Strategic waste management information 2002-3
Summary
These web pages give an overview of of information we have brought together on different types of waste and how they are managed. They cover an estimated 235 million tonnes of wastes from households, business, farming and construction. The pie chart shows the proportions of the different waste types.
The information on these pages provides consistent, comprehensive information on the amounts and types of wastes produced and the methods used to manage it in England, Wales and English regions. The information is for the financial year 2002-3 or calendar year 2003, the latest year for which all these data sets are available.
The information should help: local authorities and regional planning bodies to plan for waste; government in reviewing Waste Strategy 2000; the waste management industry in investments and should be of interest to the public.
We have included information on:
- Agricultural waste data 2003
- Construction, demolition and excavation waste 2003
- Commercial and industrial waste survey 2002/03
- Hazardous waste information - England and Wales 2003
- Municipal waste (MSW) in England 2002/03
- Waste inputs to licensed waste management facilities in 2002/03
- Regional waste update 2003
- Hazardous Waste 2003
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Hazardous Waste Datatables 2004 (MS Excel, 98KB, 45 seconds)
User restrictions
You are free to use any of this information in a publication or public presentation but if you do you should include an acknowledgement to the original data provider. We also reserves the right to contest any interpretation you place on these statistics if we believe the data is being quoted selectively or used in a misleading way.
