Amount of waste sent to landfill decreasing: Latest Environment in your pocket booklet and e-Digest of Environment Statistics
The thirteenth edition of The environment in your pocket is published today by Defra. Free copies can be ordered or downloaded at: www.defra.gov.uk/evidence/statistics/environment/eiyp/index.htm.
This is an annual publication containing material on various environmental themes including waste and recycling, sustainable consumption, climate change, air quality, land, coastal and marine waters, radioactivity, wildlife, and inland water. The main themes of this year’s publication are waste, recycling and sustainable consumption, and larger sections have been devoted to these topics.
It covers almost 60 key data series and focuses on providing trends over time, including performance against quantified targets and commitments set at the national and international level. It includes several environmental indicators of sustainable development.
Examples of facts and figures reported in the booklet include:
- In 2008, 54 million tonnes of waste were sent to landfill, a decrease of 33 percent since 2000/01, when 80 million tonnes were landfilled
- Energy consumption in the home decreased by 3 per cent between 2000 and 2007. The associated carbon dioxide emissions decreased by 5 per cent in the same period
- Annual average particulate (PM10) levels have been steadily decreasing since monitoring began in 1993, although there is an upward trend in background urban ozone levels
More detailed information can be found on the e-Digest of Environment Statistics website: www.defra.gov.uk/evidence/statistics/environment/index.htm.
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