Waste Collection Authority Performance chart

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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Waste Collection Authority Performance ordered by recycling rates ->

Rank	Authority	Residual per capita (kg) (10/11)	Total Percentage of Household Waste Sent for Recycling, Composting or Reuse (NI192) (10/11)
1	Surrey Heath Borough Council	116.6	64.70%
2	South Oxfordshire District Council	127.2	65.10%
3	Rochford District Council	132.5	65.80%
4	Harlow District Council	147.7	51.80%
5	Oadby and Wigston Borough Council	153.8	45.30%
6	Vale of White Horse District Council	157.5	51.80%
7	Guildford Borough Council	161.6	51.60%
8	Teignbridge District Council	161.9	57.10%
9	Uttlesford District Council	163.8	55.20%
10	Suffolk Coastal District Council	165.4	58.70%
11	Weymouth and Portland Borough Council	166	42.50%
12	Cotswold District Council	167.2	60.40%
13	East Devon District Council	169	48.60%
14	Oxford City Council	169.3	43.20%
15	Woking Borough Council	170.1	54.00%
16	Mole Valley District Council	170.8	55.40%
17	Epping Forest Borough Council	171.2	58.90%
18	Taunton Deane Borough Council	172.1	45.00%
19	Staffordshire Moorlands District Council	173.4	60.20%
20	Cherwell District Council	174.8	57.50%
21	West Devon Borough Council	175.4	51.60%
22	South Cambridgeshire District Council	176.3	56.40%
23	Tewkesbury Borough Council	176.8	53.60%
24	Huntingdonshire District Council	177.3	58.00%
25	South Somerset District Council	178.3	41.60%
26	Harborough District Council	180.3	58.10%
27	Warwick District Council	183.4	49.10%
28	East Lindsey District Council	183.5	55.10%
29	Braintree District Council	183.8	54.00%
30	Charnwood Borough Council	184	46.10%
31	Eastleigh Borough Council	184.5	43.20%
32	Stratford-on-Avon District Council	185.1	59.30%
33	St Albans City and District Council	185.1	50.20%
34	Rushcliffe Borough Council	185.8	54.10%
35	South Hams District Council	186	54.90%
36	Elmbridge Borough Council	186.9	50.90%
37	Stockport MBC	187.4	49.30%
38	Lichfield District Council	189.3	56.60%
39	Three Rivers District Council	190.8	50.90%
40	Mid Sussex District Council	190.8	43.70%
41	Waverley Borough Council	192.4	37.90%
42	Chiltern District Council	192.5	47.00%
43	Harrow LB	193	50.00%
44	West Lindsey District Council	193	56.30%
45	Hyndburn Borough Council	194	35.30%
46	Broadland District Council	194	50.30%
47	Norwich City Council	195.1	37.90%
48	Exeter City Council	195.5	36.90%
49	South Kesteven District Council	195.9	50.70%
50	Wychavon District Council	196.8	43.70%
51	Fareham Borough Council	196.9	38.30%
52	Mendip District Council	197.6	40.60%
53	North Hertfordshire District Council	199.2	50.00%
54	Sedgemoor District Council	199.4	42.40%
55	East Hertfordshire District Council	199.7	48.30%
56	Purbeck District Council	200.3	32.20%
57	Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council	201.7	50.60%
58	Ealing LB	201.8	40.40%
59	Epsom and Ewell Borough Council	202.1	46.60%
60	Dacorum Borough Council	202.2	47.70%
61	Wyre Borough Council	202.7	46.40%
62	Colchester Borough Council	203.3	40.20%
63	Worcester City Council	204.2	36.20%
64	Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council	204.3	48.10%
65	Adur District Council	204.3	36.70%
66	Chorley Borough Council	204.5	48.60%
67	East Hampshire District Council	204.6	37.10%
68	Hart District Council	205.3	37.80%
69	Broxtowe Borough Council	205.4	42.60%
70	South Ribble Borough Council	205.5	47.80%
71	Cannock Chase Council	205.7	49.80%
72	Cambridge City Council	206.1	43.70%
73	North Kesteven District Council	206.5	53.10%
74	South Norfolk Council	206.7	39.60%
75	Malvern Hills District Council	206.9	31.70%
76	Blaby District Council	207.1	45.70%
77	Canterbury City Council	208	43.60%
78	Waveney District Council	208	52.10%
79	South Northamptonshire District Council	208.2	49.90%
80	Winchester City Council	209.5	37.40%
81	East Dorset District Council	210	42.30%
82	South Derbyshire District Council	210.1	49.30%
83	Stafford Borough Council	210.7	50.60%
84	Gloucester City Council	210.7	45.60%
85	East Staffordshire Borough Council	211	50.00%
86	Fenland District Council	211.4	51.50%
87	Rugby Borough Council	211.6	51.10%
88	Forest Heath District Council	211.7	46.50%
89	Brentwood Borough Council	212.7	44.80%
90	Arun District Council	212.8	37.30%
91	Ribble Valley Borough Council	212.9	41.20%
92	East Cambridgeshire District Council	213.5	37.30%
93	Mid Devon District Council	213.5	48.90%
94	Horsham District Council	213.6	47.70%
95	Tamworth Borough Council	213.8	47.20%
96	Crawley Borough Council	214.4	28.70%
97	Lambeth LB	214.5	28.30%
98	High Peak Borough Council	215.2	41.80%
99	Kettering Borough Council	215.3	46.80%
100	St Edmundsbury Borough Council	215.5	51.90%
101	South Staffordshire Council	216.8	49.80%
102	Oldham MBC	217.6	38.90%
103	Richmondshire District Council	217.7	41.70%
104	Lancaster City Council	219.3	38.60%
105	Ryedale District Council	219.4	50.80%
106	Tendring District Council	220	28.80%
107	Tameside MBC	220.1	35.10%
108	Reigate and Banstead Borough Council	221	33.30%
109	Test Valley Borough Council	221	36.10%
110	Northampton Borough Council	221	38.30%
111	West Lancashire Borough Council	221.3	45.90%
112	Breckland Council	221.6	40.70%
113	Hertsmere Borough Council	221.7	42.50%
114	Daventry District Council	221.9	48.20%
115	Watford Borough Council	222.2	40.20%
116	Maldon District Council	222.4	37.00%
117	Runnymede Borough Council	222.6	29.00%
118	Pendle Borough Council	222.8	38.40%
119	Rother District Council	222.8	44.10%
120	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea	223.9	31.90%
121	Camden LB	224.2	32.20%
122	Spelthorne Borough Council	224.3	36.60%
123	Thanet District Council	224.4	28.60%
124	Worthing Borough Council	224.8	36.10%
125	North Dorset District Council	225.1	33.60%
126	Havant Borough Council	225.7	30.40%
127	West Dorset District Council	225.9	34.40%
128	Hillingdon LB	227	43.20%
129	Carlisle City Council	227.2	46.50%
130	Christchurch Borough Council	227.3	34.00%
131	Tandridge District Council	227.9	33.30%
132	Torridge District Council	228.2	44.10%
133	Lincoln City Council	228.6	46.00%
134	Chichester District Council	228.8	39.30%
135	Hambleton District Council	229.1	44.30%
136	Castle Point Borough Council	229.5	39.80%
137	North Norfolk District Council	229.6	44.90%
138	Burnley Borough Council	229.7	33.80%
139	Stevenage Borough Council	230.1	39.10%
140	Richmond upon Thames LB	230.4	43.40%
141	Wycombe District Council	230.5	41.70%
142	Melton Borough Council	230.9	50.30%
143	New Forest District Council	232.5	31.30%
144	South Holland District Council	233.7	33.00%
145	Bromsgrove District Council	234	40.60%
146	Rochdale MBC	234.1	30.30%
147	Islington LB	234.9	30.40%
148	Ipswich Borough Council	235.1	42.00%
149	West Oxfordshire District Council	235.7	42.40%
150	Sefton MBC	235.9	40.60%
151	Lewes District Council	236.2	23.20%
152	North East Derbyshire District Council	236.4	42.00%
153	Wealden District Council	236.8	41.70%
154	Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council	238.1	44.60%
155	Tunbridge Wells Borough Council	238.4	45.90%
156	Fylde Borough Council	238.6	42.00%
157	Erewash Borough Council	238.6	41.80%
158	South Bucks District Council	239.2	33.40%
159	Trafford MBC	239.6	40.80%
160	East Northamptonshire Council	239.8	30.80%
161	Craven District Council	241	42.90%
162	Stroud District Council	241.1	24.60%
163	North West Leicestershire District Council	241.8	45.70%
164	Copeland Borough Council	242.9	42.90%
165	Gosport Borough Council	243.2	24.00%
166	Eden District Council	243.8	44.30%
167	Hammersmith and Fulham LB	244.2	27.60%
168	Gravesham Borough Council	245	23.30%
169	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council	245.3	37.70%
170	Preston City Council	245.4	33.20%
171	South Lakeland District Council	245.8	44.10%
172	Gedling Borough Council	246.5	36.90%
173	Wandsworth LB	246.5	26.70%
174	Forest of Dean District Council	247	39.20%
175	Mansfield District Council	248	40.70%
176	Selby District Council	248.1	43.10%
177	Rossendale Borough Council	248.6	35.00%
178	Aylesbury Vale District Council	249.1	22.20%
179	Basildon District Council	249.2	44.70%
180	Chesterfield Borough Council	249.6	39.60%
181	Wellingborough Borough Council	250.1	34.50%
182	Rushmoor Borough Council	250.3	27.10%
183	Broxbourne Borough Council	251.1	39.30%
184	Dover District Council	251.3	31.90%
185	Scarborough Borough Council	252.5	39.50%
186	Corby Borough Council	252.9	41.80%
187	Allerdale Borough Council	253.3	47.30%
188	North Devon District Council	253.5	44.40%
189	West Somerset District Council	254.3	27.70%
190	Redditch Borough Council	254.5	28.60%
191	Harrogate Borough Council	255.2	33.20%
192	Wirral MBC	256.6	39.90%
193	Ashfield District Council	257.6	34.10%
194	Swale Borough Council	257.7	32.20%
195	Amber Valley Borough Council	258	26.90%
196	Eastbourne Borough Council	258.5	31.90%
197	Shepway District Council	258.6	37.30%
198	Wyre Forest District Council	258.8	27.60%
199	Chelmsford Borough Council	258.9	39.10%
200	Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council	259.6	35.70%
201	Maidstone Borough Council	260.2	32.20%
202	Hastings Borough Council	260.3	25.80%
203	Enfield LB	260.7	32.40%
204	Hounslow LB	260.9	34.80%
205	Derbyshire Dales District Council	263.4	41.20%
206	Sevenoaks District Council	264	31.40%
207	Hackney LB	264.1	25.00%
208	Welwyn Hatfield Council	264.1	36.50%
209	Great Yarmouth Borough Council	264.6	25.70%
210	Cheltenham Borough Council	273.5	34.70%
211	Newark and Sherwood District Council	274.7	26.50%
212	Haringey LB	276.3	27.70%
213	Brent LB	278.2	33.40%
214	Redbridge LB	278.6	27.60%
215	Knowsley MBC	280.3	31.20%
216	Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	284.3	23.10%
217	Manchester City Council MBC	284.9	25.80%
218	Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council	285.8	32.70%
219	Bolton MBC	286	24.30%
220	St Helens MBC	286.6	31.30%
221	Barnet LB	289.3	32.80%
222	Boston Borough Council	290.4	29.00%
223	Bassetlaw District Council	296.7	22.80%
224	Dartford Borough Council	297.7	24.10%
225	North Warwickshire Borough Council	299.8	31.30%
226	Bury MBC	306	24.30%
227	Ashford Borough Council	306.3	14.00%
228	Havering LB	310	30.90%
229	Salford City Council MBC	313.9	32.60%
230	Liverpool City Council	317.3	26.80%
231	Waltham Forest LB	323.9	27.30%
232	Bolsover District Council	328.9	27.50%
233	Barking and Dagenham LB	344.6	28.20%
234	Mid Suffolk District Council	380.7	42.30%
235	Newham LB	390.2	14.90%

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Uk Regional Performance

	Arising per capita	Recycling %	Residual per capita
WALES	467.4	43.94%	262.0
ENGLAND	449.1	41.23%	264.0
NORTHERN IRELAND	486.4	37.50%	304.0
SCOTLAND	512.7	38.46%	315.5

UK	456.3	41.0%	269.2