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32 Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes to Wastes and Energy AEA/ED45551/Issue 1 4.1.3 Current Arisings on a National and Regional basis MSW currently represents approximately 9% of total waste arisings. Final estimates of municipal waste arisings and management for England and the regions in 2007/8 were published in November 2008. 20 Table 5 shows the arisings of MSW in each of the English regions in 2007/08. The South East has the highest arisings, followed by London. The latest MSW arisings data for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are also shown below in Table 5, and allow an overview of the UK MSW arisings to be presented. Table 5: MSW arisings in the UK by region and Country in 2007/08 Region MSW Arisings (‘000 tonnes) East Midlands 2,413 East of England 3,034 London 4,154 North East 1,512 North West 4,052 South East 4,563 South West 2,929 West Midlands 2,984 Yorkshire and Humber 2,865 England - Total 28,507 Northern Ireland 1,100 21 Scotland 3,000 22 Wales 1,800 23 UK - Total 34,400 Although the recycling rate has increased (see Table 6), 62% of MSW arisings in England are currently landfilled. 24 Table 6 MSW Recycling Rate Year England (Wt %) Wales (Wt %) Scotland (Wt %) Northern Ireland (Wt %) 2000/01 12.3 - - - 2001/02 14.0 8.4 - - 2002/03 16.0 12.5 8.0 - 2003/04 19.0 17.7 12.1 - 2004/05 23.5 21.7 17.5 18.2 2005/06 27.2 25.5 24.4 23.2 2006/07 30.6 29.9 28.5 25.5 2007/08 34.0 33.6 Report due in Report due in * Not published yet 2009* 2009* A significant proportion of MSW is now recycled. The increase in the recycling rate is due to both Government recycling targets and the need for local authorities to meet the 2010 target for landfilling 20 Defra Statistical Release 352/08, http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/wastats/archive/mwb200708_statsrelease.pdf 21 Municipal Waste Management Northern Ireland 2005/06 Summary Report, December 2006 22 Waste Data Digest 8: Key facts and trends. Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, 2008 23 Municipal Waste Management Report for Wales, 2007-08. Statistics for Wales, October 2008 24 Results from WasteDataFlow http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/statistics/wastats/bulletin.htm
Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes to Wastes and Energy AEA/ED45551/Issue 1 biodegradable waste. The increase in recycling rates is mainly due to the introduction of kerbside collection schemes for dry recyclable materials (paper, glass, metal and plastic) and garden waste. Increasing the recycling rate to the 2020 target of 50% will require large-scale collection of food waste from households; the England waste strategy promotes this because of both landfill gas reduction and energy recovery if food waste is treated using anaerobic digestion. Table 7 shows the arisings and management of MSW in each of the English regions in 2007/08. This table illustrates the considerable variations in the pattern of waste management as a result of population, socio economic factors and policy. For example, London has the lowest recycling rate in percentage terms but has a high tonnage, while the South West has the highest percentage rate but lower tonnage A total of about 10 million tonnes of MSW arisings in England were either recycled or composted in 2007/08. Table 7 Management of MSW in English regions in 2007/08 Region MSW Arisings (‘000 tonnes) Recycled or Composted (Wt %) Energy Recovery (Wt %) Landfilled (Wt %) East Midlands 2,413 40 7 53 East of England 3,034 40 2 58 London 4,154 22 22 56 North East 1,512 29 13 58 North West 4,052 36 2 62 South East 4,563 37 12 51 South West 2,929 41 - 59 West Midlands 2,984 32 30 38 Yorkshire and Humber 2,865 30 10 60 England - Total 28,507 34 11 55 Northern Ireland 1,100 28 - - Scotland 3,000 32 2 66 Wales 1,800 33 1 65 UK- Total 34,407 127 - - The amount of waste which is landfilled will reduce due to both further increases in recycling rate and the increasing capacity for waste treatment which will enable local authorities to meet the 2013 and 2020 targets set by the Landfill Directive (this will also increase the percentage of waste which has energy recovered from it). 4.1.4 Growth Rates and Future trends The growth in household waste (and hence MSW) is due to two key factors: • An increase in the number of households, and • Growth in waste produced per household due to increased consumption. Waste minimisation and re-use initiatives 25 aim to tackle the growth in waste produced by a household. However, even if these initiatives were to reduce the growth in waste per household to zero, then arisings of household waste would still increase as a result of an increase in the number of households. 25 International Waste Prevention and Reduction Practice: Final Report. Report by Enviros for Defra, October 2004. 33
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