PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Recycling (12 December 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of household waste was recycled in each year since 2010.
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)
Answer
The UK waste from households recycling rate for each year from 2010 to 2015 is shown in the table below. Data for 2015 are the latest data available.
Year | UK Recycling rate (%) |
2010 | 40.4 |
2011 | 42.9 |
2012 | 43.9 |
2013 | 44.1 |
2014 | 44.9 |
2015 | 44.3 |
These data are available in the publication ‘UK Waste Statistics’ which are published at : https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data.
Answered by:
Dr Thérèse Coffey (Conservative)
15 December 2016
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