2023 Waste Receipt and Removal Data for Regulated Sites

Waste data from around 6,000 regulated waste management facilities in England for the 2023 calendar year. The Environment Agency collects this information from operators who are required to report quantities and types of waste received and removed. This data has been provided in an interrogatable format since 2006.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in waste types received at permitted sites to inform regional waste facility planning.
• Model waste flows between sites using data on waste removed from one facility and sent to another.
• Monitor compliance against statutory targets using aggregated quantities of waste reported by operators.
• Identify sectors or regions generating specific waste streams from the detailed waste type classifications.

Strengths

• Data from approximately 6,000 regulated sites provides substantial coverage.
• Longitudinal data collection in this format has occurred since 2006, enabling trend analysis.

Limitations

• Site details are omitted for operators with accepted commercial confidentiality claims, limiting granular attribution.
• Data excludes details of the original waste producers, providing only facility-level transactions.
• Sample size for specific waste types or regions within the ~6,000 sites is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Mandatory annual returns from operators of regulated waste management facilities.

Time Range

2023 calendar year

Freshness

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Geography

England (and former planning regions for summary tables)