Waste data and information
These pages provide information on the types and quantities of waste, where it comes from and how it is managed. They are used by central and local government, organisations and industry, to help plan what policies, actions or facilities are needed.
Waste management
We produce annual summaries about the types of waste handled by the permitted waste management facilities we regulate across England and Wales, from data submitted to us by operators:
- Waste management 2011
- Waste management 2010
- Waste management 2009
- Waste management 2008
- Waste management 2007
- Waste management 2006
- Hazardous waste data update 2006
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Waste management 2005
Waste infrastructure
Information about the locations of permitted waste management facilities in England and activities they carry out:
Other waste data
Visit What's in your backyard? to find out any active or historic landfill sites in your area:
To make requests for specific waste data, please contact our National Requests team:
Government and other organisations also hold some waste data that is outside of our responsibility.
The Environment Agency is the environmental waste regulator for England and Wales only. Information for Scotland and Northern Ireland can be found at:
A free to use knowledge portal (Wastenet) for those either conducting research on or working in the field of waste management is available on the Defra website:
