Recycling
Definition
Recycling is a subset of Recovery and means ‘any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes. It includes the reprocessing of organic material (e.g. Composting, Anaerobic Digestion etc.) but excludes the use as fuels and the use for Backfilling operations.’ [1].
Performance for Household Waste
The UK waste from households recycling rate (including IBA metal) was 45.7% in 2017, increasing from 45.2% in 2016. The UK target is for 50% by 2020.
References
- ↑ UK Statistics on Waste 2019 updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data