England: waste disposal methods 2023

Local authorities in England collected 24.5 million metric tons of waste in the year ended March 2023. Of this amount, some 7.2 percent was disposed of via landfills. Meanwhile, almost half of the collected waste in the 2023 financial year was sent for incineration with EfW.

Distribution of local authority collected waste disposal in England in financial year 2023, by method

Characteristic	Share of waste disposal methods
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Release date

January 2024

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

FY 2023

Special properties

For the year ended March 2023; based on 24.5 million metric tons managed

Supplementary notes

* EfW refers to energy from waste.
Local authority collected waste. This is all waste within the remit of local authorities. It includes household waste plus other non-household waste collected by local authorities.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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