Construction and demolition waste recovered in the UK 2010-2020

Published by Bruna Alves, Jan 10, 2025

Approximately 55 million metric tons of construction and demolition (C&D) waste were recovered in the United Kingdom in 2020, down from roughly 64 million metric tons a year earlier. Nevertheless, this accounted for a C&D recovery rate of 92.6 percent that year. Under the EU Waste Framework Directive, the UK had a target of recovering at least 70 percent of non-hazardous C&D waste by 2020.

Recovered non-hazardous construction and demolition (C&D) waste in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2010 to 2020 (in million metric tons)

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September 2024

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2010 to 2020

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This statistic is using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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