 million tonnes (23.6%) of waste went to landfill in 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)

Performance against Key Targets

The UK recycling rate for waste from households was 46.2% in 2019 vs 45.0% in 2018^[2] against an EU target of 50% by 2020:

Country	2017	2018	2019
England	46.3%	44.7%	45.5%
Northern Ireland	46.3%	47.7%	50.6%
Scotland	43.5%	42.8%	44.9%
Wales	55.2%	54.1%	56.4%
UK Total	45.5%	45.0%	46.2%

The UK C&D recovery rate was 92.3% in 2018 (against an EU target of 70% by 2020) equivalent to recovering around around 62.6 million tonnes of the 67.8 million tonnes classified as non-hazardous C&D wastes
The UK BMW to Landfill has fallen from around 7.2 million tonnes in 2018 to 6.6 million tonnes in 2019
The UK packaging waste either recycled or recovered was provisionally reported at 67.2% in 2020, the same as 2019.

References

↑ UK Statistics on Waste July 2020 update
↑ with variations in England performance primarily linked to a variation in green waste with changes in plant growth in the year, Northern Ireland improvement due to the introduction of food waste collections, and Wales the improvement in reporting of wood waste destinations has led to a reduction in performance reported from 2018. Figures include the metal from IBA

[1] UK Statistics on Waste July 2020 update

[2] with variations in England performance primarily linked to a variation in green waste with changes in plant growth in the year, Northern Ireland improvement due to the introduction of food waste collections, and Wales the improvement in reporting of wood waste destinations has led to a reduction in performance reported from 2018. Figures include the metal from IBA

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	The total waste arisings per year for the UK reported by [[DEFRA]] in July 2020 was for data reported for 2018 <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste July 2020 update]</ref> and was '''222.2 million tonnes''', with 84% of that tonnage arising from England. This is an increase of 1.8% on the figures reported for 2016.		The total waste arisings per year for the UK reported by [[DEFRA]] in July 2020 was for data reported for 2018 <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste July 2020 update]</ref> and was '''222.2 million tonnes''', with 84% of that tonnage arising from England. This is an increase of 1.8% on the figures reported for 2016.