UK: household waste generation by country

In 2021, the United Kingdom generated over 27.6 million metric tons of waste from households (WfH) - an increase of 2.3 percent in comparison to the previous year. England's households accounted for the largest share, at 83.6 percent, or 23.1 million tons. In Scotland, around 2.4 million tons of waste from households was generated that year.

Generation of waste from households (WfH) in the United Kingdom from 2015 to 2021, by country (in 1,000 metric tons)

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

2015 to 2021

Supplementary notes

This statistic uses original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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