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Estimating the benefits and costs of more effective fridge and freezer use by consumers, in order to reduce the amount of household food waste.

Strattons is a small, independent, family-run hotel in Norfolk. In just one year (2010-11), the hotel managed to save over £16,000 by reducing food and packaging waste, increasing recycling to 98% and making savings in other areas such as good housekeeping and water use.

This chart shows the amount of household Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) placed on the UK market by members of Producer Compliance Schemes by quarter.

This chart shows total Household WEEE collection figures by quarter which are based on reported tonnage by UK WEEE Producer Compliance Schemes as being delivered to Approved Authorised Treatment Facilities and Approved Exporters on their behalf.

This chart displays the total yearly tonnage of UK household WEEE collection by  small or large WEEE category.

The chart below shows UK exports of used textiles in 2014 (% of total, in mass terms)

Introduction

This section of the data portal provides a summary of developments in the UK’s recovered textiles market.  The data presented here comes from respected, publicly available and regularly updated sources on the internet.  By following the link(s) above the graphics, you can find out more details on the source of the data and visit the sites to access the full data.

Introduction

Household Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) collected for recycling is made up of multiple categories including Large Appliances, Cooling Appliances, Display Equipment and various items that can be summarised as Small WEEE. Small WEEE includes: small household appliances; IT & Telecoms equipment; consumer equipment; lighting equipment; electrical & electronic tools; toys, leisure and sports; medical devices; and monitoring & control instruments. Automatic dispensers have not been included as the tonnages are too low to display effectively (0 to 63 tonnes per quarter).

A WEEE / EEE category for photovoltaic panels was introduced in Q1 2014. The figures from this category have been included in the Large Appliances figures for reporting in graphs.  

Valuing our clothes is a summary of the key findings of a major technical report published by WRAP in 2012.

It presents estimates of the carbon, water and waste footprints of clothing throughout its life-cycle for one year for the UK as a whole, plus evidence from a major new survey of consumer behaviour involving 7,950 UK adults aged 16+.

It seeks to highlight opportunities across the clothing value chain to reduce the resource impacts of clothing supply, use and disposal.

Figures are shown for the following SITC codes:

• 282: Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting ingots of iron or steel
• 288: Non-ferrous base metal waste and scrap, nes
• 68998: Other base metals, unwrought; waste and scrap; powders