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Recycling and waste data for each financial year from 2018/2019 to 2025/2026

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Case reference FOI2025/02498

Received 19 December 2025

Published 7 January 2026

Request

As a freedom of information request, please provide the following information, for each financial year from 2018/2019 up to the first two quarters of 2025/2026 (up and including September 2025).

If data is not available up until this date please provide the most recent available data and specify the period it applies for.

If figures are not available in tonnage, please instead provide them in another available weight measure. If another weight measure is not available, please provide it in whatever measure is available.

If possible, please provide this data as a csv file.

a - tonnage of household waste recycled under your waste disposal responsibilities.

b - tonnage of collected household recycling rejected, split by how it was then processed (such as energy-from-waste / incineration, landfill).

c - tonnage of household material recycled within England.

d - tonnage of household material recycled outside of England, split by material type if possible.

e - tonnage of household recycling waste exported overseas split by how it will be processed (such as recycled or incinerated).

f - if available, please provide the tonnage of household recycling waste exported overseas split by how it will be processed and destination country.

Response

As a freedom of information request, please provide the following information, for each financial year from 2018/2019 up to the first two quarters of 2025/2026 (up and including September 2025).

If data is not available up until this date please provide the most recent available data and specify the period it applies for.

If figures are not available in tonnage, please instead provide them in another available weight measure. If another weight measure is not available, please provide it in whatever measure is available.

If possible, please provide this data as a csv file.

a - tonnage of household waste recycled under your waste disposal responsibilities.

b - tonnage of collected household recycling rejected, split by how it was then processed (such as energy-from-waste / incineration, landfill).

c - tonnage of household material recycled within England.

d - tonnage of household material recycled outside of England, split by material type if possible.

e - tonnage of household recycling waste exported overseas split by how it will be processed (such as recycled or incinerated).

f - if available, please provide the tonnage of household recycling waste exported overseas split by how it will be processed and destination country.

 

Answer: Please see the attached FOI2025 02498 Response Spreadsheet, as requested.

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