Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many million tonnes of total waste the UK generated in each year from 2010.

The amount of total waste generated in the UK for 2010, 2012 and 2014 was 201.5, 193.8 and 202.8 million tonnes respectively. These figures relate to all waste produced by the economy and not just to household waste.

These data are only compiled on a biannual basis so estimates are only available for these years with those for 2014 being the latest available data. These are published in ‘UK Waste Statistics’ which are available at : https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data.