Municipal Waste Management Report, 2009-10

The release includes information about the amount of municipal waste collected from household and non-household sources and the levels of recycling in Wales. The information presented relates to 2009-10, together with figures for previous years.

The key points from the latest bulletin are:

• The percentage of municipal waste (excluding abandoned vehicles) reused, recycled or composted in Wales has been continually increasing since 2000-01. In 2009-10 this percentage increased to slightly above 40 per cent for the first time.
• The total amount of municipal waste (excluding abandoned vehicles) produced in Wales has continued to fall over the last 5 years, with less than 1.7 million tonnes produced in 2009-10.
• Whilst landfill is still the main form of management of municipal waste, the use of landfill sites has decreased, with less than 1 million tonnes sent to landfill in 2009-10.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5616
E-mail: stats.environment@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

November 2011 (provisional – to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)