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== Macro Tonnage ==
== Macro Tonnage ==
The most recent information published by DEFRA <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</ref>is summarized in the pie chart below, with 175,526 tonnes of textiles generated in the UK in 2016 and is part of the broader tonnage summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:
The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</ref>is summarized in the pie chart below, with 175,526 tonnes of textiles generated in the UK in 2016 and is part of the broader tonnage summarized in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:
[[File:Textiles Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Textile Wastes - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]]
[[File:Textiles Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Textile Wastes - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA in 2016]]
The macro numbers above do not breakdown the component elements of textiles, but the following textiles headers in the page are as handled by local authorities and as reported through [[WasteDataFlow]] (and included in this data are tonnages of carpets handled by local authorities).
== Carpets ==
== Carpets ==
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.
Below is a list of local authorities that sends more than 2000 tonnes of this material to a single waste operator.