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In 2018, the amount of residual waste that was sent to EfW processes in the UK increased by 5.6%, amounting to a total of 11.5 million tonnes being sent to 42 operational EfW facilities across the UK<ref name="foo2>Tolvik Consulting, 2019. [https://www.tolvik.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tolvik-EfW-Statistics-2018-Report_July-2019-final-amended-version.pdf UK Energy from Waste Statistics – 2018. Gloucestershire.][online] </ref>. This represents 41.8% of the total residual waste produced in the UK in 2018 (increasing from 39.5% in 2017)<ref name="foo2" />. The total power generated from EfW facilities in 2018 was 6,153 GWh, this supplied 1.9% of the total UK power generation, and gives a average of 536 kWh of power generated per tonne of residual waste treated at UK EfW facilities<ref name="foo2" />.
In 2018, the amount of residual waste that was sent to EfW processes in the UK increased by 5.6%, amounting to a total of 11.5 million tonnes being sent to 42 operational EfW facilities across the UK<ref name="foo2>Tolvik Consulting, 2019. [https://www.tolvik.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Tolvik-EfW-Statistics-2018-Report_July-2019-final-amended-version.pdf UK Energy from Waste Statistics – 2018. Gloucestershire.][online] </ref>. This represents 41.8% of the total residual waste produced in the UK in 2018 (increasing from 39.5% in 2017)<ref name="foo2" />. The total power generated from EfW facilities in 2018 was 6,153 GWh, this supplied 1.9% of the total UK power generation, and gives a average of 536 kWh of power generated per tonne of residual waste treated at UK EfW facilities<ref name="foo2" />.
The graph below displays how the tonnage of residual waste processes by UK EfW facilities has changed over recent years.
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The graph below displays how the tonnage of residual waste processes by UK EfW facilities has changed over recent years.


[[File:Residual waste EFW capacity changes.png|800px|frame|center|Changes in residual waste tonnage processed by EfWs, Graph derived from Tolvik, 2019<ref name="foo2" />]]
[[File:Residual waste EFW capacity changes.png|800px|frame|center|Changes in residual waste tonnage processed by EfWs, Graph derived from Tolvik, 2019<ref name="foo2" />]]
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[[File:Location of EfWs in UK.png|800px|frame|centre|Locations of residual waste EfWs in the UK, derived from Tolvik, 2019<ref name="foo2" />]]
[[File:Location of EfWs in UK.png|800px|frame|centre|Locations of residual waste EfWs in the UK, derived from Tolvik, 2019<ref name="foo2" />]]


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