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

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