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Local Authority Waste Sent To Landfill Down 3.4 Percent

3 February 2012

Provisional quarterly estimates for 2011/12 of local authority collected waste generation and management for England have been published

Local authority collected waste sent to landfill has decreased by 3.4 percent to 11m tonnes between the financial year 2010/11 and the rolling year July 2010 to June 2011.

Household recycling has increased the proportion of household waste sent for recycling, composting or reuse between July 2010 to June 2011 in England was 42 percent, increasing from 41.5 percent in the financial year April 2010 and March 2011.

Household waste production has decreased The generation of household waste continued to decrease between the financial year 2010/11 and the rolling year July 2010 to June 2011, with a 0.9 percent reduction to 23.2m tonnes. This continues the slowing in a reduction of household waste since 2007/08.

Waste generation per person has decreased The weight of household waste generated in the year July 2010 to June 2011 in England, in kilograms per person, was 445 kg per person. Of this total, 187 kg was recycled, composted or reused whilst 258 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 3.4 percent to 11m tonnes between the financial year 2010/11 and the rolling year July 2010 to June 2011.　 This continues the decrease of waste sent to landfill since 2002/03, however the decrease has been slowing since 2008/09.

The findings are based on data submitted by all local authorities in England to WasteDataFlow on the waste they collect and manage.　Final estimates for 2011/12 will be published in November 2012.

The statistics in full can be found HERE

Darrel Moore