Municipal Waste Management, January-March 2010

This release covers provisional quarterly results from the WasteDataFlow system for January-March 2010 (Quarter 4, 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 29 per cent in January to March 2007 to 37 per cent in January to March 2010.
• The total amount of municipal waste produced in Wales has decreased overall, falling from 429 thousand tonnes in January to March 2007 to 374 thousand tonnes in January to March 2010.
• The residual household waste produced per person in Wales has continued to decrease, falling from 95 kilograms per person in January to March 2007 to 73 kilograms per person in January to March 2010.

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

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

Next update

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