Research and analysis
J5bii: The proportion of persistent organic pollutant decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) sent for destruction (incinerated) versus other waste treatment and disposal options, UK, 2000 to 2023
Updated 1 December 2025
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| year | variable | value |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 22.74064067561923 |
| 2001 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 24.37371102062187 |
| 2002 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 27.046046903625715 |
| 2003 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 48.63067676033799 |
| 2004 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 101.39786418637448 |
| 2005 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 144.08296003146273 |
| 2006 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 223.07907554470995 |
| 2007 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 247.2937818241112 |
| 2008 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 293.63797296731667 |
| 2009 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 295.6437620335549 |
| 2010 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 324.7854664613895 |
| 2011 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 313.2516677784197 |
| 2012 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 338.1070498606717 |
| 2013 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 328.19679963480024 |
| 2014 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 360.3755448724101 |
| 2015 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 356.5872167047359 |
| 2016 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 391.5424911390388 |
| 2017 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 385.79571149996514 |
| 2018 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 411.2976522366391 |
| 2019 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 393.0835029452289 |
| 2020 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 399.6065245682597 |
| 2021 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 366.1476543677928 |
| 2022 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 363.8857187171307 |
| 2023 | Incinerated (tonnes) | 317.544491987508 |
| 2000 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1362.9545532253946 |
| 2001 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1429.5357467107603 |
| 2002 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1518.920022899992 |
| 2003 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1590.9714756181895 |
| 2004 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1705.2359556567897 |
| 2005 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1849.8413981782587 |
| 2006 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1900.9924628962733 |
| 2007 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1919.9272243890048 |
| 2008 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1830.3484108231992 |
| 2009 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1739.3164869068191 |
| 2010 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1587.7426134034165 |
| 2011 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1481.7281416000333 |
| 2012 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1344.908128588796 |
| 2013 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1274.315568581796 |
| 2014 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1173.954781180366 |
| 2015 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1132.9017555199107 |
| 2016 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1046.0174982880662 |
| 2017 | Landfill (tonnes) | 1001.104296020006 |
| 2018 | Landfill (tonnes) | 903.08389098021 |
| 2019 | Landfill (tonnes) | 841.8155244570474 |
| 2020 | Landfill (tonnes) | 735.1448115955071 |
| 2021 | Landfill (tonnes) | 667.6305204575336 |
| 2022 | Landfill (tonnes) | 559.6609825435065 |
| 2023 | Landfill (tonnes) | 508.9609226387757 |
| 2000 | Recycled (tonnes) | 101.25517002261728 |
| 2001 | Recycled (tonnes) | 105.34026495379648 |
| 2002 | Recycled (tonnes) | 109.52831401980971 |
| 2003 | Recycled (tonnes) | 161.5374115312581 |
| 2004 | Recycled (tonnes) | 199.414619099444 |
| 2005 | Recycled (tonnes) | 239.6705261491308 |
| 2006 | Recycled (tonnes) | 292.55823008766606 |
| 2007 | Recycled (tonnes) | 343.1677491422681 |
| 2008 | Recycled (tonnes) | 390.818466887278 |
| 2009 | Recycled (tonnes) | 418.4099320759221 |
| 2010 | Recycled (tonnes) | 439.9361228732256 |
| 2011 | Recycled (tonnes) | 442.127100857824 |
| 2012 | Recycled (tonnes) | 447.34282578317607 |
| 2013 | Recycled (tonnes) | 443.7527350186893 |
| 2014 | Recycled (tonnes) | 452.5111600811501 |
| 2015 | Recycled (tonnes) | 454.56389005031616 |
| 2016 | Recycled (tonnes) | 467.1400079101093 |
| 2017 | Recycled (tonnes) | 468.8873623904041 |
| 2018 | Recycled (tonnes) | 473.51930018233327 |
| 2019 | Recycled (tonnes) | 460.4109118113424 |
| 2020 | Recycled (tonnes) | 443.9882844427117 |
| 2021 | Recycled (tonnes) | 409.3486527714221 |
| 2022 | Recycled (tonnes) | 373.0179827296639 |
| 2023 | Recycled (tonnes) | 318.17257405166066 |
| 2000 | Total (tonnes) | 1486.9503639236311 |
| 2001 | Total (tonnes) | 1559.2497226851788 |
| 2002 | Total (tonnes) | 1655.4943838234276 |
| 2003 | Total (tonnes) | 1801.139563909786 |
| 2004 | Total (tonnes) | 2006.048438942608 |
| 2005 | Total (tonnes) | 2233.594884358852 |
| 2006 | Total (tonnes) | 2416.62976852865 |
| 2007 | Total (tonnes) | 2510.388755355384 |
| 2008 | Total (tonnes) | 2514.804850677794 |
| 2009 | Total (tonnes) | 2453.370181016296 |
| 2010 | Total (tonnes) | 2352.4642027380314 |
| 2011 | Total (tonnes) | 2237.106910236277 |
| 2012 | Total (tonnes) | 2130.358004232644 |
| 2013 | Total (tonnes) | 2046.2651032352856 |
| 2014 | Total (tonnes) | 1986.841486133926 |
| 2015 | Total (tonnes) | 1944.0528622749628 |
| 2016 | Total (tonnes) | 1904.6999973372144 |
| 2017 | Total (tonnes) | 1855.787369910376 |
| 2018 | Total (tonnes) | 1787.900843399182 |
| 2019 | Total (tonnes) | 1695.3099392136187 |
| 2020 | Total (tonnes) | 1578.7396206064786 |
| 2021 | Total (tonnes) | 1443.1268275967486 |
| 2022 | Total (tonnes) | 1296.564683990301 |
| 2023 | Total (tonnes) | 1144.6779886779443 |
| 2000 | Incinerated (%) | 1.52934766535268 |
| 2001 | Incinerated (%) | 1.5631691746366312 |
| 2002 | Incinerated (%) | 1.6337142045243207 |
| 2003 | Incinerated (%) | 2.6999949218134973 |
| 2004 | Incinerated (%) | 5.054606968504782 |
| 2005 | Incinerated (%) | 6.450720362964181 |
| 2006 | Incinerated (%) | 9.2309992390986 |
| 2007 | Incinerated (%) | 9.850816185204865 |
| 2008 | Incinerated (%) | 11.676372140294502 |
| 2009 | Incinerated (%) | 12.05051583006874 |
| 2010 | Incinerated (%) | 13.806181028530505 |
| 2011 | Incinerated (%) | 14.002534538920846 |
| 2012 | Incinerated (%) | 15.870902880591569 |
| 2013 | Incinerated (%) | 16.038821124198353 |
| 2014 | Incinerated (%) | 18.13811254634324 |
| 2015 | Incinerated (%) | 18.342465044260763 |
| 2016 | Incinerated (%) | 20.556648904626364 |
| 2017 | Incinerated (%) | 20.78878850859929 |
| 2018 | Incinerated (%) | 23.004500151958887 |
| 2019 | Incinerated (%) | 23.18652736310644 |
| 2020 | Incinerated (%) | 25.311743580283963 |
| 2021 | Incinerated (%) | 25.37182785088554 |
| 2022 | Incinerated (%) | 28.065373306115188 |
| 2023 | Incinerated (%) | 27.74094506300927 |
| 2000 | Recycled (%) | 6.809586417897248 |
| 2001 | Recycled (%) | 6.755830283066549 |
| 2002 | Recycled (%) | 6.61604866135818 |
| 2003 | Recycled (%) | 8.968622685773674 |
| 2004 | Recycled (%) | 9.940668192666166 |
| 2005 | Recycled (%) | 10.730259449798464 |
| 2006 | Recycled (%) | 12.106042634151128 |
| 2007 | Recycled (%) | 13.6699046476444 |
| 2008 | Recycled (%) | 15.540707533705609 |
| 2009 | Recycled (%) | 17.05449651721934 |
| 2010 | Recycled (%) | 18.701076189009985 |
| 2011 | Recycled (%) | 19.763342504320804 |
| 2012 | Recycled (%) | 20.998481236223448 |
| 2013 | Recycled (%) | 21.685984592958444 |
| 2014 | Recycled (%) | 22.77540323368544 |
| 2015 | Recycled (%) | 23.38228033153265 |
| 2016 | Recycled (%) | 24.525647533111503 |
| 2017 | Recycled (%) | 25.26622230503966 |
| 2018 | Recycled (%) | 26.48465108848384 |
| 2019 | Recycled (%) | 27.15791969136376 |
| 2020 | Recycled (%) | 28.122958254012275 |
| 2021 | Recycled (%) | 28.36539692447641 |
| 2022 | Recycled (%) | 28.76971641566432 |
| 2023 | Recycled (%) | 27.79581482292124 |
| 2000 | Landfill (%) | 91.66106591675008 |
| 2001 | Landfill (%) | 91.6810005422968 |
| 2002 | Landfill (%) | 91.7502371341175 |
| 2003 | Landfill (%) | 88.33138239241282 |
| 2004 | Landfill (%) | 85.00472483882905 |
| 2005 | Landfill (%) | 82.81902018723736 |
| 2006 | Landfill (%) | 78.66295812675025 |
| 2007 | Landfill (%) | 76.47927916715075 |
| 2008 | Landfill (%) | 72.78292032599988 |
| 2009 | Landfill (%) | 70.89498765271192 |
| 2010 | Landfill (%) | 67.4927427824595 |
| 2011 | Landfill (%) | 66.23412295675834 |
| 2012 | Landfill (%) | 63.13061588318498 |
| 2013 | Landfill (%) | 62.2751942828432 |
| 2014 | Landfill (%) | 59.086484219971325 |
| 2015 | Landfill (%) | 58.27525462420658 |
| 2016 | Landfill (%) | 54.91770356226214 |
| 2017 | Landfill (%) | 53.94498918636105 |
| 2018 | Landfill (%) | 50.51084875955728 |
| 2019 | Landfill (%) | 49.6555529455298 |
| 2020 | Landfill (%) | 46.56529816570376 |
| 2021 | Landfill (%) | 46.26277522463805 |
| 2022 | Landfill (%) | 43.16491027822049 |
| 2023 | Landfill (%) | 44.4632401140695 |