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What happens to your waste

Last updated: 12 November 2024

What happened to your waste 2021/22

Final destination for household waste produced in Buckinghamshire as a percentage of all waste.

An end destination is classed as the location where the material ceases to be waste, after having been recycled into a new product for example.

Figure 5: Pie chart showing end destination countries for total waste collected- Combining all waste streams and broken down by country

	Values	Percentage (%)
United Kingdom	214,925	92.1%
Spain	4,548	1.9%
India	3,741	1.6%
Turkey	3,043	1.3%
France	2,416	1.0%
Germany	1,693	0.7%
Outside EU	720	0.3%
EU	717	0.3%
Thailand	664	0.3%
Netherlands	492	0.2%
Republic of Ireland	88	0.0%
Other/Exempt	65	0.0%
Bangladesh	53	0.0%
Malaysia	35	0.0%
Vietnam	28	0.0%
Belgium	12	0.0%