2024 Waste Data Interrogator: UK Waste Received and Removed from Regulated Sites

Waste data from around 6,000 regulated waste management facilities in England and former planning regions for the 2024 calendar year. The Environment Agency collects this data from operator returns to monitor compliance and assist in planning. The dataset has been provided in an interrogatable format since 2006.

Use Cases

• Monitor compliance with waste regulations based on reported quantities and types of waste.
• Plan for new waste facility capacity based on aggregated waste flow data.
• Analyze waste movement trends between permitted sites based on data on waste received and removed.

Strengths

• Covers data from approximately 6,000 regulated sites.
• Provides a longitudinal record with data available since 2006.
• Includes separate extracts for waste received at sites and waste removed from sites.

Limitations

• Data supplied does not include details of waste producers.
• Details of operators who have claimed commercial confidentiality are not provided.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Mandatory returns from operators of regulated waste management facilities.

Time Range

2024 calendar year

Freshness

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Geography

England and former planning regions