Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of household waste was recycled in each year since 2010.
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.