Hazardous Waste Interrogator 2016: Summary of Waste Movements in England and Wales

2016 summary data of hazardous waste movements in England and Wales, legally monitored by the Environment Agency. The data includes high-level waste classification, geographical locations of production and management, and tonnage, but excludes individual producer and site details. Attribution is © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2017.

Use Cases

• Analyzing regional waste production patterns based on high-level geographical locations.
• Estimating total hazardous waste tonnage managed by facilities based on reported tonnage.
• Mapping waste movement corridors based on production and management facility locations.
• Studying high-level waste classification trends for regulatory compliance assessment.

Strengths

• Data is legally mandated and collected by the Environment Agency, suggesting official provenance.
• Includes high-level waste classification, geographical locations, and tonnage as described.
• Last metadata update was 2026-04-17, indicating recent platform activity.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, covering only England and Wales.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Legally required monitoring of hazardous waste movements.

Time Range

2016

Geography

England and Wales