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Amounts of different materials recycled from households: 1997/98-2007/08
Waste and Recycling
Environment, Waste management, Recycling (waste)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
England
1997-2007
e-Digest of Environmental Statistics
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/waste/index.htm
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25.3 million tonnes of household waste was collected in England in 2007/08; 34.5% of this waste
was collected for recycling or composting. The amount of household waste not re-used,
recycled or composted was 16.6 million tonnes, a decrease of 7.0 per cent from 2006/07. This
equates to 324kg per person of residual household waste and shows progress towards the 2010
target, in the Waste Strategy 2007, of reducing this amount to 15.8 million tonnes.
There has been a change in the composition of recycled waste over time. In 1997/8 paper and
card was the largest component, making up 37% of the total, followed by compost (20 per cent)
and glass (18 per cent). In 2007/08 compost was the largest component (36.1 per cent of the
total) with the next largest being paper and card (18.1 per cent) followed by co-mingled (17.7 per
cent).
Co-mingled collections - the collection of a number of recyclable materials in the same box or
bin, for example paper, cans, plastics - have become more widespread in recent years.
f this waste
ds the 2010
d (17.7 per
Indicator:
Topic: Waste and Recycling
Title: Amounts of different materials recycled from households: 1997/98-2007/08
Format: Stacked bar chart
y-axis: Thousand tonnes
x-axis:
Legend:
England
Geographic Scope:
Source: Defra
Special instructions:
Co-mingled Other materials Scrap metal/white goods Compost Glass Paper and card
1997/98 0 230 231 383 335 690
1998/99 0 257 253 454 347 783
1999/00 0 355 265 668 383 842
2000/01 206 167 310 798 397 934
2001/02 221 235 369 954 426 981
2002/03 268 269 419 1189 470 1126
2003/04 469 385 465 1362 568 1272
2004/05 656 516 577 1960 670 1406
2005/06 860 730 532 2439 760 1475
2006/07 1241 951 601 2895 840 1535
2007/08 1563 989 598 3189 902 1599
Source publication - 2007/08 municipal waste management statistics.
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/wastats/index.htm
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EIYP2005 - Page 46 - Waste 4
Household waste and recycling by material (1997/98 to 2007/08)
10,000
Thousand tonnes England
9,000
8,000
7,000 Paper and card
Glass
Compost
6,000 Scrap metal/white goods
Other materials
Co-mingled
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0
1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08
Recycling of Household Waste, UK
3200
Year 1998/99
2800
x1000 tonnes
2400
Co-mingled 0
Other 257 2000
Scrap metal 253 1600
Compost 454 1200
Glass 347
800
Paper and card 783
400
1
0
Co- Other Scrap Compost Glass
mingled metal
Glass Paper and
card