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Digest of waste and resource statistics - 2015 edition
Publication Year
2015
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises a compendium of statistics on a range of waste and resource areas, based on data published mainly by Defra, WRAP, the Environment Agency, Office for National Statistics and Eurostat. Contains sections on: resource, including flows and consumption of raw materials, such as metals, minerals; waste generation and sources of waste; destiny of waste, e.g. recycling, incineration; waste composition; food waste; economic characteristics of the sector; waste infrastructure; environmental issues with waste; waste crime; and EU data on waste.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
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