Waste generation split in the United Kingdom 2018, by source

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Bruna Alves,
Oct 11, 2023
The largest source of waste generation in the United Kingdom is the construction, demolition and excavation (CD&E) segment, which accounted for 62 percent of total waste generation in the UK in 2018. This amounted to some 138 million metric tons of waste materials. Households accounted for 12 percent of total UK waste generation that year.

Distribution of waste generation in the United Kingdom 2018, by economic activity

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Release date

May 2022

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2018

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Based on total waste generation of 222.2 million metric tons

Supplementary notes

CD&E include excavation waste and dredging.
This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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