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Waste Data Digest 7
SEPA has issued Waste Data Digest 7 – the latest waste management trends based on 2005 data, in which it is reported that Scotland’s recycling rate has increased to 25.2%.
Waste Data Digest 7 has been derived from the Local Authority Waste Arisings Survey, the last year in which this data will be used as from next year the more robust and reliable Waste Data Flow database will be utilised.
The full range of data and trends can be accessed from the link below – but the most pertinent points from WDD7 are as follows:
-Scotland’s total waste arisings for 2005 was reported as 22.22 million tonnes – nearly 3 million tonnes of this was household waste- and an estimated 8.41 million tonnes was commercial and industrial waste.
-3.54 million tonnes of waste was collected by or on behalf of local authorities – 25.2% of this was recycled or composted.
-A total of 7.3 million tonnes of waste was landfilled- of this 2.65 million tonnes of waste collected by or on behalf of local authorities was sent to landfill.
-A total of 1.54 million tonnes of BMW was landfilled – which met the Scottish Executive’s target of 1.8 million tonnes. (the 2010 landfill diversion target requires Scotland to landfill no more than 1.32 million tonnes of BMW)
-Annual waste growth between 1994 and 2005 was 1.25%. At the current growth rate it was reported that local authority waste arisigs could increase to 4.26 million tonnes by 2020.
SESA notes that Scotland’s total reported waste arisings has increased from 19 million tonnes (as reported in WDD 6) – largely as a result of better data reporting and the inclusion of more waste streams as controlled waste. However, more accurate data reporting means that Scotland’s local authorities must now account for this revised figure and plan for a suitable range of facilities required to process and treat this waste.
Waste Data Digest 7
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