Recycling and Waste Data

Please provide the following information, for each financial year from 2018-19 up to the first two quarters of 2025/2026 (up and including  September 2025). If data is not available up until this date please provide the most recent available data and specify the period it applies for:

a – tonnage of household waste recycled under your waste disposal responsibilities

Financial Year Tonnage
2018-19 65,246
2019-20 63,099
2020-21 51,709
2021-22 61,944
2022-23 54,155
2023-24 53,896
2024-25 56,683
2025-26 (Q1-Q2) 30,300

b- tonnage of collected household recycling rejected, split by how it was then processed (such as energy-from-waste / incineration, landfill)

Waste for recycling is sorted into the relevant recycling containers at the Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) so it is quality controlled at that point (and so not rejected).

c- tonnage of household material recycled within England

d- tonnage of household material recycled outside of England, split by material type if possible e – tonnage of household recycling waste exported overseas split by how it will be processed (such as recycled or incinerated) f – if available, please provide the tonnage of household recycling waste exported overseas split by how it will be processed and destination country.

If figures are not available in tonnage, please instead provide them in another available weight measure. If another weight measure is not available, please provide it in whatever measure is available. If possible, please provide this data as a csv file.

In response to c and d, the destination of waste is recorded in accordance with Waste Duty of Care obligations and reflects the initial licenced waste receiver. This information is in the public domain and can be found here:  WasteDataFlow Waste Management.