| DEFINITIONS: Waste as used in the indicator title refers to Household Waste Household waste includes household collection rounds, other household collections such as bulky waste collections, waste deposited by householders at household waste recycling centres and recycling points/ bring banks. This excludes non-domestic properties such as hospitals and nursing homes, residential hostels, residential homes, schools, universities and other educational facilities, caravan sites and campsites, self-catering holiday accommodation, prisons and penal institutions, public halls, royal palaces and premises occupied by charities and used for charitable purposes. Previously, data for this National Indicator was based on Local Authority Collected Municipal Solid Waste (LACMW) and was collected on a financial year basis. From 2011 onwards, the indicator based on household waste is now used to measure Scotland’s progress towards the recycling targets. The reason for this change is to ensure that figures are aligned with Scottish, UK and European targets and focus on the service provided by local authorities to individual households. |
| BASELINE AND PAST TRENDS: The baseline year is 2011, as this is the first year for which there are consistent data on household waste. The baseline figure is 2.61 million tonnes. REVISED NATIONAL INDICATOR FOR “REDUCE WASTE GENERATED”. BASED ON HOUSEHOLD WASTE ARISINGS Household Waste generated in million tonnes: | Year | Waste | | 2011 | 2.61 | | 2012 | 2.50 | | 2013 | 2.41 | | 2014 | 2.46 | | 2015 | 2.47 | | 2016 | 2.50 | Source: Scottish Environmental Protection Agency PREVIOUS NATIONAL INDICATOR FOR “REDUCE WASTE GENERATED”. LOCAL AUTHORITY MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ARISINGS Local Authority Collected Municipal Solid Waste arisings in million tonnes: | Year | Waste | | 2000/01 | 3.21 | | 2001/02 | 3.27 | | 2002/03 | 3.35 | | 2003/04 | 3.32 | | 2004/05 | 3.41 | | 2005/06 | 3.42 | | 2006/07 | 3.44 | | 2007/08 | 3.41 | | 2008/09 | 3.29 | | 2009/10 | 3.20 | | 2010/11 | 3.14 | | 2011/12 | 3.06 | Source: Scottish Environmental Protection Agency |
| CRITERIA FOR RECENT CHANGE ARROW: This evaluation is based on: any change within +/- 1 percent of last year's figure suggests that the position is more likely to be maintaining than showing any change. A decrease of 1 percent or more suggests the position is improving; whereas an increase of 1 percent or more suggests the position is worsening. For information on general methodological approach, please click here. |
| FUTURE ISSUES OR REVIEWS: Data for household waste generated and managed for each local authority by waste type for 2011-2016 and the trends for household waste generated, recycled and managed since 2004 is available from The Scotland’s Environment Household Waste Discover Data tool here:
http://www.environment.scotland.gov.uk/get-interactive/data/household-waste/ Note that the definition of household waste was revised in 2011. Data for this indicator for 2017 will be published in September 2018. |