Local Authority Municipal Waste Management, April-June 2012

This release covers provisional quarterly results from the Environment Agency’s WasteDataFlow system for April – June 2012 (Quarter 1, 2012-13).

The key points from the latest release are:

• The combined reuse/recycling/composting rate of local authority municipal waste remained at 50 per cent for the 12 months to the end of June 2012, based on provisional data, compared to 46 per cent for the 12 months to the end of June 2011.
• The percentage of local authority municipal waste prepared for reuse, recycled or composted in Wales continued to increase for the April to June quarter, reaching a peak of 53 per cent in April to June 2012.
• The total amount of local authority municipal waste generated in Wales has generally decreased, with the tonnage 3 per cent lower than for the same quarter in 2011.
• The residual household waste produced per person in Wales also continued to decrease, falling to 63 kilograms per person in April to June 2012, from 69 kilograms per person in April to June 2011.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

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

Next update

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