Local Authority Waste Management Statistics for England – Final Annual Results 2011/12
Final estimates of local authority collected waste generation and management for England and the regions, including a new experimental analysis of greenhouse gases and Local Authority collected waste.
2011/12 National Statistics Release
Headline results
- In 2011/12, 43 per cent of household waste was recycled. Although this is the highest recycling rate recorded for England, the rate of increase has been levelling off, with 2011/12 being the lowest year on year increase for ten years.
- Household waste generation was 22.9 million tonnes, continuing the year on year fall seen since 2007/8. This amounts to 431kg of waste per person.
- Local Authorities recycled, composted or reused 10.7 million tonnes of the waste they collected. This amounted to more than was landfilled for the first time since records began, although an increase in incineration may have partly accounted for the change in landfill.
These statistics are based on data submitted by all local authorities in England to WasteDataFlow on the waste they collect and manage, and replace the provisional estimates published for the first three quarters of 2011-12.
See the National Statistics Release for more detailed information.
Statistical release for 2011-12
Data quality assurance process: Statistical summary for 2011-12
Greenhouse gas analysis (Carbon metric)
Quarterly datasets for national and regional data, as well as data at Local Authority level
England and the regions data downloads - 2000-01 to 2010-12
Local authority data downloads – 2011-12, 2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-09, 2007-08, 2006-07, 2005-06
Household recycling by material type 1996-7 to 2009-10
Downloads
8 November 2012
- 2011-12 ANNUAL publication_WITHOUTLINKS_v0.2 (xls, 566 KB)
- mwb201112_statsrelease (pdf, 388 KB)
- mwb201112_stats_summary (pdf, 128 KB)
- Carbon Metric – final published (xls, 95 KB)
- 2011-12 ANNUAL publication LA level_WITHOUTLINKS (xls, 329 KB)
- 2010-11 ANNUAL publication LA level_WITHOUTLINKS (xls, 1326 KB)
3 May 2012
- 2010-11 ANNUAL publication_WITHOUTLINKS_v0.2 (xls, 591 KB)
- mwb201011_statsrelease_v2 (pdf, 100 KB)
1 December 2011
- mwb201011_statsrelease (pdf, 268 KB)
4 November 2011
- LA-201011-v2 (xls, 94 KB)
3 November 2011
- 2010-11 ANNUAL publication_WITHOUTLINKS (xls, 574 KB)
- mwb201011_stats_summary (pdf, 45 KB)
30 March 2011
- Household recycling by type 96-97 to 09-10 (xls, 354 KB)
28 March 2011
- local authority data 08-09 (xls, 323 KB)
- local authority data 06-07 (xls, 248 KB)
- local authority data 09-10 (xls, 365 KB)
- local authority data 07-08 (xls, 249 KB)
- local authority data 05-06 (xls, 185 KB)
