2002/03 overall performance

The following table contains municipal waste data released by the Audit Commission in December 2003 for the period covering the financial year 2002/03.

As well as recycling, composting and the combined recycling and composting statistics, energy-from-waste recovery (EfW) rates and landfill rates are given for waste disposal authorities and unitary councils.

[Historic note: 12% According to Defra, 12% of all local authority managed waste was recycled or composted in England in 2000/01

Councils are listed in rank order of combined recycling and composting rates:

	Authority	Recycling %	Composting %	Recycling + composting %	EfW %	Landfill %
1	Daventry	14.13	30.24	44.37
2	Lichfield	19.2	23.40	42.60
3	Wyre	20.02	13.27	33.29
4	Melton	18.6	12.71	31.31
5	Isle of Wight	10.92	19.66	30.58	17.2	52.2
6	St Edmundsbury	7.21	22.86	30.07
7	Windsor & Maidenhead	22.7	5.84	28.54	0.0	77.3
8	Forest Heath	8.9	19.50	28.40
9	Eastleigh	27.9	0.00	27.90
10	Chiltern	27.13	0.00	27.13
11	Dorset	16.04	11.07	27.11	0.3	72.6
12	Chester	12.62	13.95	26.57
13	Bath & N E Somerset	19.96	6.14	26.10	0.0	73.9
14	Hampshire	17.35	8.31	25.66	2.3	72.1
15	East Hampshire	23	2.00	25.00
16	Wealden	11.43	13.29	24.72
17	Bournemouth	15.8	8.70	24.50	0.0	75.5
18	Uttlesford	16.67	7.80	24.47
19	Cambridgeshire	15.65	8.67	24.32	0.0	75.6
20	Buckinghamshire	16.94	7.23	24.17	0.0	75.9
21	Oswestry	13	11.00	24.00
22	Surrey Heath	18.83	5.09	23.92
23	Wokingham	16.59	7.01	23.60	0.0	76.4
24	New Forest	23	0.00	23.00
25	Essex	13.8	9.20	23.00	0.0	77.0
26	Leicestershire	12.1	10.40	22.50	0.0	78.0
27	Devon	14.33	7.85	22.18	0.0	77.8
28	Fareham	22.06	0.00	22.06
29	Bexley	16	6.00	22.00	4.0	74.0
30	Peterborough	13.87	8.02	21.89	0.0	78.1
31	Blaby	19.72	1.88	21.60
32	West Devon	19.17	2.31	21.48
33	Torridge	15.05	6.29	21.34
34	Epping Forest	13.05	8.13	21.18
35	Reigate & Banstead	21.1	0.00	21.10
36	Tandridge	21	0.00	21.00
37	Tunbridge Wells	18	3.00	21.00
38	Suffolk	9.9	10.90	20.80	0.0	79.2
39	Colchester	17.6	3.10	20.70
40	Stroud	20.5	0.00	20.50
41	Richmond upon Thames	16.7	3.80	20.50	0.0	79.5
42	Lancashire	12	8.20	20.20	0.0	79.8
43	Somerset	12.4	7.80	20.20	0.0	79.8
44	Torbay	14.27	5.84	20.11	0.0	79.9
45	West Sussex	13.2	6.90	20.10	0.0	79.7
46	Oxfordshire	14.72	5.35	20.07	0.0	79.9
47	Kings Lynn & West Norfolk	20.06	0.00	20.06
48	South Oxfordshire	19.9	0.00	19.90
49	North Devon	17.86	1.91	19.77
50	Norfolk	14.04	5.65	19.69	0.0	80.4
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51	East Sussex	11.48	8.20	19.68	1.6	78.0
52	Kent	13.48	6.18	19.66	0.0	80.3
53	South Bucks	19.64	0.00	19.64
54	Hillingdon	13.4	6.10	19.50
55	Wiltshire	13.65	5.70	19.35	0.0	80.0
56	Sutton	13.83	5.48	19.31	0.0	80.7
57	South Cambridgeshire	18.3	1.00	19.30
58	Mid Sussex	19.02	0.05	19.07
59	Kingston-upon-Thames	14.24	4.82	19.06	0.0	80.9
60	Staffs Moorlands	9	10.00	19.00
61	North Lincolnshire	11.01	7.92	18.93	0.0	81.1
62	Rutland	8.53	10.36	18.89	0.0	81.1
63	Poole	11.74	7.01	18.75	0.0	81.3
64	South Ribble	9.43	9.28	18.71
65	Crawley	18.42	0.16	18.58
66	Hertfordshire	13.04	5.51	18.55	7.8	73.6
67	Surrey	13.6	4.90	18.50	0.0	81.5
68	Castle Point	8.9	9.50	18.40
69	Southend-on-Sea	11.87	6.05	17.92	0.0	82.1
70	Wansbeck	13.34	4.55	17.89
71	Northamptonshire	10.09	7.78	17.87	0.0	82.3
72	South Hams	13.22	4.61	17.83
73	Congleton	7.05	10.78	17.83
74	Bracknell Forest	12.39	5.36	17.75	0.0	82.3
75	Cheshire	8.33	9.38	17.71	0.0	82.3
76	Cornwall	12.61	5.06	17.67	0.0	82.3
77	Welwyn Hatfield	15	2.61	17.61
78	Vale of White Horse	17.6	0.00	17.60
79	Cambridge	11.74	5.84	17.58
80	Basildon	9.83	7.70	17.53
81	St Albans	17.42	0.00	17.42
82	Kennet	12.1	5.13	17.23
83	Guildford	14.8	2.40	17.20
84	Staffordshire	9.57	7.52	17.09	24.3	58.6
85	North Dorset	17.03	0.00	17.03
86	Bridgnorth	10.58	6.43	17.01
87	Havant	17	0.00	17.00
88	Woking	13.5	3.50	17.00
89	Halton	10.94	5.98	16.92	0.0	83.4
90	Charnwood	16.52	0.29	16.81
91	Gloucestershire	12.1	4.60	16.70		83.3
92	East Northamptonshire	12.49	4.15	16.64
93	Rushcliffe	11.9	4.70	16.60
94	Nottinghamshire	10	6.53	16.53	14.2	69.2
95	Cotswold	16.47	0.00	16.47
96	Tonbridge & Malling	15.6	0.80	16.40
97	Chelmsford	14.27	2.08	16.35
98	Milton Keynes	13.93	2.42	16.35	0.0	83.6
99	Kerrier	10.53	5.79	16.32
100	Chorley	8.14	8.08	16.22
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101	Derbyshire Dales	15.48	0.72	16.20
102	Preston	8.4	7.80	16.20
103	Winchester	16.1	0.00	16.10
104	North Kesteven	16.1	0.00	16.10
105	Camden	13.7	2.36	16.06
106	Salisbury	16.06	0.00	16.06
107	East Dorset	16	0.00	16.00
108	North Norfolk	15.99	0.00	15.99
109	Oadby & Wigston	14.47	1.50	15.97
110	Ribble Valley	11.49	4.33	15.82
111	Caradon	9.48	6.25	15.73
112	Durham City	13.99	1.73	15.72
113	Adur	15.67	0.00	15.67
114	Sevenoaks	14.01	1.60	15.61
115	South Norfolk	15.6	0.00	15.60
116	Maldon	12.05	3.50	15.55
117	Shepway	14.99	0.49	15.48
118	Mid Devon	12.97	2.51	15.48
119	Herefordshire	10.33	5.12	15.45	0.3	84.3
120	Worcestershire	9.87	5.56	15.43	0.2	84.4
121	Huntingdonshire	14.86	0.56	15.42
122	Ipswich	4.78	10.64	15.42
123	North East Lincolnshire	8.15	7.25	15.40	0.0	84.7
124	Bromley	14.67	0.71	15.38	21.8	62.8
125	Carrick	12.6	2.73	15.33
126	South Northamptonshire	6.7	8.60	15.30
127	East Devon	14.9	0.40	15.30
128	Lincolnshire	9.8	5.40	15.20	0.0	84.8
129	Mole Valley	15.2	0.00	15.20
130	Stevenage	15.19	0.00	15.19
131	Hambleton	12.73	2.40	15.13
132	Basingstoke & Deane	15.11	0.00	15.11
133	Stratford-on-Avon	14.24	0.85	15.09
134	Merton	12.24	2.77	15.01	0.0	85.0
135	Swale	14.2	0.80	15.00
136	Luton	11.28	3.67	14.95	0.0	85.1
137	Warwickshire	10.02	4.90	14.92	4.5	80.6
138	Restormel	10.41	4.43	14.84
139	Canterbury	13.9	0.87	14.77
140	Shropshire	10.35	4.37	14.72	0.3	85.0
141	Brighton & Hove	11.2	3.47	14.67	0.0	85.3
142	Braintree	12.34	2.29	14.63
143	Gedling	12.2	2.33	14.53
144	Portsmouth	12.84	1.69	14.53	0.0	85.5
145	City of London	14.5	0.00	14.50	0.0	85.5
146	South Holland	14.5	0.00	14.50
147	Spelthorne	14.5	0.00	14.50
148	South Shropshire	10.1	4.30	14.40
149	Swindon	10.2	4.20	14.40	0.0	85.6
150	Exeter	14.38	0.00	14.38
151	Carlisle	9.23	5.11	14.34
152	Chesterfield	10.19	4.12	14.31
153	Reading	10.98	3.27	14.25	0.0	85.8
154	Horsham	14.05	0.19	14.24

155	Brentwood	11.8	2.44	14.24
156	Aylesbury Vale	14.23	0.00	14.23
157	Suffolk Coastal	12.51	1.60	14.11
158	Chichester	14.09	0.00	14.09
159	Northampton	14.06	0.00	14.06
160	Stoke-on-Trent	9.34	4.69	14.03	62.8	23.2
161	Wycombe	13.73	0.25	13.98
162	South Gloucestershire	12	1.98	13.98	0.0	86.0
163	West London Waste Authority	11.7	2.18	13.88	0.1	86.0
164	Havering	5.93	7.90	13.83
165	Hart	13.8	0.00	13.80
166	East Cambridgeshire	13.5	0.30	13.80
167	Bristol	12.56	1.23	13.79	0.0	86.2
168	North Somerset	9.76	3.99	13.75	0.0	86.3
169	Derbyshire	10.02	3.69	13.71	0.0	86.3
170	North Yorkshire	8.31	5.37	13.68	0.0	86.3
171	Plymouth	9.11	4.54	13.65	0.0	80.7
172	Teignbridge	11.83	1.73	13.56
173	Waverley	13.55	0.00	13.55
174	Oxford	13.5	0.00	13.50
175	Maidstone	8.4	5.10	13.50
176	Castle Morpeth	7.29	6.17	13.46
177	Dacorum	12.63	0.77	13.40
178	Eden	12.2	1.20	13.40
179	Hinckley & Bosworth	9.2	4.20	13.40
180	Warrington	8.19	5.16	13.35	0.0	86.7
181	Three Rivers	13.31	0.00	13.31
182	Erewash	9.51	3.80	13.31
183	Taunton Deane	9.9	3.40	13.30
184	East Riding of Yorkshire	7.28	6.01	13.29	0.0	86.7
185	Weymouth & Portland	12.12	1.08	13.20
186	Shrewsbury & Atcham	9.9	3.28	13.18
187	Croydon	11.5	1.60	13.10	0.0	86.9
188	East Hertfordshire	11.99	1.04	13.03
189	Stockport	11.6	1.40	13.00
190	Christchurch	13	0.00	13.00
191	Hounslow	13	0.00	13.00
192	Purbeck	13	0.00	13.00
193	Blackpool	9.5	3.50	13.00	0.0	86.9
194	Derby	10.53	2.42	12.95	0.0	87.0
195	Slough	9.127	3.79	12.91	0.0	87.1
196	Cheltenham	9.38	3.53	12.91
197	Test Valley	12.8	0.00	12.80
198	Wellingborough	10.62	2.18	12.80
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199	Darlington	12.1	0.70	12.80	0.0	87.2
200	Cumbria	9.8	2.90	12.70	0.0	87.2
201	Leeds	10.3	2.40	12.70	0.4	86.7
202	West Berkshire	10.8	1.84	12.64	0.0	87.4
203	West Dorset	12.62	0.00	12.62
204	Arun	12.6	0.00	12.60
205	Watford	10.99	1.55	12.54
206	Gravesham	12.53	0.00	12.53
207	Wakefield	7.46	4.99	12.45	0.0	87.6
208	Medway Council	7.7	4.70	12.40	0.0	87.6
209	West Oxfordshire	12.37	0.00	12.37
210	Ashford	11.77	0.59	12.36
211	Bedfordshire	8.94	3.42	12.36	0.0	87.6
212	York	7.3	5.02	12.32	0.0	87.7
213	Kirklees	9.11	3.21	12.32	58.0	29.7
214	South Derbyshire	7.4	4.90	12.30
215	Calderdale	7.57	4.59	12.16	2.7	85.0
216	Barnet	10.78	1.34	12.12
217	Rushmoor	12.1	0.00	12.10
218	Elmbridge	11.8	0.06	11.86
219	West Somerset	11.7	0.00	11.70
220	Forest of Dean	9.7	2.00	11.70
221	Enfield	8	3.70	11.70
222	Hartlepool	8.48	3.21	11.69	78.8	9.3
223	Lewes	11.6	0.00	11.60
224	Leicester	10.2	1.40	11.60	0.0	88.4
225	Coventry	9.46	2.12	11.58	76.7	11.7
226	Southampton	8.89	2.69	11.58	0.1	88.3
227	North Hertfordshire	10	1.53	11.53
228	Westminster	11.5	0.00	11.50	69.0	19.8
229	Western Riverside Waste Disposal Authority	10.69	0.78	11.47	0.1	88.5
230	Selby	9.54	1.86	11.40
231	Walsall	3.21	8.19	11.40	6.7	81.9
232	Babergh	11.32	0.00	11.32
234	Lincoln	11	0.30	11.30
235	Macclesfield	10.21	1.08	11.29
236	Tendring	11.2	0.00	11.20
237	Warwick	8.91	2.22	11.13
238	Blyth Valley	11.09	0.00	11.09
239	Norwich	11.08	0.00	11.08
240	Dudley	7.12	3.90	11.02	65.6	23.3
241	Blackburn with Darwen	8.51	2.49	11.00	0.0	89.0
242	Pendle	10.99	0.00	10.99
243	Lambeth	10.58	0.35	10.93
244	North Cornwall	10.9	0.00	10.90
245	Fylde	10.59	0.25	10.84
246	Broadland	10.83	0.00	10.83
247	Hastings	10.8	0.00	10.80
248	South Somerset	10.8	0.00	10.80
249	Wychavon	10.8	0.00	10.80
250	Broxtowe	10.61	0.18	10.79

251	Bradford	6.42	4.35	10.77	0.0	89.2
252	Birmingham	8.47	2.27	10.74	72.8	25.5
253	Thurrock	8.64	2.09	10.73	0.0	80.9
254	Broxbourne	10.4	0.26	10.66
255	Durham	9.1	1.54	10.64	0.0	89.0
266	Ealing	9.26	1.37	10.63
267	Rother	10.6	0.00	10.60
268	Rochford	7.22	3.32	10.54
269	Wandsworth	10.37	0.14	10.51
270	Northumberland	8.4	2.10	10.50	0.3	89.2
271	Hertsmere	10.47	0.00	10.47
272	Craven	10	0.40	10.40
273	Telford & Wrekin	7.9	2.50	10.40	0.0	89.6
274	Cherwell	10.33	0.00	10.33
275	South Lakeland	10.31	0.00	10.31
276	Worthing	10.27	0.00	10.27
277	East Lindsey	8.71	1.55	10.26
278	Easington	10.25	0.00	10.25
279	Waltham Forest	7.4	2.76	10.16
280	Malvern Hills	10.06	0.00	10.06
281	Ryedale	10	0.00	10.00
282	Vale Royal	7.7	2.30	10.00
283	Fenland	7	3.00	10.00
284	Redbridge	7.4	2.57	9.97
285	North Wiltshire	7.65	2.20	9.85
286	Alnwick	9.84	0.00	9.84
287	Rossendale	7.57	2.23	9.80
288	Lancaster	8.57	1.11	9.68
289	North London Waste Disposal Authority	7.84	1.77	9.61	43.3	47.1
290	Harrogate	9.58	0.00	9.58
291	Burnley	9.56	0.00	9.56
292	Kingston-upon-Hull	8.31	1.24	9.55	0.0	90.0
293	Harlow	9.37	0.17	9.54
294	Sefton	8.14	1.33	9.47
295	Harrow	9.4	0.00	9.40	0.0	90.6
296	West Lindsey	9.1	0.30	9.40
297	Gosport	8.4	1.00	9.40
298	Breckland	9.11	0.28	9.39
299	Greenwich	6.51	2.86	9.37	69.6	21.0
300	Wolverhampton	4.24	5.10	9.34	69.5	21.1
301	Scarborough	5.6	3.73	9.33
302	Mid Suffolk	9.31	0.00	9.31
303	Rugby	9.22	0.00	9.22
304	Bromsgrove	9.13	0.00	9.13
305	Derwentside	9.1	0.00	9.10
306	Wigan	6.3	2.78	9.08	0.0	90.8
307	North East Derbyshire	7.72	1.35	9.07
308	Crewe & Nantwich	7.7	1.30	9.00
309	Sandwell	6.26	2.73	8.99	25.3	65.8
310	Redcar & Cleveland	8.79	0.19	8.98	37.4	53.6
311	Allerdale	7.6	1.34	8.94
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312	Sedgemoor	8.88	0.00	8.88
313	Epsom & Ewell	8.87	0.00	8.87
314	Stafford	8.3	0.52	8.82
315	Tewkesbury	8.7	0.03	8.73
316	Amber Valley	8.11	0.59	8.70
317	Mendip	7.6	1.10	8.70
318	Merseyside Disposal Authority	5.85	2.78	8.63	0.1	91.3
319	Mid Bedfordshire	7.65	0.98	8.63
320	Worcester	8.59	0.03	8.62
321	Stockton-on-Tees	5.86	2.67	8.53	83.1	8.4
322	West Lancashire	8.09	0.42	8.51
323	Tamworth	8.5	0.00	8.50
324	Hammersmith & Fulham	8.46	0.00	8.46
325	South Bedfordshire	8.41	0.00	8.41
326	Doncaster	6.14	2.19	8.33	0.0	91.6
327	Penwith	7	1.20	8.20
328	South Tyneside	5.42	2.75	8.17	0.0	91.8
329	Redditch	8.1	0.00	8.10
330	Teesdale	5.89	2.20	8.09
331	Gloucester	8.03	0.00	8.03
332	East Staffordshire	8.01	0.00	8.01
333	Barrow-in-Furness	8	0.00	8.00
334	Rotherham	6.2	1.80	8.00	0.0	92.0
335	Wyre Forest	7.98	0.00	7.98
336	Kensington & Chelsea	7.53	0.35	7.88
337	Bedford	6.68	1.13	7.81
338	Harborough	7.7	0.00	7.70
339	Ellesmere Port & Neston	7.68	0.00	7.68
340	Dover	7.67	0.00	7.67
341	Solihull	7.63	0.00	7.63	66.6	25.8
342	Eastbourne	7.6	0.00	7.60
343	High Peak	7.36	0.24	7.60
344	Tameside	7.5	0.00	7.50
345	West Wiltshire	7.5	0.00	7.50
346	Greater Manchester Disposal Authority	5.87	1.61	7.48	8.0	84.5
347	South Kesteven	7.4	0.00	7.40
348	Great Yarmouth	7.4	0.00	7.40
349	Sedgefield	6.84	0.54	7.38
350	Lewisham	7	0.30	7.30	83.5	9.2
351	Bassetlaw	7.17	0.00	7.17
352	North Shropshire	6.91	0.16	7.07
353	Richmondshire	7.04	0.00	7.04
354	Thanet	6.38	0.66	7.04
356	Boston	7.03	0.00	7.03
357	Hyndburn	6.78	0.20	6.98
358	Dartford	6.9	0.00	6.90
359	Salford	6.84	0.00	6.84
360	Tynedale	6.72	0.00	6.72
361	South Staffordshire	6.72	0.00	6.72
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362	Wirral	6.65	0.00	6.65
363	Brent	6.64	0.00	6.64
367	Bolton	6.6	0.00	6.60
368	Trafford	6.53	0.00	6.53
369	Chester-le-Street	6.52	0.00	6.52
370	North West Leicestershire	6.1	0.40	6.50
371	Newark & Sherwood	6.3	0.00	6.30
372	Barnsley	4.35	1.80	6.15	0.0	93.9
373	Berwick-upon-Tweed	6.1	0.00	6.10
374	Waveney	6.1	0.00	6.10
375	East London Waste Authority	4.6	1.50	6.10	6.4	87.5
376	Bury	6.06	0.00	6.06
377	North Warwickshire	6.04	0.00	6.04
378	Wear Valley	5.95	0.00	5.95
379	St Helens	5.18	0.74	5.92
380	Runnymede	5.9	0.00	5.90
381	Islington	5.81	0.00	5.81
382	Nuneaton & Bedworth	5.29	0.51	5.80
383	Newcastle-under-Lyme	4.75	0.92	5.67
384	Knowsley	5.55	0.03	5.58
385	Ashfield	5.4	0.00	5.40
386	Copeland	5.27	0.00	5.27
387	Nottingham	4.22	1.04	5.26	37.2	57.5
388	Sheffield	4.33	0.78	5.11	40.7	54.2
389	Oldham	4.89	0.00	4.89
390	Gateshead	4.53	0.22	4.75	0.0	95.2
391	Southwark	4.64	0.02	4.66	31.5	63.8
392	Cannock Chase	4.55	0.00	4.55
393	Mansfield	4.53	0.00	4.53
394	Newcastle upon Tyne	3.88	0.61	4.49	0.0	95.5
395	Haringey	4.44	0.00	4.44
396	Middlesbrough	4.3	0.00	4.30	80.7	15.0
397	Manchester	4.28	0.00	4.28
398	Newham	4.16	0.00	4.16
399	Kettering	4.12	0.00	4.12
400	Rochdale	3.79	0.00	3.79
401	North Tyneside	3.79	0.00	3.79	18.3	77.9
402	Corby	3.73	0.00	3.73
403	Tower Hamlets	3.36	0.00	3.36	0.0	96.6
404	Bolsover	3.23	0.00	3.23
405	Hackney	2.6	0.00	2.60
406	Sunderland	2.36	0.09	2.45	1.4	96.1
407	Barking & Dagenham	1.96	0.22	2.18
408	Liverpool	1.87	0.00	1.87

2002/03 overall performance

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