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Waste arisings by sector, 2004-5

Source: Defra, EA, DCLG

Waste arisings by disposal, 2004-5

Source: Defra, EA, DCLG

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Waste generation

In 2004/05 around 187 million tonnes of waste were produced by construction and demolition, industry and commerce and the municipal sector (which includes household waste).
48 per cent was construction and demolition waste, 36 per cent industrial and commercial waste, and 16 per cent was municipal waste.
Regionally the proportion of total waste that was from construction and demolition waste ranged from 40 per cent of total waste in London to 54 per cent in the East of England.
Waste from industry and commerce varied between 31 per cent of waste in the South West to 45 per cent of waste in Yorkshire and the Humber.
Municipal waste ranged from 12 per cent in Yorkshire and the Humber and the East Midlands to 22 per cent in London.
The highest proportion of the England's total waste (15 per cent) was from the South East, whilst the North East produced the least (just 6 per cent of the national total).

Method of disposal

Nationally 42 per cent of construction and demolition, industrial and commercial and municipal waste went to landfill; a further 53 per cent was recycled in some form.
The West Midlands recycled the greatest proportion of its waste - 59 per cent.
The North East recycled the smallest proportion (47 per cent); 48 per cent went to landfill.

Updated: 31 January 2008