Key Facts about: Waste and Recycling
Household waste and recycling: 1983/4-2005/6
United Kingdom
kilograms per person per year |
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1983/4 |
1991/2 |
1995/6 |
2000/1 |
2001/2 |
2002/3 |
2003/4 |
2004/5 |
2005/6 |
|
Waste not recycled |
394 |
417 |
423 |
455 |
456 |
449 |
425 |
404 |
376 |
Waste recycled/ composted |
3 |
11 |
27 |
52 |
60 |
71 |
87 |
113 |
135 |
Total waste |
397 |
428 |
450 |
507 |
516 |
521 |
512 |
517 |
511 |
This is a UK Government sustainable development strategy indicator
Household waste includes household bin waste and also waste from civic amenity sites, other household collections and recycling sites. Between 1995/96 and 2005/06 household waste per person increased by 14 per cent, with each person generating just over half a tonne on average per year.
The amount of household waste recycled or composted in the UK has continually increased from 6 per cent in 1995/96 to 26 per cent in 2005/06. The amount of non-recycled waste per person has decreased in the last three years and is now at the lowest level since estimates were first made in 1983/84 - most of this goes to landfill.
In Detail:
Further Information:
- Source:
- Defra
- Sustainable Development Indicators:
- Sustainable consumption and production: Waste
- Sustainable consumption and production: Household waste and recycling
Data Tables:
Download Chart Data: Microsoft Excel
- Internet Links:
- Welsh Administration Government
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Environmental Heath Services, Northern Ireland
- Open University: Household waste study
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Page last modified: 28 May 2007
Page published: 28 May 2007