UK Statistics on Waste

2021, DEFRA

The purpose of this release is to announce UK waste estimates that are produced in relation to official reporting requirements. It includes data on:

1. Recycling rate from Waste from Households – new 2019 data
2. Biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill – new 2019 data
3. Packaging waste – new 2018, 2019 (provisional) and 2020 (provisional) data
4. Recovery rate from construction and demolition – new 2017 and 2018 data
5. Commercial and industrial (C&I) waste –new 2018 UK figures and new 2019 England
data
6. Total waste generation and final treatment of all waste – new data for 2018
7. Waste infrastructure – new data for 2018

There is a detailed separate dataset available for all sections