How to access waste management data for England
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-17)

Environment Agency data for waste accepted and removed from sites with environmental permits for waste management activities.

The Environment Agency collects waste management data in England. We use the data to make sure operators comply with their environmental permits.

We make the data available for waste planning, reporting and information purposes. This data is used by the EU, government, local councils, the waste industry and the public.

We publish the data on data.gov.uk (https://www.data.gov.uk/search?filters%5Bpublisher%5D=Environment+Agency). You can access data back to 2006.

We publish data at a national level for England, or by former English government planning regions. We do this for trend consistency.

We publish data on the amount of waste sent to:
- landfill sites
- waste transfer sites
- waste treatment sites
- incineration sites
- metal recycling sites
- sites for disposal in or on land
- sites with ‘use of waste’ permits – construction, reclamation and timber manufacturing
We also publish information on:
- landfill capacity
- incineration capacity
- the management of hazardous wastes, including the number of hazardous waste sites
Waste data interrogator

Search for ‘waste data interrogator’ on data.gov.uk (https://www.data.gov.uk/search?q=%22waste+data+interrogator%22&filters%5Bpublisher%5D=Environment+Agency&filters%5Btopic%5D=&filters%5Bformat%5D=&sort=recent) for annual reports on the quantities and types of waste that operators of regulated waste management facilities deal with. This includes the waste received to and sent on from their site.

This data record includes 3 downloads:
- waste received data
- waste removed data
- waste summary tables for England
A conditional licence (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence) applies to this data. You must follow the conditions of this licence if you want to use this data.

Hazardous waste interrogator

Search for ‘hazardous waste interrogator’ on data.gov.uk (https://www.data.gov.uk/search?q=%22hazardous+waste%22&filters%5Bpublisher%5D=Environment+Agency&filters%5Btopic%5D=&filters%5Bformat%5D=&sort=recent) for annual reports on hazardous waste movement.

Hazardous waste producer data is commercially confidential. We have not included individual site names and producers’ details. The data includes high level details of:
- where the waste was produced
- where the waste management facility is located
- the amount of waste (tonnage)
This data record includes one download – the hazardous waste interrogator file.

The open government licence (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/) applies to this data. You must follow the conditions of this licence if you want to use this data.

Waste incinerator reports

Operators of permitted waste incinerators submit annual monitoring reports to the Environment Agency. These include their emissions. The reports show if the site has complied with its environmental permit.

These reports are used by local residents, campaign groups, waste operators and local councils.

See the waste incinerator reports (https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/0de19ba3-9c2f-417c-b092-4a6baaf9744d/incinerator-annual-monitoring-reporting).

Public registers of environmental information

The Environment Agency publishes information about environmental permissions on public registers (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/access-the-public-register-for-environmental-information) so anyone can see it.

For data on other types of waste site

General enquiries

National Customer Contact Centre PO Box 544RotherhamS60 1BY

Email xxx@xxx.xx (mailto:xxx@xxx.xx)

Telephone 03708 506 506

Telephone from outside the UK (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm GMT) xx-xxxx-xxxx

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.