The annual rate of recycling of “waste from households” in England was 44.2 percent in 2013 remaining relatively stagnant on the previous year with just a slight increase from 44.1 percent in 2012, according to provisional figures released by Defra on the 7 August 2014.
The quarterly rate of recycling of waste from households reached 42.7 percent in October to December 2013, increasing from 41.5 percent in the same quarter in 2012. Figure also show that total waste from households dropped 1.8 percent to 21.6m tonnes in 2013, amounting to 403 kg per person. Local authority managed waste to landfill and incineration fell by 5.2 percent in 2013. The annual rate of waste from households recycling was at 44.2 percent increasing from 44.1 percent in the year to December 2013. It is up by 3.0 percentage points since the 2010 calendar year.
Household Recycling
Over 40 percent of recycling of waste from households was organic waste comprising of separately collected food waste and other organics such as garden waste. Separately collected food waste increased by 18.7 percent in 2013 while other organic waste (mainly garden waste) dropped by 6.0 percent. Dry recycling increased by 0.4 percent in 2013. The quarterly rate of recycling of waste from households reached 42.7 percent in October to December 2013, increasing from 41.5 percent in the same quarter in 2012. A total of 5.7 m tonnes of dry recycling came from households in the 12 months to December 2013.
Paper and card made up about 42 percent of dry recycling with glass contributing to a further 19 percent. Scrap metals, including waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), made up almost eight percent of dry recycling. Plastic recycling has gradually increased and was 11.9 percent higher than 2012, while recycling of paper and card has fallen by 4.2 per cent.
The annual rate of dry recycling of waste from households continues to increase gradually, rising from 29.9 percent in 2010 to 32.0 percent in 2013.
Waste Falling “Slowly”
Total waste from households is falling slowly, according to Defra, being 1.8 percent lower in 2013 at 21.6m tonnes, amounting to 403 kg per person.
The annual rate of disposal of waste from households to landfill and incineration was 45.5 percent in the year to December 2013, declining from 54.5 percent over the 2010 calendar year. Over the year to December 2013, 7.1m tonnes of waste from households went to landfill and 2.7m tonnes to incineration.
Local Authority Managed Waste
Local authority managed waste is a combination of waste from households and waste from streets, parks and grounds and some commercial and industrial waste. The local authority recycling rate was 42.3 percent in 2013, amounting to 10.6 million tonnes. Local authority managed waste to landfill and incineration fell by 5.2 percent in the 2013. Local authority managed waste disposed to landfill has fallen steadily since 2010 and was almost 30 per cent lower in 2013 than in 2010.Local authority managed waste going for incineration increased by 3.1 percent in 2013. It was 29 percent higher in 2013 than in 2010. Local authority managed waste recovered from landfill and incineration (excluding recycling and reuse) rose by 20 per cent in 2013. This includes changes in stocks and process loss.
The total amount of waste managed by local authorities fell by 1.3 percent to 25m tonnes in 2013, although there was a small rise in October to December 2013 when compared to October to December 2012.
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Source: CIWM
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