2022 Hazardous Waste Interrogator: Movements in England

2022 data provides a high-level summary of hazardous waste movements in England and Wales, as monitored by the Environment Agency. It includes tonnage, high-level waste classification, and geographical locations for waste production and management facilities. Individual producer and site details are excluded for commercial confidentiality.

Use Cases

• Analyzing regional flows of hazardous waste based on high-level geographical locations.
• Estimating total tonnage of specific waste categories moved for disposal or recovery.
• Monitoring compliance with waste tracking regulations using aggregated movement data.

Strengths

• Data is collected under a legal mandate, suggesting systematic coverage of hazardous waste movements.
• Provides specific temporal coverage for the year 2022.
• Available on multiple open data platforms, indicating established public access.

Limitations

• Metadata for row count, file size, and specific column names is missing from all sources.
• Data is a high-level summary that excludes individual site and producer details, limiting granular analysis.
• Contains a double-counting warning for waste making multiple movements, which may affect aggregate totals.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency (UK)

Collection Method

Legally mandated reporting from hazardous waste producers and waste management facilities.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated metadata indicates 2026-04-17, though the data itself is for 2022.

Geography

England and Wales