Digest of waste and resource statistics - 2016 edition
Publication Year
2016
Document Status
Withdrawn
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 flows, efficiency of resource use, electricity from bioenergy; waste generation; waste hierarchy and destination of waste; waste composition; food waste; economic characteristics of the waste management sector; waste infrastructure; environmental issues relating to waste; fly tipping, waste crime and pollution incidents; and EU and UK comparisons.
Document History
Superseded by revised 2016 edition (DEFRA, 2016).
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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