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  • Environment Agency 2024 data on regulated businesses in England

    Data on compliance ratings, pollution inventory, pollution incidents, enforcement and waste crime for 2024.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Environment Agency
    • Updated:
  • Environment Agency Chief Regulator’s report 2024-25

    Review of activities regulated by the Environment Agency in 2024-25.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Environment Agency
    • Updated:
  • Faecal contamination: challenges for the water environment

    The evidence of faecal contamination, sources of contamination and control measures. Plus a summary of projects addressing evidence gaps.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: River basin planning: challenges for the water environment
    • Organisation: Environment Agency
    • Updated:
  • The Environment Agency's regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export

    Findings of the internal review into the Environment Agency's regulation of waste pneumatic tyres and their export, focussing on the export of this waste to India.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Environment Agency
    • Updated:
  • Radioactivity in food and the environment (RIFE) report

    Annual assessment report of radioactivity in food and the environment and the public's exposure to radiation.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Environment Agency and 3 others
    • Updated:
  • Northern Ireland LAC municipal waste statistics - Apr-Jun 2025

    Northern Ireland local authority collected municipal waste management statistics report - April to June 2025

    • Document type: Accredited official statistics
    • Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Ambient gamma radiation dose rates across the UK

    Data received from fixed and mobile monitors measuring the ambient (background) gamma radiation dose rate across the UK.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Radioactive incident monitoring
    • Organisation: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
    • Updated:
  • Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in the UK

    Reports for the amount of EEE placed on the market and WEEE collected in the UK under the WEEE Regulations.

    • Part of a collection: Producer responsibility regulations
    • Organisation: Environment Agency
    • Updated:
  • Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) Statistics

    Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) statistics including registered population, tonnages of declared plastic packaging and revenue data.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Organisation: HM Revenue & Customs
    • Updated:
  • Northern Ireland Carrier Bag Levy Statistics 2024/25

    This publication reports on the number of carrier bags dispensed in the 2024/25 financial year under the Carrier Bag Levy in Northern Ireland.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Organisation: Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) and 1 others
    • Updated:
  • Carrier bag charge: summary of data in England

    A summary of the data on single-use plastic carrier bags in England.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Charges for single-use plastic carrier bags
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • UK statistics on waste

    Figures compiled on the total waste generated for the whole of the UK.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Waste and recycling statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • National waste crime survey 2025

    Results and findings from the Environment Agency's waste crime survey for 2025.

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Environment Agency
    • Updated:
  • 2022 Inventory for Geological Disposal

    Overview of the types of radioactive waste (and nuclear materials that could be declared as waste) to be disposed of in a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF)

    • Document type: Research
    • Organisation: Nuclear Waste Services
    • Updated:
  • Estimates of Residual Waste and Municipal Residual Waste in England

    Statistics estimating the amount of Residual Waste and Municipal Residual Waste generated in England.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Waste and recycling statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Environment Agency Chief Regulator’s report 2023-24

    Review of activities regulated by the Environment Agency in 2023-24.

    • Document type: Research
    • Part of a collection: Environment Agency data on business environmental performance
    • Organisation: Environment Agency
    • Updated:
  • ENV18 - Local authority collected waste: annual results tables (Historical)

    Final annual results for local authority collected waste and management figures for England.

    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Local authority collected waste management - annual results

    Provisional annual results for local authority collected waste generation and management for England.

    • Document type: Accredited official statistics
    • Part of a collection: Waste and recycling statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Experimental Statistics on the carbon impact of waste from households managed by local authorities in England

    Provisional annual results for carbon emissions from local authority collected waste from households for England.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Waste and recycling statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated:
  • Fly-tipping statistics for England

    Annual incidents of fly-tipping in England.

    • Document type: Official Statistics
    • Part of a collection: Waste and recycling statistics
    • Organisation: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
    • Updated: