Waste data reporting
Some of the reporting carried out by the Dataflows Unit is given below.
Publication |
Latest reporting year |
Publication frequency |
Driver |
Next publication due |
2018 |
Annual |
1 |
On hold* |
|
2019 |
Annual |
1 |
7th December 2021 |
|
Household waste data - commentary and data tables
|
2020 | Annual | 1 |
27th September 2022 |
Waste landfilled in Scotland official statistics - commentary and data tables Waste incinerated in Scotland official statistics - commentary and data tables |
2020 |
Annual |
1 |
27th September 2022 |
2018 |
Annual |
1 |
On hold* | |
2020 |
Annual |
1 |
September 2022 | |
Scottish waste site return summary data
|
2019 |
Quarterly |
1 |
Updates on hold. Next update will be March 2022 with updates for Q1 2021, and where available Q2-4 2019 and Q1-4 2020 for selected sites. Thereafter normal quarterly publications will resume: Q1 (Jan-Mar) = by end Oct Q2 (Apr-Jun) = by end JanQ3 (Jul-Sept) = by end Apr Q4 (Oct-Dec) = by end Aug |
2017 |
Annual |
1 | March 2022 | |
2020 |
Quarterly |
2 |
Quarterly data published within six months of submission deadline: Q1 (Jan-Mar) = by end Oct |
* Publication not able to be published due to data availability following cyber-attack. There will be a gap in publication until the 2021 dataset is published in 2023.
Drivers
1 Scottish Government Making Things Last – A Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland (23 Feb 2016); European Union Waste Statistics Regulations (EC 2150/2002) (25 Nov 2002)
2 Code of Practice on Sampling and Reporting at Materials Recovery Facilities (March 2015)