Municipal waste is that which comes under the control of the Local Authority and includes household waste and other wastes collected by a waste collection authority or its agents, such as municipal parks and gardens waste, beach cleansing waste, commercial or industrial waste, and waste resulting from the clearance of fly-tipped materials

  The amount of aluminium packaging in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes or bring/CA sites per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns.

 Refers to whether or not households are charged for an organic kerbside recycling scheme

 Refers to a dry kerbside recycling scheme where materials are collected in a single compartment vehicle with the sorting of materials occurring at a Material Recovery Facility (MRF)

 This describes the type of container used by the householder to store materials for collection at kerbside

 The total amount of organic and separate food material in the household waste stream that has been diverted for recycling via kerbside schemes, bring/CA sites, voluntary and other schemes per household. Estimates based on local authority WasteDataFlow returns

 Refers to a kerbside recycling scheme that collects dry materials such as paper, card, cans, plastic bottles, mixed plastic, glass, aerosols, batteries, foil and textiles

 Recycling of dry materials such as paper, card, cans, plastic bottles, mixed plastic, glass, aerosols, batteries, foil and textiles 

 Refers to how often recycling is collected from households at the kerbside e.g. more than weekly, weekly, fortnightly, monthly or less than monthly

 Refers to how often residual waste is collected from households at the kerbside e.g. more than weekly, weekly, fortnightly, monthly or less than monthly