Household Waste (tonnes) and arising per capita (kgs)
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SEPA collect data from local authorities on both household waste arisings and amount of household waste recycled or composted. 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 data is published as Official Statistics by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) and can be found at: http://www.sepa.org.uk/environment/waste/waste-data/waste-data-reporting/household-waste-data/
The data are collected through WasteDataFlow, a web based system for capturing data on Household Waste. The accuracy depends on local authority to provide information based on weights for individual waste streams and material collections. Local authorities also have to provide a final destination of the materials (with reference to waste management license/permit). Household waste excludes waste from 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.
The data are published in Excel format and is also available as a PDF with accompanying commentary.
A reduction in the amount of waste generated in Scotland is an indicator of greater resource efficiency and more sustainable consumption behaviour - addressing the first step in the waste hierarchy ('Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, Recover'). The indicator measures household waste to be aligned with Scottish, UK and European targets and focus on the service provided by local authorities to individual households.
This data is published annually be SEPA (usually in September).
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A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values
Dimension | Locked Value |
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Indicator (Waste)
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/indicator(waste)
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Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
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(not locked to a value) |
Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
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(not locked to a value) |
Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
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The data in this dataset are stored in the graph: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/household-waste
The data structure definition for this data cube dataset is stored in the same graph as the data: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/household-waste
All other metadata about this dataset are stored in the graph: http://statistics.gov.scot/graph/household-waste/metadata
A breakdown by type of the 383 resources in this dataset's data graph.
Resource type | Number of resources |
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Collection | 2 |
Component specification | 8 |
Data structure definition | 1 |
Observation | 372 |
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