Annex 1
HAZARDOUS WASTE PRODUCTION AND FATE FOR ENGLAND
AND WALES
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| Waste Fate | 1997-98
| 1999 | 2000
|
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| Quantity (tonnes)
| Percentage of all waste
| Quantity (tonnes) |
Percentage of all waste |
Quantity (tonnes) | Percentage of all waste
|
|
| Incineration with energy recovery | 34,000
| 0.6 | 62,000
| 1.1 | 57,000
| 0.9 |
| Incineration without energy recovery | 77,000
| 1.4 | 120,000
| 2.1 | 153,000
| 2.5 |
| Lagooning | 82,000
| 1.5 | 40
| 0.001 | 0
| 0 |
| Landfill | 2,438,000
| 43.5 | 2,092,000
| 36.1 | 2,630,000
| 43.1 |
| Long-term storage | 20,000
| 0.4 | 16,000
| 0.3 | 13,000
| 0.2 |
| Recycling/Reuse | 531,000
| 9.1 | 860,000
| 14.8 | 1,089,000
| 17.9 |
| Transfer (short term) | 509,000
| 9.5 | 346,000
| 6.0 | 434,000
| 7.1 |
| Treatment | 1,514,000
| 27.0 | 2,324,000
| 40.1 | 1,742,000
| 28.6 |
| Other | 380,000
| 6.8 | 0
| 0 | 0
| 0 |
| Total | 5,600,000
| | 5,800,000
| | 6,100,000
| |
|
Data obtained from Environment Agency Special Waste Consignment
Notes. This data therefore excludes in-house disposal of hazardous
waste.
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