Data on the reuse, recycling and composting of municipal waste for April to June 2020.
This is not the latest release in the series: Local authority municipal waste management
These figures are based on provisional data which is published quarterly, with final data for the financial year published annually.
The period April to June 2020 was during the early part of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Main points
July 2019 to June 2020
- 64% of waste was reused/recycled/composted, a slight increase from the year ending June 2019.
April to June 2020
- 64% of municipal waste was reused/recycled/composted, a 3 percentage point decrease on the same quarter of 2019.
- 340,000 tonnes of municipal waste were generated, a 15% decrease on the same quarter of 2019.
Note
Lockdown restrictions meant that the way in which local authorities could collect, manage and process municipal waste and the way in which people and businesses disposed of waste was different to earlier periods. For example, most local authority civic amenities sites were closed for at least part of this period, businesses were closed and more people were spending longer periods of time at their homes than previously. These changes would have impacted on quantities and types of waste collected, though the overall impact of the restrictions on annual statistics is currently difficult to assess in just one quarter. Changes in COVID-19 restrictions are likely to continue to impact on local authority municipal waste data for more recent quarters, and these will be considered in future releases.
Contact
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