Statistics

In most technical disciplines the availability of reliable, comprehensive and quality statistics is vital to good management. It is recognised in the waste industry that available statistical data on waste quantities and types has been poor in the past perhaps with the exception of household and municipal wastes where statutory recycling / composting requirements have ensured the maintenance of reasonable statistical systems. Shortcomings have been recognised, and Government together with the waste industry is making progress in improving the situation.

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Recycling rates rocket at Cotswold (01/07/2008)
Cotswold District Council announced yesterday that its recycling rate soared by 30% in the first week of the Council’s new waste collection service. More...English Quarter 2 municipal waste statistics show 33.2% annual recycling (12/05/2008)
Total municipal waste has arising marginally decreased from 29.1 million tonnes to 29.0 million tonnes, or around 0.3%. More...UK homes lose £10 billion by wasting food! (09/05/2008)
New research is probably the most comprehensive study of its kind ever carried out and reveals that the average household throws out £420 of good food a year More...Record recycling in Wiltshire dashed by Government decision (23/04/2008)
A change in government rules has stopped the county from breaking the 40% barrier for the percentage of household waste recycled. More...Defra unveils latest litter survey (04/03/2008)
Environment Minister Jonathan Shaw today urged the public and local authorities to continue the fight for cleaner streets as he published a new environmental survey. More...UK Government reveals 2008 packaging waste recycling targets (12/02/2008)
The UK Government intends to increase its targets for packaging waste recovery and recycling in Great Britain from 2008 onwards. More...HP’s 2007 recycling increase over twice weight of Titanic (06/02/2008)
HP recently announced it recycled nearly 250 million pounds (113,400 tonnes) of hardware and print cartridges globally 2007. More...WRAP - Use of Quality Compost Within Landscape and Regeneration (30/11/2007)
Closing date: 21/12/2007 More...Santa to generate 0.75 million tonnes of extra waste (26/11/2007)
English households are expected to produce nearly three quarters of a million tonnes (736,574) of extra waste this Christmas according to new research. More...Waste statistics disguise London’s incineration problem (23/11/2007)
The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has today repeated his concerns over London’s poor municipal waste management performance, following the release of England’s municipal waste statistics yesterday. More...English waste statistics confirm North Kesteven is tops! (22/11/2007)
Defra released today, its revised estimates from the 2006/7 survey of municipal waste showing that English local authorities have achieved a respectable 31% for recycling and composting of municipal and household wastes. More...Scotland set to shatter 2008 recycling target (13/11/2007)
Scotland has almost reached its 2008 recycling a year in advance, according to figures published yesterday by SEPA. More...Council leaders give support to “Pay as You Throw” as Britain tops landfill league (12/11/2007)
Statistics released today shows that Britain is officially the 'dustbin of Europe' according to the Local Government Association. More...Municipal recycling smashes the 30% barrier (07/11/2007)
Defra released yesterday, its first set of estimates from the 2006/7 survey of municipal waste showing that English local authorities have broken the 30% barrier for recycling of municipal and household wastes. More...Urgent supermarket action needed on packaging, says LGA report (23/10/2007)
London, UK: Supermarkets must take urgent action to reduce excessive packaging or Britain will fail to meet its recycling targets, according to a warning today from the Local Government Association. More...Step change in Greater Manchester recycling performance (22/10/2007)
‘Well done Greater Manchester’ says a report to the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) which was considered last Friday. More...Wales heads for 40% recycling by 2010 (15/10/2007)
Welsh Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Jane Davidson welcomed figures for 2006-07 released last week. More...Waste crime doesn’t pay shows new report from the Environment Agency (07/09/2007)
"Waste cheats for example make money from their crimes, pollute our environment and damage the legitimate, law-abiding businesses....." More...Textile waste at 2 million tonnes needs more sustainable approach (06/09/2007)
Representatives from the fashion, clothing, and textile industry as well as environmental and ethical groups met yesterday (5 August) to see how they can work with government to improve the sustainability of clothing. More...Merseyside drives up recycling rates (17/08/2007)
Merseyside Authorities are showing marked improvements in their rates of recycling and are now approaching the recycling of a quarter of their household wastes. More...Domestic waste export stats revealed in Commons (16/07/2007)
In answer to a written question on estimates of the amount of domestic wastes exported and on likely future changes in this amount, Joan Ruddock, Minister for waste and recycling gave her answer based on HM Revenue and Customs statistics. More...York breaks 40% recycling barrier thanks to residents (13/07/2007)
The City of York’s rate of recycling and composting has reached 43%, well exceeding the statutory target for the City of 20% this year. More...Smallest Scottish County excels in recycling (06/07/2007)
Scotland's smallest local authority is seen to be leading the way in the recycling field, according to data released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. More...Diminishing municipal waste? (13/06/2007)
Private waste collectors are now gearing up to directly target household wastes. More...Plastic bottle recycling experiences continued growth (08/06/2007)
Plastic bottle recycling continues to go from strength to strength with 92% of UK local authorities now offering recycling collection facilities for plastic bottles, according to new research. More...Trade waste distortions in municipal statistics? (31/05/2007)
Mayor takes concerns about London’s waste to European Commission More...Gardeners urged to tackle climate change (09/05/2007)
A new survey has been carried out by WRAP’s Know Your Compost Campaign which shows gardeners believe they are seeing climate change. More...Scottish Household Survey (2006 - Quarter 3) (12/03/2007)
The Scottish Executive has published its Household survey, which includes responses to questions on recycling. More...CD&E wastes - Survey indicates 88.6m tonnes of English CD & E waste arose in 2005 (27/02/2007)
The objective of the survey was to establish estimates for the arisings and use as aggregate of construction and demolition and excavation waste in England in 2005. More...Business waste data shows 9m tonnes annually in Scotland (24/01/2007)
Scottish businesses produce around 9m tonnes of waste annually, according to a national survey commissioned by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). More...Reprise of landfill allowances (17/01/2007)
The UK needs to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfill, to tackle climate change and to meet challenging EU targets set by the Landfill Directive, which fall in 2010,2013 and 2020. More...Capacity of waste management facilities at March 2005 in England and Wales (12/01/2007)
Data summarising capacity of waste management facilities in England and Wales. More...Capacity of waste management facilities at March 2005 in England and Wales (12/01/2007)
According to Environment Agency statistics released yesterday, 686 million cubic metres of landfill voidspace remained on permitted sites in England and Wales at 31/3/2005. More...Only 3 to 4 years landfill capacity for London and the East (12/01/2007)
Landfilling of waste materials is falling but newly available landfill capacity is not keeping pace with waste deposits according to the Environment Agency. More...SEPA publishes 2004 waste data (08/01/2007)
SEPA has published its sixth annual Waste Data Digest for the 2004. Though this information is historic, SEPA makes a well presented report on overall waste management in Scotland for 2004 and is to be commended on the comprehensive nature of the report. More...SEPA sixth annual Waste Data Digest for 2004 (08/01/2007)
SEPA has published its sixth annual Waste Data Digest for the 2004. Though this information is historic, SEPA makes a well presented report on overall waste management in Scotland for 2004 and is to be commended on the comprehensive nature of the report. More...England easily achieves 2005/06 LATS allowance (20/11/2006)
England has made a good start towards meeting its first tough EU targets of sending less biodegradable waste (cardboard, garden and food waste) to landfill. More...Municipal waste management statistics 2005/06 (17/11/2006)
DEFRA has issued the first set of estimates for the 2005-06 survey of municipal wastes. More...Battery recycling scheme expanded by WRAP (01/11/2006)
Research undertaken by WRAP shows that the average household uses 21 batteries per year and that around 600m UK batteries are sent to landfill every year. More...WRAP case study site, Battersea Reach, nominated for national award (27/10/2006)
Battersea Reach was nominated for best sustainability innovation for waste recycling and tidal planting, at the annual awards organised by LABC - the national organisation for building control services. More...State of Composting Report issued for 2004-05 (24/10/2006)
Composting is playing a key and improving role in increasing the amount of waste recovered, according to the a report issued by the Composting Association. More...Scotland set to exceed 25% recycling and composting rate this year. (06/10/2006)
Significant progress is being made towards the Scottish Minister’s targets of 25% recycling and composting rates by the end of this year, according to the latest waste figures released on 3 October by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). More...Ireland tops the municipal waste league (02/10/2006)
A report by the IPPR finds that Ireland was the heaviest producer of municipal waste per capita in 2004. More...Somerset CC breaks the 70% barrier for composting and recycling at its CA sites (26/09/2006)
Somerset County Council Household Waste Sites have broken the 70% barrier with an average recycling and composting rate of 72%. The sites are run by Viridor Waste Management following that company's aquisition of Wyvern earlier in the year. Individual site percentages have been as high as 82%. More...Peterborough achieve a 45 % recycling and composting rate in first 3 months. (07/09/2006)
Residents in Peterborough have been praised by Council officials for recycling 45 per cent of their household waste making them one of the best recycling Authorities in the UK. But there is some discontent over weekly collections of residuals. More...Barnet praised by fly-tip project (21/08/2006)
Barnet Council has been cited as a beacon of good practice by a Government-sponsored project investigating the causes, incentives and solutions for fly-tipping. Fly tipping has been identified previously as a high cost item to local authorities and an anti-social activity. More...