Commercial and Industrial Waste

Context

The UK and England estimates for C&I sectors have been calculated as part of the Waste Statistics Regulation returns for 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016. It includes manufacturing and industrial processes and services based enterprises, but excludes sewage sludge . Whilst DEFRA have worked to improve the methodology, the data is subject to uncertainty due to data gaps and data limitations and is far less certain that Household Waste and Local Authority Collected Waste.

'As Received' Tonnage

Adjustments in the table below do not include adjustments from wet weight to dry weight for sludges (which are submitted to Eurostat) and makes no attempt to estimate waste processed at sites exempt from Environmental Permitting and does not overlap with Recycling data:

C&I Waste Generated in millions of tonnes, UK and England 2010-17

	UK			England
	Commercial	Industrial	Total C&I	Commercial	Industrial	Total C&I
2010	28.7	15.0	43.7	21.6	10.4	32.0
2011	UK 2011 Estimates not available			21.4	12.0	33.4
2012	25.0	17.6	42.6	21.0	12.9	33.9
2013	UK 2011 Estimates not available			20.8	12.0	32.8
2014	25.4	14.6	40.0	21.3	10.4	31.7
2015	UK 2011 Estimates not available			22.5	9.4	31.9
2016	27.5	13.6	41.1	23.6	9.5	33.1
2017	UK 2011 Estimates not available			27.1	10.8	37.9

DEFRA state that year on year data is not comparable, but the variances are considerable, and the level of Recycling of this waste is also not entirely known, with estimates varying between 30% and 50% of that arising. These uncertainties make the planning and development of Treatment and Disposal infrastructure in the UK for this waste extremely difficult to estimate with confidence.