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What happens to your waste

Last updated: 12 November 2024

What happened to your waste 2022/23

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

	Values	Percentage (%)
United Kingdom	223,879	93.4%
Spain	5,423	2.3%
India	3,915	1.6%
Turkey	3,164	1.3%
Germany	1,812	0.8%
France	537	0.2%
Netherlands	468	0.2%
Pakistan	374	0.2%
Outside EU	93	0.0%
Republic of Ireland	87	0.0%
EU	26	0.0%
Czech Republic	12	0.0%