Construction and Demolition waste survey Wales 2012
The purpose of this data collection was to produce information on the quantities, origins (by industry sector and geographic region), and fate (management method) of Construction and Demolition (C and D) wastes generated by businesses in Wales in 2012. This information is required by Welsh Government for a variety of reasons including: reporting on waste generation in compliance with the EU Waste Statistics Regulations 2002; informing the development of national waste policy; monitoring progress against national waste prevention and recycling targets; informing waste planners and the regulator; and providing data to the waste management industry to inform investment decisions. The precision for the total waste generated was +/- 33.2% at 90% confidence.
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Identification
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- NRW_DS119169
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- Arolwg gwastraff Adeiladu a Dymchwel Cymru 2012
- C and D waste survey Wales 2012
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- English
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Data was collected from 457 business sites between July 2013 and January 2014 throughout Wales of differing sector and size, and the data was grossed up using population data to regional and national level in Wales. Office for National Statistics data showed that there were 11,355 business units in Wales in 2012 with 1% in demolition, 39% in construction sectors, 11% in civil engineering and 49% in General Building. Of these business units, 58% had less than three employees and 0.5% had one hundred or more employees. Comparison with previous survey results should not be made because: The definition of waste has changed considerably since the previous survey, excluding a large amount of material which was previously recorded as waste; The recession impacted significantly on the construction sector, reducing output and therefore waste generation; There were no major infrastructure projects accounting for very large quantities of waste in 2012. This contrasts with 2005/06 when three of the five largest waste producers were involved in major projects. This illustrates the difficulty in comparing data from single years; The geographical data for 2012 is reported based on the location of the construction/demolition site as opposed to the location of the business office. This reflects the fact that C and D waste generally needs to be managed close to the site of production.
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Related Titles: J. Fry. 2016 Survey of Construction and Demolition Waste Generated in Wales 2012. NRW Report.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2012-12-31
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- Wales (WLS)
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[A] Database - Microsoft Access [B] Documents - Summary tables in Microsoft Excel. [C] Report and technical annexes in Adobe Portable Document Format version
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- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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Data was collected from 457 business sites between July 2013 and January 2014 throughout Wales of differing sector and size, and the data was grossed up using population data to regional and national level in Wales. Office for National Statistics data showed that there were 11,355 business units in Wales in 2012 with 1% in demolition, 39% in construction sectors, 11% in civil engineering and 49% in General Building. Of these business units, 58% had less than three employees and 0.5% had one hundred or more employees. Comparison with previous survey results should not be made because: The definition of waste has changed considerably since the previous survey, excluding a large amount of material which was previously recorded as waste; The recession impacted significantly on the construction sector, reducing output and therefore waste generation; There were no major infrastructure projects accounting for very large quantities of waste in 2012. This contrasts with 2005/06 when three of the five largest waste producers were involved in major projects. This illustrates the difficulty in comparing data from single years; The geographical data for 2012 is reported based on the location of the construction/demolition site as opposed to the location of the business office. This reflects the fact that C and D waste generally needs to be managed close to the site of production.
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- construction (building)
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- waste
- construction industry
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- 2026-03-04
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- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
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- Waste (SMNR)
- Physical Geography (Physiography) (SMNR)
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- 2024-06-26
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Internal version of the database is commercially sensitive data. Access to this data may be restricted under relevant legislation. NRW may NOT publish or disseminate the data. Requests should be referred to NRW's Access to Information Officer. An external (redacted) version is openly published (see resource locator). There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely
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Internal version: © CNC/NRW NRW does NOT grant permission to third parties to re-use or disseminate this dataset. External Version: © CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Attribution statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.
Metadata
Metadata
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- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313139313639 XML
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- English
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- Metadata Date
- 2026-06-26T07:40:47.464Z
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1.0