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Englands Recycling Rate Increases to 40.8 Percent, Defra Statistics Find

5 August 2011

The proportion of household waste sent for recycling, composting or reuse between January 2010 and December 2010 in England has increased to 40.8 percent, rising from 39.7 percent in the financial year April 2009 and March 2010

Defra this week released the provisional results that summarise waste collected and managed by local authorities in England in the 12 months from January 2010 to December 2010. They are based on quarterly data submitted by local authorities to WasteDataFlow.

The deta also show that the tonnage of local authority collected waste being sent to landfill by local authorities has decreased by 7.7 percent between the financial year 2009/10 and the year January 2010 to December 2010 to 11.5m tonnes.

This continues the decrease of tonnes sent to landfill since 2002/03.

Final estimates for 2010/11 will be published on 3rd November 2011.

Headline results

• Household recycling has increased The proportion of household waste sent for recycling, composting or reuse between January 2010 and December 2010 in England was 40.8 per cent, increasing from 39.7 percent in the financial year April 2009 and March 2010.

• Household waste production has decreased The generation of household waste continued to decrease between the 2009/10 financial year and the year January 2010 to December 2010, with a 2.1 percent reduction to 23.2m tonnes.

• Waste generation per person has decreased The weight of household waste generated in the year January 2010 to December 2010 in England, in kilograms per person, was 447 kg per person. Of this total, 182 kg was recycled, composted or reused whilst 265 kg was not.

• Local authority collected waste sent to landfill has declined The tonnage of local authority collected waste being sent to landfill by local authorities has decreased by 7.7 percent between the financial year 2009/10 and the year January 2010 to December 2010 to 11.5m tonnes. This continues the decrease of tonnes sent to landfill since 2002/03.

To see the full results CLICK HERE

Darrel Moore