Municipal waste management estimates
Municipal waste management estimates
- 2004
- DEFRA News Release (161/04) 29 April 2004 (4) .
DEFRA has released provisional estimates from its latest municipal waste management survey. The estimates are based on returns from local authorities in England for the financial year 2002/03. Total municipal waste is up 1.8% to 28.8m tonnes, of which 24.8% had value (recycling, composting energy from waste). Municipal waste disposed of in landfill has decreased to 22m tonnes. Household waste accounted for 88% of all municipal waste with 14.5% recycled. A summary is available at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/was tats/bulletin/index.htm. http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2004/040429a.htm
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
LANDFILL
HOUSEHOLD WASTE
RECYCLING
STATISTICS
DEFRA has released provisional estimates from its latest municipal waste management survey. The estimates are based on returns from local authorities in England for the financial year 2002/03. Total municipal waste is up 1.8% to 28.8m tonnes, of which 24.8% had value (recycling, composting energy from waste). Municipal waste disposed of in landfill has decreased to 22m tonnes. Household waste accounted for 88% of all municipal waste with 14.5% recycled. A summary is available at http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/was tats/bulletin/index.htm. http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/2004/040429a.htm
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
LANDFILL
HOUSEHOLD WASTE
RECYCLING
STATISTICS