Municipal Waste Management, October-December 2009

This release covers provisional quarterly results from the WasteDataFlow system for October-December 2009 (Quarter 3, 2009-10).

The key points from the latest release are:

• There has been an upward trend in the percentage of municipal waste recycled, reused and composted in Wales, rising from 27 per cent in October to December 2006 to 37 per cent in October to December 2009.
• The total amount of municipal waste produced in Wales has decreased overall, falling from 418 thousand tonnes in October to December 2006 to 373 thousand tonnes in October to December 2009.
• The residual household waste produced per person in Wales has continued to decrease, falling from 94 kilograms per person in October to December 2006 to 71 kilograms per person in October to December 2009.

Additional quarterly data is available on StatsWales.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 6399
E-mail: stats.environment@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

June 2010 (provisional – to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)