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Table 6 - Construction and Demolition Waste Arisings and Management

Table 6a - Construction and demolition waste arisings and management (tonnes)

Year

2004

2005

2006

2007

Management

Landfilled n

2,226,283

2,580,822

2,498,715

2,884,786

Incinerated

0

0

0

0

Recycled*

2,746,438

5,447,818

3,998,354

4,544,625

Composted

0

0

0

497

Other

1,173,590

2,585,621

1,535,346

2,026,017

Arisings

6,146,311

10,614,260

8,032,415

9,455,925

nThe tonnage of C&D waste landfilled in 2004 is an estimate. For further details see Table 9.

* This is recycling to a final product as defined by the Waste Statistics Regulations. It includes all wastes recycled to a final product by licensed/permitted sites, including large metal recyclers; plus all waste recovered by Paragraph 9 and 19 exempt activities.

Other is any other management method as recorded in the returns from waste management site operators. It is calculated as the difference between total arisings and total landfilled, incinerated, recycled and composted.

Licensed/permitted site returns and exempt activity returns

Table 6b - Construction and demolition waste arisings and management (percent #)

Year

2004

2005

2006

2007

Management

Landfilled n

36.2

24.3

31.1

30.5

Incinerated

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Recycled*

44.7

51.3

49.8

48.1

Composted

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Other

19.1

24.4

19.1

21.4

Arisings

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

# Percentage values are correct to one decimal place.

n The tonnage of C&D waste landfilled in 2004 is an estimate. For further details see Table 9.

* This is recycling to a final product as defined by the Waste Statistics Regulations. It includes all wastes recycled to a final product by licensed/permitted sites, including large metal recyclers; plus all waste recovered by Paragraph 9 and 19 exempt activities.

† Other is any other management method as recorded in the returns from waste management site operators. It is calculated as the difference between total arisings and total landfilled, incinerated, recycled and composted.

Source:

Licensed/permitted site returns and exempt activity returns

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