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2010/11 overall performance

The following table contains municipal waste data derived from WasteDataFlow for the period covering the financial year 2010/11. The data shows the total household waste recycling, composting and reuse rate for English local authorities from April 2010 to March 2011. A full breakdown of composting and dry recycling rates has yet to be released by Defra. Local authorities are listed in overall performance order:

 

Local Authority Recycling Rate
1 Rochford District Council 66%
2 South Oxfordshire District Council 65%
3 Surrey Heath Borough Council 65%
4 Bournemouth Borough Council 64%
5 Cotswold District Council 60%
6 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 60%
7 Stratford-on-Avon District Council 59%
8 Epping Forest Borough Council 59%
9 Suffolk Coastal District Council 59%
10 Harborough District Council 58%
11 Huntingdonshire District Council 58%
12 Cherwell District Council 57%
13 Teignbridge District Council 57%
14 Rutland County Council 57%
15 Lichfield District Council 57%
16 South Cambridgeshire District Council 56%
17 West Lindsey District Council 56%
18 Mole Valley District Council 55%
19 Uttlesford District Council 55%
20 East Lindsey District Council 55%
21 South Hams District Council 55%
22 Devon County Council 55%
23 Oxfordshire County Council 54%
24 Cambridgeshire County Council 54%
25 Rushcliffe Borough Council 54%
26 Leicestershire County Council 54%
27 Braintree District Council 54%
28 Woking Borough Council 54%
29 Suffolk County Council 54%
30 Tewkesbury Borough Council 54%
31 North Kesteven District Council 53%
32 Staffordshire County Council 53%
33 Lincolnshire County Council 53%
34 Dorset County Council 53%
35 Shropshire 53%
36 Waveney District Council 52%
37 Milton Keynes Council 52%
38 St Edmundsbury Borough Council 52%
39 Harlow District Council 52%
40 Vale of White Horse District Council 52%
41 North Lincolnshire Council 52%
42 Guildford Borough Council 52%
43 West Devon Borough Council 52%
44 Central Bedfordshire 52%
45 Fenland District Council 52%
46 North Somerset Council 51%
47 Rugby Borough Council 51%
48 Bexley LB 51%
49 Elmbridge Borough Council 51%
50 Somerset County Council 51%
51 Three Rivers District Council 51%
52 Ryedale District Council 51%
53 South Kesteven District Council 51%
54 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 51%
55 Stafford Borough Council 51%
56 Melton Borough Council 50%
57 Broadland District Council 50%
58 St Albans City and District Council 50%
59 East Staffordshire Borough Council 50%
60 North Hertfordshire District Council 50%
61 Swindon Borough Council 50%
62 Harrow LB 50%
63 South Northamptonshire District Council 50%
64 Essex County Council 50%
65 Cannock Chase Council 50%
66 South Staffordshire Council 50%
67 Stockport MBC 49%
68 South Derbyshire District Council 49%
69 Warwickshire County Council 49%
70 Warwick District Council 49%
71 Cheshire East 49%
72 Kingston-upon-Hull City Council 49%
73 Mid Devon District Council 49%
74 Walsall MBC 49%
75 East Devon District Council 49%
76 Chorley Borough Council 49%
77 Hertfordshire County Council 48%
78 East Hertfordshire District Council 48%
79 Daventry District Council 48%
80 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 48%
81 Cheshire West and Chester 48%
82 South Ribble Borough Council 48%
83 Dacorum Borough Council 48%
84 Horsham District Council 48%
85 Derby City Council 48%
86 Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 47%
87 Allerdale Borough Council 47%
88 Tamworth Borough Council 47%
89 Chiltern District Council 47%
90 Kettering Borough Council 47%
91 Epsom and Ewell Borough Council 47%
92 Forest Heath District Council 47%
93 Carlisle City Council 47%
94 Wyre Borough Council 46%
95 Surrey County Council 46%
96 Gloucestershire County Council 46%
97 Charnwood Borough Council 46%
98 Lancashire County Council 46%
99 Lincoln City Council 46%
100 Bath and North East Somerset Council 46%
101 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 46%
102 West Lancashire District Council 46%
103 North West Leicestershire District Council 46%
104 Blaby District Council 46%
105 Gloucester City Council 46%
106 Cumbria County Council 46%
107 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 45%
108 North Yorkshire County Council 45%
109 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 45%
110 Buckinghamshire County Council 45%
111 York City Council 45%
112 South Gloucestershire Council 45%
113 Taunton Deane Borough Council 45%
114 Norfolk County Council 45%
115 North Norfolk District Council 45%
116 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 45%
117 Brentwood Borough Council 45%
118 Basildon District Council 45%
119 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 45%
120 Thurrock Council 45%
121 Peterborough City Council 45%
122 North Devon District Council 44%
123 Solihull MBC 44%
124 Eden District Council 44%
125 Bromley LB 44%
126 Hambleton District Council 44%
127 Torridge District Council 44%
128 Rother District Council 44%
129 South Lakeland District Council 44%
130 West Sussex County Council 44%
131 Mid Sussex District Council 44%
132 Wychavon District Council 44%
133 Telford and Wrekin Council 44%
134 Cambridge City Council 44%
135 Canterbury City Council 44%
136 Nottinghamshire County Council 43%
137 Richmond upon Thames LB 43%
138 Warrington Borough Council 43%
139 Oxford City Council 43%
140 Northamptonshire County Council 43%
141 Hillingdon LB 43%
142 Eastleigh Borough Council 43%
143 Selby District Council 43%
144 Copeland Borough Council 43%
145 Craven District Council 43%
146 Worcestershire County Council 43%
147 Broxtowe Borough Council 43%
148 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council 43%
149 Hertsmere Borough Council 42%
150 Sedgemoor District Council 42%
151 West Oxfordshire District Council 42%
152 East Dorset District Council 42%
153 Mid Suffolk District Council 42%
154 Derbyshire County Council 42%
155 Fylde Borough Council 42%
156 Ipswich Borough Council 42%
157 West Berkshire District Council 42%
158 North East Derbyshire District Council 42%
159 Darlington Borough Council 42%
160 Rotherham MBC 42%
161 Erewash Borough Council 42%
162 High Peak Borough Council 42%
163 Wiltshire 42%
164 Corby Borough Council 42%
165 Wealden District Council 42%
166 Richmondshire District Council 42%
167 Wycombe District Council 42%
168 Doncaster MBC 42%
169 South Somerset District Council 42%
170 East Riding of Yorkshire Council 42%
171 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 41%
172 Ribble Valley Borough Council 41%
173 Derbyshire Dales District Council 41%
174 Wokingham Council 41%
175 Calderdale MBC 41%
176 Hartlepool Borough Council 41%
177 Trafford MBC 41%
178 Mansfield District Council 41%
179 Breckland Council 41%
180 Mendip District Council 41%
181 Sefton MBC 41%
182 Bromsgrove District Council 41%
183 Ealing LB 40%
184 Colchester Borough Council 40%
185 Watford Borough Council 40%
186 Bracknell Forest Borough Council 40%
187 Wakefield City MDC 40%
188 Wirral MBC 40%
189 Castle Point Borough Council 40%
190 Herefordshire Council 40%
191 Poole Borough Council 40%
192 Hampshire County Council 40%
193 Chesterfield Borough Council 40%
194 South Norfolk Council 40%
195 Scarborough Borough Council 40%
196 Torbay Council 40%
197 Barnsley MBC 39%
198 Northumberland 39%
199 Stoke-on-Trent City Council 39%
200 Broxbourne Borough Council 39%
201 County Durham 39%
202 Chichester District Council 39%
203 Forest of Dean District Council 39%
204 Chelmsford Borough Council 39%
205 Stevenage Borough Council 39%
206 West London Waste Authority 39%
207 Bedford 39%
208 City of London 39%
209 Kent County Council 39%
210 Oldham MBC 39%
211 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council 39%
212 Lancaster City Council 39%
213 Pendle Borough Council 38%
214 Fareham Borough Council 38%
215 East Sussex County Council 38%
216 Northampton Borough Council 38%
217 Halton Borough Council 38%
218 Norwich City Council 38%
219 Waverley Borough Council 38%
220 Hart District Council 38%
221 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 38%
222 Sutton LB 38%
223 Bristol City Council 37%
224 Winchester City Council 37%
225 East Cambridgeshire District Council 37%
226 Shepway District Council 37%
227 Arun District Council 37%
228 Coventry City Council 37%
229 Blackpool Borough Council 37%
230 East Hampshire District Council 37%
231 Maldon District Council 37%
232 Exeter City Council 37%
233 Gedling Borough Council 37%
234 North Tyneside Council 37%
235 Adur District Council 37%
236 Spelthorne Borough Council 37%
237 Greenwich LB 37%
238 Merseyside WDA (MBC) 37%
239 Welwyn Hatfield Council 36%
240 Merton LB 36%
241 Medway Borough Council 36%
242 Cornwall 36%
243 Worcester City Council 36%
244 Worthing Borough Council 36%
245 Wigan MBC 36%
246 Test Valley Borough Council 36%
247 Wolverhampton MBC 36%
248 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council 36%
249 Nottingham City Council 36%
250 Hyndburn Borough Council 35%
251 Tameside MBC 35%
252 Rossendale Borough Council 35%
253 Luton Borough Council 35%
254 Reading Borough Council 35%
255 Hounslow LB 35%
256 Leeds City Council MBC 35%
257 Cheltenham Borough Council 35%
258 South Tyneside MBC 35%
259 Gateshead MBC 35%
260 Wellingborough Borough Council 35%
261 West Dorset District Council 34%
262 Dudley MBC 34%
263 Ashfield District Council 34%
264 Greater Manchester WDA (MBC) 34%
265 Kirklees MBC 34%
266 Christchurch Borough Council 34%
267 Burnley Borough Council 34%
268 Bradford City MDC (MBC) 34%
269 North Dorset District Council 34%
270 North East Lincolnshire Council 34%
271 Croydon LB 33%
272 South Bucks District Council 33%
273 Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council MBC 33%
274 Brent LB 33%
275 Tandridge District Council 33%
276 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 33%
277 Harrogate Borough Council 33%
278 Preston Borough Council 33%
279 South Holland District Council 33%
280 Plymouth City Council 33%
281 Barnet LB 33%
282 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 33%
283 Sandwell MBC 33%
284 Salford City Council MBC 33%
285 Enfield LB 32%
286 Camden LB 32%
287 Maidstone Borough Council 32%
288 Swale Borough Council 32%
289 Purbeck District Council 32%
290 Eastbourne Borough Council 32%
291 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 32%
292 Dover District Council 32%
293 Malvern Hills District Council 32%
294 Slough Borough Council 31%
295 Sevenoaks District Council 31%
296 New Forest District Council 31%
297 North Warwickshire Borough Council 31%
298 St Helens MBC 31%
299 Sunderland City Council 31%
300 Knowsley MBC 31%
301 Birmingham City Council 31%
302 Havering LB 31%
303 East Northamptonshire Council 31%
304 Havant Borough Council 30%
305 Islington LB 30%
306 Rochdale MBC 30%
307 Isle of Wight Council 30%
308 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 30%
309 North London Waste Authority 29%
310 Sheffield City Council 29%
311 Boston Borough Council 29%
312 Runnymede Borough Council 29%
313 Tendring District Council 29%
314 Crawley Borough Council 29%
315 Thanet District Council 29%
316 Redditch Borough Council 29%
317 Lambeth LB 28%
318 Barking and Dagenham LB 28%
319 Western Riverside Waste Authority 28%
320 West Somerset District Council 28%
321 Haringey LB 28%
322 Brighton and Hove Council 28%
323 Wyre Forest District Council 28%
324 Redbridge LB 28%
325 Hammersmith and Fulham LB 28%
326 Bolsover District Council 28%
327 Waltham Forest LB 27%
328 Rushmoor Borough Council 27%
329 Amber Valley Borough Council 27%
330 Liverpool City Council 27%
331 Wandsworth LB 27%
332 Newark and Sherwood District Council 26%
333 Manchester City Council MBC 26%
334 Hastings Borough Council 26%
335 Great Yarmouth Borough Council 26%
336 Leicester City Council 26%
337 East London Waste Authority 25%
338 Westminster City Council 25%
339 Southwark LB 25%
340 Southampton City Council 25%
341 Hackney LB 25%
342 Stroud District Council 25%
343 Tower Hamlets LB 25%
344 Portsmouth City Council 24%
345 Bolton MBC 24%
346 Bury MBC 24%
347 Dartford Borough Council 24%
348 Gosport Borough Council 24%
349 Middlesbrough Borough Council 23%
350 Gravesham Borough Council 23%
351 Lewes District Council 23%
352 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 23%
353 Bassetlaw District Council 23%
354 Aylesbury Vale District Council 22%
355 Council of the Isles of Scilly 19%
356 Lewisham LB 18%
357 Newham LB 15%
358 Ashford Borough Council 14%
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