Local authority municipal waste management, July to September 2012

This release covers provisional quarterly results from the Environment Agency’s WasteDataFlow system for July – September 2013 (Quarter 2, 2012-13).

The key points from the latest release are:

• the combined reuse/recycling/composting rate of local authority municipal waste increased to 51 per cent for the 12 months to the end of September 2012, based on provisional data, compared to 48 per cent for the 12 months to the end of September 2011
• the percentage of local authority municipal waste prepared for reuse, recycled or composted in Wales continued to increase for the July to September quarter, reaching a peak of 54 per cent in July to September 2012
• the total amount of local authority municipal waste generated in Wales has generally been decreasing, although in July to September 2012 the amount of waste generated was 1 per cent higher than for the same quarter in 2011
• the residual household waste produced per person in Wales also continued to decrease, falling to 55 kg/person in July to September 2012 from 59 kg/person in July to September 2011.

Contact

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

Next update

May 2013 (provisional – to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)