Municipal Waste Management, January-March 2011

This release covers provisional quarterly results from the WasteDataFlow system for January-March 2011 (Quarter 4, 2010-11).

The key points from the latest release are:

• There has been an increase in the percentage of municipal waste recycled, reused and composted in Wales, from 37 per cent in January to March 2010 to 43 per cent in January to March 2011. The provisional overall reuse/recycling/composting rate for 2010-11 was 44 per cent.
• The total amount of municipal waste produced in Wales overall increased, from 367 thousand tonnes in January to March 2010 to 378 thousand tonnes in January to March 2011.  This may be due in part to the adverse weather conditions experienced in Wales in December 2010 which had a knock-on impact on waste amounts collected in January 2011.
• The residual household waste produced per person in Wales has continued to decrease, falling from 71 kilograms per person in January to March 2010 to 65 kilograms per person in January to March 2011.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

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

Next update

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