Waste from households content breakdown in England 2010-2022

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Bruna Alves,
Mar 14, 2024
A total of 21.4 million metric tons of waste were collected from households across England in 2022. Of this figure, 12.1 million tons were residual waste, while approximately 5.5 million metric tons were collected to be sent for dry recycling.

Composition of waste from households in England from 2010 to 2022 (in million metric tons)

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January 2024

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United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Residual waste includes waste from households regular collections and rejects from recycling.
Dry recycling includes paper and card, glass, plastic, waste electrical and electronic equipment, scrap metals as well as other materials.
Organics includes green garden waste, mixed garden and food waste, wood for composting and other compostable waste.

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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