This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from St Helens statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from St Helens statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other St Helens-specific metadata information.
| Goal |
Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable |
|---|---|
| Target |
Target 11.6: By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management |
| Indicator |
Indicator 11.6.1: Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities |
| Organisation |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Contact email |
enviro.statistics@defra.gov.uk |
| Definition and concepts |
‘Disposal Method’ refers to the waste management type. Landfill estimates include recycling, composting or reuse rejects. ‘Incineration with EfW’ - EfW is energy from waste. Also included are amounts rejected for recycling, composting or reuse where incineration with EfW is reported as the final destination of these rejects. ‘Recycled-composted’ includes household and non-household sources sent for recycling or for centralised composting; home composting estimates are not included in this total. It also includes small amounts of materials sent for reuse. Material which was collected for recycling but actually rejected at collection, by the MRF or at the gate of a recycling reprocessor is excluded. The percentage of waste recycled shown above relate to all Local Authority collected waste and so are different to local authority “household” recycling rates or the slightly narrower “waste from household” definitions. The [Annual Results tables] (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-collected-waste-management-annual-results) provide further statistics and detail on these. ‘Other’ includes waste treated or disposed through other unspecified treatment processes as well as process and moisture loss. |
| Unit of measure |
Percentage (%) |
| Data sources |
ENV18 - Local authority collected waste: annual results tables |
| Data compilers |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Comment and limitations |
Tables are based on quarterly data entered by LAs onto WasteDataFlow. This data is published annually on a financial year basis (April to March). WasteDataFlow is a web-based system for quarterly reporting on Local Authority collected waste data by local authorities to central government. Data reported for this indicator is sourced from the file ‘Local Authority collected waste generation from April 2000 to March 2020…’, Table 2 - Management of Local Authority collected waste - England - 2014/15 - 2019/20 |
| Method of computation |
Proportions were calculated as the amount of waste from the selected waste disposal method divided by the total amount of waste collected. The percentage was then calculated by multiplying the proportion by 100. |
| Data last updated | 2022-07-05: see changes on GitHub opens in a new window |
| Metadata last updated | 2022-07-08: see changes on GitHub opens in a new window |