Cardiff - The latest quarterly statistics on municipal waste produced by the Welsh Assembly Government have been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority. This release covers provisional quarterly results from the WasteDataFlow system for January-March 2010.

The key points from the latest release are:

* There has been an upward trend in the percentage of municipal waste recycled, reused and composted in Wales, rising from 29 per cent in January to March 2007 to 37 per cent in January to March 2010.

* The total amount of municipal waste produced in Wales has decreased overall, falling from 429 thousand tonnes in January to March 2007 to 374 thousand tonnes in January to March 2010.

* The residual household waste produced per person in Wales has continued to decrease, falling from 95 kilograms per person in January to March 2007 to 73 kilograms per person in January to March 2010.

• The municipal waste dry recycling rate for Wales in January to March increased from 26 per cent in 2009 to 27 per cent in 2010.

• The municipal waste composting rate for Wales in January to March also increased from 9 per cent in 2009 to 10 per cent in 2010.

• Ceredigion had the highest dry recycling rate (39 per cent) in January to March 2010, whilst Isle of Anglesey had the highest composting rate (18 per cent).

• When grouped together, dry recycling rates were slightly higher for valley local authorities than for rural or urban authorities in January to March 2010. However, the overall composting rate for valley authorities was lower than for rural or urban authorities.

The full report can be downloaded under wales.gov.uk.

Quelle: Welsh Assembly Government

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