What happens to your waste

Last updated: 12 November 2024

What happened to your waste 2023/24

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

Values Percentage (%)
United Kingdom 221,820 95.7%
India 4,680 2.0%
Turkey 1,534 0.7%
Malaysia 1,389 0.6%
Vietnam 396 0.2%
Spain 353 0.2%
Germany 353 0.2%
Thailand 296 0.1%
Outside EU 261 0.1%
France 166 0.1%
EU 148 0.1%
Other/Exempt 115 0.0%
Netherlands 107 0.0%
Laos 54 0.0%
Greece 3 0.0%
Pakistan - -   %
Bangladesh - -   %
Czech Republic - -   %
Belgium - -   %
Poland - -   %
Italy - -   %
Republic of Ireland - -   %