2019 Waste Data Interrogator: UK Waste Facility Operations

The Environment Agency's 2019 Waste Data Interrogator holds calendar-year data from around 6,000 regulated waste management facilities in the UK. Operators provide details of waste quantities and types received and removed from sites, used for compliance monitoring and planning. The dataset has been provided in an interrogatable format since 2006.

Use Cases

• Monitor waste facility compliance based on reported waste quantities and types.
• Assist in planning for new waste facilities based on aggregated regional waste flows.
• Analyze waste movement patterns between sites based on origin and destination records.
• Track waste management trends over time using data collected since 2006.

Strengths

• Data from around 6,000 regulated sites provides broad coverage.
• Calendar-year data collection since 2006 supports longitudinal analysis.
• Includes geographical location details such as eastings/northings, address, and postcode.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to UK-regulated sites.
• Details of operators who claimed commercial confidentiality are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Mandatory returns from operators of regulated waste management facilities.

Time Range

Calendar year 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 13:00:45.676723; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England and former planning regions, UK