The recycling rate of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Wales stood at 65.7 percent in the year ended March 2023. This represented a slight increase in comparison to the previous year and the highest figure reported since the turn of the century. Welsh recycling rates have increased considerably over the past two decades, rising from just seven percent in financial year 2001. Wales has consistently had the highest recycling rate for household waste in the United Kingdom by far.
Recycling rate of municipal solid waste (MSW) collected by local authorities in Wales from financial year 2001 to 2023
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Welsh Government. (December 7, 2023). Recycling rate of municipal solid waste (MSW) collected by local authorities in Wales from financial year 2001 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/791387/recycling-rates-in-wales/
Welsh Government. "Recycling rate of municipal solid waste (MSW) collected by local authorities in Wales from financial year 2001 to 2023." Chart. December 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/791387/recycling-rates-in-wales/
Welsh Government. (2023). Recycling rate of municipal solid waste (MSW) collected by local authorities in Wales from financial year 2001 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/791387/recycling-rates-in-wales/
Welsh Government. "Recycling Rate of Municipal Solid Waste (Msw) Collected by Local Authorities in Wales from Financial Year 2001 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/791387/recycling-rates-in-wales/
Welsh Government, Recycling rate of municipal solid waste (MSW) collected by local authorities in Wales from financial year 2001 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/791387/recycling-rates-in-wales/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Recycling rate of municipal solid waste (MSW) collected by local authorities in Wales from financial year 2001 to 2023 [Graph], Welsh Government, December 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/791387/recycling-rates-in-wales/
