Municipal Waste Management, October-December 2010

This release covers provisional quarterly results from the WasteDataFlow system for October-December 2010 (Quarter 3, 2010-11).

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 37 per cent in October to December 2009 to 42 per cent in October to December 2010.
• The total amount of municipal waste produced in Wales overall has decreased, falling from 373 thousand tonnes in October to December 2009 to 340 thousand tonnes in October to December 2010. This though may be due in part to the adverse weather conditions experienced in Wales in December 2010.
• The residual household waste produced per person in Wales has continued to decrease, falling from 71 kilograms per person in October to December 2009 to 60 kilograms per person in October to December 2010.

Additional quarterly data is available on StatsWales.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

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

Next update

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