UK League Table chart ordered by recycling rate

05 January 2012

On the whole, councils in the UK continue to strike the right chord when it comes to improving their waste management services.

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UK League Table ordered by rank ->

Rank	Authority	Residual per capita (kg) (10/11)	Total Percentage of Household Waste Sent for Recycling, Composting or Reuse (NI192) (10/11)
1	Bournemouth Borough Council	174.5	63.92%
10	Rutland County Council	218.4	56.84%
9	Ceredigion County Council	217	56.10%
3	Denbighshire County Council	190.6	55.60%
23	Devon County Council	228.9	54.77%
4	Oxfordshire County Council	199	54.41%
12	Cambridgeshire County Council	219.4	54.21%
15	Leicestershire County Council	224.9	54.02%
90	North Lanarkshire	270	53.80%
22	Suffolk County Council	228.3	53.78%
35	Stirling	235.5	53.20%
24	Magherafelt District Council	229.2	53.00%
26	Staffordshire County Council	229.8	52.97%
28	Lincolnshire County Council	230.5	52.94%
16	Dorset County Council	226.4	52.85%
53	Shropshire	250.3	52.55%
34	Milton Keynes Council	234.5	51.95%
45	North Ayrshire	246.9	51.80%
77	North Lincolnshire Council	262	51.76%
6	Central Bedfordshire	212.1	51.60%
116	Isle of Anglesey CC	280.6	51.50%
27	North Somerset Council	230.4	51.15%
40	Monmouthshire CC	241.8	51.10%
19	Caerphilly CBC	227.3	51.00%
7	Bexley LB	212.4	50.97%
33	Somerset County Council	234.3	50.88%
30	West Lothian	233	50.20%
62	Wrexham CBC	253.5	50.00%
8	Swindon Borough Council	214.8	49.96%
37	Essex County Council	236.7	49.88%
121	Banbridge District Council	281.5	49.60%
48	East Renfrewshire	248.2	49.30%
54	Warwickshire County Council	250.8	49.15%
67	Cheshire East	258.3	49.01%
14	Kingston-upon-Hull City Council	223.8	48.93%
58	Renfrewshire	251.7	48.80%
13	Walsall MBC	223.8	48.68%
29	Hertfordshire County Council	232.7	48.46%
86	Cheshire West and Chester	266.1	48.09%
25	Derby City Council	229.6	47.52%
2	Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames	187.1	47.40%
111	Falkirk	278.3	47.10%
163	Clackmannanshire	309.9	46.90%
46	Surrey County Council	247.3	46.40%
118	Perth & Kinross	281	46.40%
38	Bridgend CBC	238	46.30%
151	South Ayrshire	296.5	46.20%
47	Gloucestershire County Council	247.7	46.19%
52	Lancashire County Council	250.2	46.08%
157	Antrim Borough Council	298.7	46.00%
17	Bath and North East Somerset Council	227.3	45.95%
112	Cumbria County Council	278.6	45.55%
75	Gwynedd Council	261	45.30%
87	Pembrokeshire County Council	266.3	45.30%
94	North Down Borough Council	271.5	45.20%
117	North Yorkshire County Council	280.9	45.10%
56	Southend-on-Sea Borough Council	251.2	45.07%
83	Buckinghamshire County Council	263.9	45.07%
51	York City Council	249.5	45.06%
71	South Gloucestershire Council	260	45.05%
44	Norfolk County Council	245.7	44.96%
32	Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council	233.7	44.90%
171	Fife	316	44.70%
36	Thurrock Council	235.9	44.52%
72	Peterborough City Council	260.4	44.51%
60	Scottish Borders	252.7	44.50%
18	Carmarthenshire County Council	227.3	44.40%
126	Flintshire County Council	285.1	44.40%
65	Solihull MBC	255.1	44.39%
39	Newport City Council	239.2	44.30%
138	Midlothian	290.3	44.30%
21	Bromley LB	228	44.28%
103	West Sussex County Council	275	44.03%
50	Conwy CBC	249.2	44.00%
158	Larne Borough Council	300.1	43.90%
115	Telford and Wrekin Council	280.4	43.68%
104	Nottinghamshire County Council	275.2	43.36%
92	Warrington Borough Council	270.7	43.28%
100	Northamptonshire County Council	274.7	43.16%
84	Worcestershire County Council	264.3	42.77%
102	Torfaen CBC	274.8	42.60%
164	Argyll & Bute	311.6	42.50%
156	Newtownabbey Borough Council	298.3	42.10%
96	Derbyshire County Council	272.3	42.09%
155	West Berkshire District Council	297.4	41.98%
124	Darlington Borough Council	283.7	41.89%
59	Rotherham MBC	252	41.85%
105	Wiltshire	275.4	41.75%
123	Doncaster MBC	282.9	41.66%
66	City and County of Swansea	258	41.60%
160	East Riding of Yorkshire Council	301.7	41.56%
82	West Dunbartonshire	263.8	41.50%
64	Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council	254.7	41.46%
68	Armagh City & District Council	258.8	41.30%
80	Castlereagh Borough Council	263	41.30%
76	Wokingham Council	261.2	41.13%
119	Craigavon Borough Council	281.2	41.10%
128	Carrickfergus Borough Council	286.1	41.10%
20	Calderdale MBC	227.9	41.07%
107	Hartlepool Borough Council	277.2	40.94%
166	Ards Borough Council	312.3	40.60%
85	Cardiff County Council	264.4	40.20%
89	Omagh District Council	269.4	40.20%
78	Bracknell Forest Borough Council	262.2	40.18%
108	Wakefield City MDC	277.9	39.90%
79	Herefordshire Council	262.6	39.82%
93	Vale of Glamorgan Council	271.1	39.80%
198	Moray	384.1	39.80%
167	Poole Borough Council	313	39.73%
113	Hampshire County Council	279.1	39.70%
150	East Ayrshire	296.5	39.70%
74	Torbay Council	261	39.51%
125	Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC	284	39.50%
132	Lisburn City Council	287.6	39.50%
149	Cookstown District Council	295.8	39.50%
98	Barnsley MBC	273.6	39.44%
152	Northumberland	296.7	39.39%
97	Stoke-on-Trent City Council	273.5	39.29%
131	County Durham	286.9	39.26%
43	West London Waste Authority	245.6	39.09%
130	Bedford	286.7	39.08%
41	City of London	244.4	39.03%
154	Kent County Council	297.2	38.97%
188	East Lothian	343.2	38.90%
136	Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council	289.3	38.71%
169	Powys County Council	314.5	38.50%
143	East Sussex County Council	293.7	38.31%
191	Orkney Islands	350.5	38.30%
196	East Dunbartonshire	376	38.20%
173	Neath Port Talbot CBC	318.5	38.10%
168	Halton Borough Council	313.5	38.08%
55	Sutton LB	251.1	37.55%
31	Bristol City Council	233.4	37.38%
172	Dungannon & South Tyrone Borough Council	317.8	37.30%
61	Coventry City Council	253	37.26%
114	Blackpool Borough Council	279.6	37.16%
153	North Tyneside Council	296.9	36.76%
101	Greenwich LB	274.8	36.54%
175	Merseyside WDA (MBC)	323.1	36.51%
11	Merton LB	219.2	36.45%
192	Angus	355.3	36.30%
146	Medway Borough Council	294.9	36.26%
177	Moyle District Council	326.7	36.20%
181	Cornwall	333.6	36.17%
184	Highland	338.4	36.10%
197	Coleraine Borough Council	378.8	36.10%
161	Wigan MBC	302.9	36.06%
179	Limavady Borough Council	329.2	36.00%
140	Wolverhampton MBC	290.6	35.94%
148	Ballymoney Borough Council	295.5	35.80%
49	Nottingham City Council	248.7	35.59%
134	Inverclyde	288.3	35.30%
139	Blaenau Gwent CBC	290.5	35.20%
122	Luton Borough Council	281.6	34.96%
91	Reading Borough Council	270.2	34.91%
81	Leeds City Council MBC	263.4	34.67%
127	South Tyneside MBC	285.6	34.64%
141	Gateshead MBC	292.7	34.60%
70	Dudley MBC	259.9	34.34%
186	Merthyr Tydfil CBC	340.4	34.10%
88	Greater Manchester WDA (MBC)	267.6	34.02%
106	Kirklees MBC	275.4	34.01%
73	Bradford City MDC (MBC)	260.8	33.81%
182	North East Lincolnshire Council	335.8	33.55%
57	Croydon LB	251.4	33.47%
69	Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council MBC	259.7	33.41%
147	Newry & Mourne District Council	295.1	33.00%
200	Eilean Siar	485.3	33.00%
144	Plymouth City Council	294.2	32.90%
170	Strabane District Council	314.8	32.80%
137	Sandwell MBC	289.9	32.62%
159	Down District Council	300.5	32.50%
187	South Lanarkshire	342.8	32.50%
178	Ballymena Borough Council	327.7	32.30%
99	Slough Borough Council	274.4	31.40%
165	Sunderland City Council	312.2	31.21%
120	Birmingham City Council	281.5	31.15%
176	Fermanagh District Council	325.7	31.00%
199	Aberdeenshire	419.9	30.10%
194	Isle of Wight Council	368.2	29.98%
162	Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council	305.3	29.82%
180	Belfast City Council	329.5	29.80%
189	Derry City Council	344.1	29.60%
142	Edinburgh, City of	292.7	29.50%
109	North London Waste Authority	278	29.37%
95	Sheffield City Council	271.6	29.30%
195	Aberdeen City	369.6	28.80%
63	Western Riverside Waste Authority	253.5	28.01%
145	Brighton and Hove Council	294.9	27.65%
110	Leicester City Council	278.2	25.59%
174	East London Waste Authority	322.8	25.43%
42	Westminster City Council	244.5	25.27%
135	Southwark LB	288.9	25.14%
133	Southampton City Council	287.8	25.07%
5	Tower Hamlets LB	212	24.56%
193	Dundee City	364.1	24.40%
129	Portsmouth City Council	286.6	24.37%
185	Middlesbrough Borough Council	339.9	23.36%
190	Glasgow City	346.9	22.50%
202	Council of the Isles of Scilly	764.1	18.82%
183	Lewisham LB	338.2	18.10%
201	Shetland Islands	490.5	17.50%

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