The following table contains municipal waste data derived from WasteDataFlow for the period covering the financial year 2011/12. The data shows the total household waste recycling, composting and reuse rate for English local authorities from April 2011 to March 2012. Local authorities are listed in overall performance order:
Rank | Local Authority | Recycling, Reuse and Composting Rate |
1 | Vale of White Horse District Council | 68.7% |
2 | South Oxfordshire District Council | 67.9% |
3 | Rochford District Council | 67.4% |
4 | Surrey Heath Borough Council | 65.0% |
5 | Stockport MBC | 62.6% |
6 | Harborough District Council | 61.6% |
7 | Rutland County Council | 61.3% |
8 | West Oxfordshire District Council | 61.2% |
9 | Three Rivers District Council | 60.5% |
10 | West Devon Borough Council | 59.9% |
11 | North Somerset Council | 59.7% |
12 | Epping Forest Borough Council | 59.6% |
13 | Oxfordshire County Council | 59.6% |
14 | Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | 58.9% |
15 | Cotswold District Council | 58.6% |
16 | South Cambridgeshire District Council | 58.3% |
17 | Mole Valley District Council | 57.9% |
18 | Teignbridge District Council | 57.3% |
19 | Cherwell District Council | 57.3% |
20 | Stratford-on-Avon District Council | 57.3% |
21 | Woking Borough Council | 57.0% |
22 | Suffolk Coastal District Council | 57.0% |
23 | Huntingdonshire District Council | 56.9% |
24 | Lichfield District Council | 56.6% |
25 | Leicestershire County Council | 56.2% |
26 | Cambridgeshire County Council | 55.8% |
27 | Braintree District Council | 55.7% |
28 | Devon County Council | 55.2% |
29 | West Lindsey District Council | 55.2% |
30 | South Hams District Council | 54.8% |
31 | East Lindsey District Council | 54.7% |
32 | Uttlesford District Council | 54.5% |
33 | Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council | 53.9% |
34 | Stafford Borough Council | 53.8% |
35 | Milton Keynes Council | 53.8% |
36 | Staffordshire County Council | 53.7% |
37 | Bexley LB | 53.5% |
38 | Tewkesbury Borough Council | 53.3% |
39 | Suffolk County Council | 53.2% |
40 | South Gloucestershire Council | 53.1% |
41 | Cheshire East | 52.9% |
42 | Basildon District Council | 52.9% |
43 | Castle Point Borough Council | 52.8% |
44 | Lincolnshire County Council | 52.8% |
45 | North Kesteven District Council | 52.6% |
46 | Bournemouth Borough Council | 52.3% |
47 | St Edmundsbury Borough Council | 52.3% |
48 | Cannock Chase Council | 52.2% |
49 | Guildford Borough Council | 52.2% |
50 | Bath and North East Somerset Council | 52.0% |
51 | Ryedale District Council | 51.9% |
52 | Essex County Council | 51.8% |
53 | Surrey County Council | 51.5% |
54 | Blaby District Council | 51.3% |
55 | East Riding of Yorkshire Council | 51.3% |
56 | East Staffordshire Borough Council | 51.2% |
57 | Central Bedfordshire | 51.1% |
58 | Waveney District Council | 51.1% |
59 | Oadby and Wigston Borough Council | 51.1% |
60 | Rushcliffe Borough Council | 51.0% |
61 | Somerset County Council | 50.9% |
62 | Dorset Waste Partnership | 50.9% |
63 | Elmbridge Borough Council | 50.5% |
64 | Harlow District Council | 50.5% |
65 | Fenland District Council | 50.5% |
66 | Shropshire | 50.4% |
67 | Rotherham MBC | 50.4% |
68 | Hertfordshire County Council | 50.4% |
69 | Warwick District Council | 50.3% |
70 | Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council | 50.3% |
71 | South Staffordshire Council | 50.0% |
72 | Bromley LB | 49.9% |
73 | Melton Borough Council | 49.9% |
74 | Welwyn Hatfield Council | 49.9% |
75 | South Northamptonshire District Council | 49.9% |
76 | Cheshire West and Chester | 49.6% |
77 | North Hertfordshire District Council | 49.5% |
78 | Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | 49.3% |
79 | Trafford MBC | 49.2% |
80 | Tamworth Borough Council | 49.2% |
81 | Mid Devon District Council | 49.1% |
82 | Charnwood Borough Council | 49.0% |
83 | Broadland District Council | 48.9% |
84 | Chorley Borough Council | 48.8% |
85 | South Ribble Borough Council | 48.7% |
86 | Warwickshire County Council | 48.6% |
87 | East Devon District Council | 48.6% |
88 | South Kesteven District Council | 48.6% |
89 | Horsham District Council | 48.6% |
90 | Sedgemoor District Council | 48.6% |
91 | Wyre Borough Council | 48.5% |
92 | East Hertfordshire District Council | 48.4% |
93 | St Albans City and District Council | 48.3% |
94 | Harrow LB | 48.2% |
95 | Swindon Borough Council | 48.2% |
96 | Rugby Borough Council | 48.1% |
97 | North Lincolnshire Council | 47.9% |
98 | West Lancashire District Council | 47.7% |
99 | Forest Heath District Council | 47.5% |
100 | Brentwood Borough Council | 47.3% |
101 | Runnymede Borough Council | 47.3% |
102 | Gloucestershire County Council | 47.2% |
103 | Chiltern District Council | 47.2% |
104 | Lancashire County Council | 46.8% |
105 | Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | 46.8% |
106 | Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | 46.8% |
107 | Dacorum Borough Council | 46.7% |
108 | Hertsmere Borough Council | 46.7% |
109 | Kettering Borough Council | 46.7% |
110 | Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | 46.7% |
111 | South Derbyshire District Council | 46.5% |
112 | Derby City Council | 46.4% |
113 | York City Council | 46.4% |
114 | Hambleton District Council | 46.3% |
115 | West Berkshire District Council | 46.2% |
116 | Taunton Deane Borough Council | 46.2% |
117 | Allerdale Borough Council | 46.2% |
118 | North Yorkshire County Council | 46.2% |
119 | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council | 46.1% |
120 | North West Leicestershire District Council | 46.1% |
121 | Solihull MBC | 46.1% |
122 | Cheltenham Borough Council | 46.1% |
123 | Cumbria County Council | 46.0% |
124 | Walsall MBC | 46.0% |
125 | Barnsley MBC | 45.9% |
126 | Carlisle City Council | 45.9% |
127 | Eden District Council | 45.8% |
128 | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | 45.7% |
129 | Rother District Council | 45.5% |
130 | Norfolk County Council | 45.3% |
131 | Buckinghamshire County Council | 45.3% |
132 | High Peak Borough Council | 45.2% |
133 | South Lakeland District Council | 45.2% |
134 | Peterborough City Council | 45.0% |
135 | Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council | 45.0% |
136 | Richmond upon Thames LB | 44.7% |
137 | Darlington Borough Council | 44.7% |
138 | Hartlepool Borough Council | 44.7% |
139 | North Devon District Council | 44.6% |
140 | Maidstone Borough Council | 44.6% |
141 | Northamptonshire County Council | 44.5% |
142 | Lincoln City Council | 44.5% |
143 | Doncaster MBC | 44.4% |
144 | Oxford City Council | 44.4% |
145 | South Somerset District Council | 44.3% |
146 | County Durham | 44.3% |
147 | Wealden District Council | 44.3% |
148 | Daventry District Council | 44.3% |
149 | Shepway District Council | 44.2% |
150 | West Sussex County Council | 44.0% |
151 | North East Derbyshire District Council | 43.7% |
152 | Calderdale MBC | 43.7% |
153 | Wychavon District Council | 43.6% |
154 | Torridge District Council | 43.6% |
155 | Hillingdon LB | 43.4% |
156 | Mid Sussex District Council | 43.4% |
157 | Warrington Borough Council | 43.3% |
158 | Craven District Council | 43.3% |
159 | Derbyshire County Council | 43.3% |
160 | Fylde Borough Council | 43.3% |
161 | Worcestershire County Council | 43.3% |
162 | Eastleigh Borough Council | 43.3% |
163 | Richmondshire District Council | 43.2% |
164 | Cambridge City Council | 43.2% |
165 | Telford and Wrekin Council | 43.2% |
166 | Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council | 43.2% |
167 | Ribble Valley Borough Council | 43.1% |
168 | Wiltshire | 43.0% |
169 | Selby District Council | 43.0% |
170 | Canterbury City Council | 43.0% |
171 | Nottinghamshire County Council | 42.8% |
172 | North Norfolk District Council | 42.8% |
173 | Torbay Council | 42.7% |
174 | Wokingham Council | 42.6% |
175 | Chelmsford Borough Council | 42.5% |
176 | Ipswich Borough Council | 42.5% |
177 | Bracknell Forest Borough Council | 42.5% |
178 | Thurrock Council | 42.4% |
179 | Copeland Borough Council | 42.1% |
180 | Mendip District Council | 42.0% |
181 | Leicester City Council | 41.9% |
182 | Derbyshire Dales District Council | 41.8% |
183 | Wycombe District Council | 41.8% |
184 | Mid Suffolk District Council | 41.7% |
185 | Bromsgrove District Council | 41.7% |
186 | Lancaster City Council | 41.6% |
187 | Broxtowe Borough Council | 41.6% |
188 | Northampton Borough Council | 41.6% |
189 | Dover District Council | 41.5% |
190 | Watford Borough Council | 41.2% |
191 | Waverley Borough Council | 41.2% |
192 | South Norfolk Council | 41.1% |
193 | Kent County Council | 41.1% |
194 | Bristol City Council | 41.0% |
195 | Corby Borough Council | 40.9% |
196 | Greater Manchester WDA (MBC) | 40.9% |
197 | Wolverhampton MBC | 40.8% |
198 | Ealing LB | 40.8% |
199 | Sefton MBC | 40.8% |
200 | Northumberland | 40.8% |
201 | Sandwell MBC | 40.7% |
202 | Norwich City Council | 40.6% |
203 | Wirral MBC | 40.6% |
204 | Hampshire County Council | 40.5% |
205 | Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | 40.5% |
206 | Erewash Borough Council | 40.5% |
207 | Spelthorne Borough Council | 40.4% |
208 | Scarborough Borough Council | 40.1% |
209 | Forest of Dean District Council | 40.1% |
210 | Herefordshire Council | 40.1% |
211 | Wellingborough Borough Council | 40.0% |
212 | Stevenage Borough Council | 40.0% |
213 | Colchester Borough Council | 39.9% |
214 | Halton Borough Council | 39.9% |
215 | Chesterfield Borough Council | 39.8% |
216 | Bradford City MDC (MBC) | 39.8% |
217 | Broxbourne Borough Council | 39.6% |
218 | West London Waste Authority | 39.4% |
219 | Poole Borough Council | 39.4% |
220 | Wakefield City MDC | 39.3% |
221 | Oldham MBC | 39.2% |
222 | East Sussex County Council | 39.2% |
223 | Greenwich LB | 39.1% |
224 | East Northamptonshire Council | 39.1% |
225 | Mansfield District Council | 38.9% |
226 | Gloucester City Council | 38.7% |
227 | South Tyneside MBC | 38.6% |
228 | Blackpool Borough Council | 38.6% |
229 | Chichester District Council | 38.5% |
230 | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | 38.5% |
231 | Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council | 38.2% |
232 | Bedford | 38.2% |
233 | Fareham Borough Council | 38.1% |
234 | Hart District Council | 38.1% |
235 | Croydon LB | 38.1% |
236 | Medway Borough Council | 37.9% |
237 | Reigate and Banstead Borough Council | 37.8% |
238 | Pendle Borough Council | 37.6% |
239 | Breckland Council | 37.5% |
240 | Sutton LB | 37.4% |
241 | Leeds City Council MBC | 37.4% |
242 | North Tyneside Council | 37.3% |
243 | Arun District Council | 37.3% |
244 | Merton LB | 37.3% |
245 | Gedling Borough Council | 37.3% |
246 | Coventry City Council | 37.2% |
247 | East Hampshire District Council | 37.1% |
248 | Maldon District Council | 37.0% |
249 | Rossendale Borough Council | 37.0% |
250 | Sunderland City Council | 36.9% |
251 | Merseyside WDA (MBC) | 36.9% |
252 | City of London | 36.9% |
253 | Wigan MBC | 36.8% |
254 | Reading Borough Council | 36.8% |
255 | Bolsover District Council | 36.8% |
256 | Brent LB | 36.8% |
257 | Worthing Borough Council | 36.6% |
258 | Winchester City Council | 36.6% |
259 | Bury MBC | 36.3% |
260 | Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council | 36.3% |
261 | Worcester City Council | 36.2% |
262 | Gateshead MBC | 36.2% |
263 | Exeter City Council | 36.1% |
264 | East Cambridgeshire District Council | 36.1% |
265 | Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | 36.0% |
266 | Adur District Council | 35.9% |
267 | Hyndburn Borough Council | 35.6% |
268 | Havering LB | 35.5% |
269 | Hounslow LB | 35.4% |
270 | Harrogate Borough Council | 35.3% |
271 | Enfield LB | 35.3% |
272 | Dudley MBC | 35.1% |
273 | Rochdale MBC | 35.0% |
274 | Test Valley Borough Council | 34.7% |
275 | Preston Borough Council | 34.5% |
276 | Tameside MBC | 34.4% |
277 | West Somerset District Council | 34.3% |
278 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council MBC | 34.1% |
279 | Manchester City Council MBC | 34.0% |
280 | Kirklees MBC | 34.0% |
281 | Burnley Borough Council | 34.0% |
282 | Ashfield District Council | 33.9% |
283 | Cornwall | 33.8% |
284 | South Holland District Council | 33.7% |
285 | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | 33.7% |
286 | Tandridge District Council | 33.6% |
287 | Barnet LB | 33.6% |
288 | North East Lincolnshire Council | 33.5% |
289 | South Bucks District Council | 33.2% |
290 | Nottingham City Council | 33.1% |
291 | Boston Borough Council | 33.1% |
292 | Camden LB | 33.0% |
293 | Eastbourne Borough Council | 32.8% |
294 | North Warwickshire Borough Council | 32.7% |
295 | Luton Borough Council | 32.5% |
296 | Redbridge LB | 32.5% |
297 | Islington LB | 32.2% |
298 | Swale Borough Council | 32.0% |
299 | Knowsley MBC | 32.0% |
300 | Isle of Wight Council | 31.9% |
301 | Sevenoaks District Council | 31.9% |
302 | Plymouth City Council | 31.8% |
303 | St Helens MBC | 31.7% |
304 | Malvern Hills District Council | 31.3% |
305 | Havant Borough Council | 30.9% |
306 | Slough Borough Council | 30.7% |
307 | Bolton MBC | 30.6% |
308 | New Forest District Council | 30.6% |
309 | Salford City Council MBC | 30.4% |
310 | East London Waste Authority | 30.2% |
311 | Hammersmith and Fulham LB | 30.1% |
312 | North London Waste Authority | 30.0% |
313 | Barking and Dagenham LB | 30.0% |
314 | Wyre Forest District Council | 29.9% |
315 | Birmingham City Council | 29.5% |
316 | Sheffield City Council | 29.1% |
317 | Western Riverside Waste Authority | 28.8% |
318 | Redditch Borough Council | 28.6% |
319 | Wandsworth LB | 28.4% |
320 | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | 28.2% |
321 | Brighton and Hove Council | 28.1% |
322 | Tendring District Council | 28.0% |
323 | Lambeth LB | 27.9% |
324 | Southwark LB | 27.3% |
325 | Tower Hamlets LB | 27.1% |
326 | Crawley Borough Council | 27.1% |
327 | Waltham Forest LB | 27.1% |
328 | Thanet District Council | 26.9% |
329 | Rushmoor Borough Council | 26.9% |
330 | Dartford Borough Council | 26.7% |
331 | Amber Valley Borough Council | 26.7% |
332 | Great Yarmouth Borough Council | 26.6% |
333 | Liverpool City Council | 26.2% |
334 | Newark and Sherwood District Council | 25.9% |
335 | Hastings Borough Council | 25.9% |
336 | Haringey LB | 25.7% |
337 | Gosport Borough Council | 25.1% |
338 | Westminster City Council | 25.1% |
339 | Stroud District Council | 24.6% |
340 | Portsmouth City Council | 24.3% |
341 | Gravesham Borough Council | 24.0% |
342 | Hackney LB | 24.0% |
343 | Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | 24.0% |
344 | Lewes District Council | 23.5% |
345 | Southampton City Council | 23.3% |
346 | Middlesbrough Borough Council | 22.7% |
347 | Newham LB | 22.7% |
348 | Bassetlaw District Council | 22.6% |
349 | Aylesbury Vale District Council | 21.5% |
350 | Council of the Isles of Scilly | 21.0% |
351 | Lewisham LB | 17.2% |
352 | Ashford Borough Council | 14.0% |