Environmental News - Defra's 2006/7 survey of municipal waste published
The amount of household waste sent for recycling or composting has increased by 17 per cent, from 6.8 million tonnes in 2005/06 to 8.0 million tonnes in 2006/07.
These figures were contained in Defra's first set of estimates from the Department’s 2006/7 survey of municipal waste, published today. This is the third year that results are based on information supplied by local authorities in England to WasteDataFlow.
Other findings include
• The amount of waste collected from household sources increased by 1.6 per cent in 2006/7, from 25.5 million tonnes in 2005/06 to 25.9 million tonnes in 2006/07. The average annual change in total household waste over the last five years is 0.3 per cent.
• The tonnage of municipal waste disposed of in landfill has decreased again from 17.9 million tonnes in 2005/06 to 16.9 million tonnes in 2006/07. The proportion of municipal waste being disposed of in landfill has continued to decrease from 62 per cent in 2005/06 to 58 per cent in 2006/07.
• The total amount of collected municipal waste has increased to an estimated 29.1 million tonnes in England in 2006/07 compared to 28.7 million tonnes in 2005/06, an increase of 1.4 per cent.
• In total, 41.8 per cent (12.2 million tonnes) of municipal waste had some sort of value (recycling, composting, energy from waste and fuel manufacture) recovered from it in 2006/07, a rise from 37.2 per cent (10.7 million tonnes) in 2005/06.
• The proportion of municipal waste being recycled or composted increased from 27.1 per cent in 2005/06 to 30.7 per cent in 2006/07. The proportion of waste incinerated with energy recovery increased from 10 per cent in 2005/06 to 11 per cent in 2006/07.
• In 2006/07, household sources accounted for 89 per cent of municipal waste, 25.9 million tonnes, which equates to around 509 kg of household waste per person per annum.
• The tonnage of municipal waste disposed of in landfill has decreased again from 17.9 million tonnes in 2005/06 to 16.9 million tonnes in 2006/07. The proportion of municipal waste being disposed of in landfill has continued to decrease from 62 per cent in 2005/06 to 58 per cent in 2006/07.
• The total amount of collected municipal waste has increased to an estimated 29.1 million tonnes in England in 2006/07 compared to 28.7 million tonnes in 2005/06, an increase of 1.4 per cent.
• In total, 41.8 per cent (12.2 million tonnes) of municipal waste had some sort of value (recycling, composting, energy from waste and fuel manufacture) recovered from it in 2006/07, a rise from 37.2 per cent (10.7 million tonnes) in 2005/06.
• The proportion of municipal waste being recycled or composted increased from 27.1 per cent in 2005/06 to 30.7 per cent in 2006/07. The proportion of waste incinerated with energy recovery increased from 10 per cent in 2005/06 to 11 per cent in 2006/07.
• In 2006/07, household sources accounted for 89 per cent of municipal waste, 25.9 million tonnes, which equates to around 509 kg of household waste per person per annum.
• The proportion of household waste recycled (including composting) has continued to increase, rising from 26.7 per cent in 2005/06 to 30.9 per cent in 2006/07. This increase in the national recycling rate of 4.2 percentage points is the same as the growth rate achieved last year.
• The amount of household waste not re-used, recycled or composted was 17.9 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.2 per cent from 2005/6. This equates to 352kg per person of collected residual household waste.
• The amount of household waste not re-used, recycled or composted was 17.9 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.2 per cent from 2005/6. This equates to 352kg per person of collected residual household waste.
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