League Tables
This section (produced in November 2008) contains the latest household or municipal waste recycling and composting rates achieved by English local authorities and covers 2007/08.
| UK recycling rates: |
England:
England
2006/07
England
2005/06
England
2004/05
England
2003/04
England
2002/03
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The results used audited figures produced by Defra.
See below for the top 15 councils in each local authority category (district, unitary and county). For the full set of recycling and composting results for England in 2007/08 please click this link:
- English councils in alphabetical order
- English councils in order of overall performance (total recycling and composting)
- English councils in order of recycling performance (dry recyclables)
- English councils in order of performance (composting)
Data from the government's WasteDataFlow database shows that recycling rates reached 34.5% in 2007-08 - up 3.6% from 30.9% in 2006-07 - as opposed to the 4.2% increases seen over the two previous years. (see also England reaches 34.5% recycling rate)
The letsrecycle.com top 15 (below) shows the best combined recycling and composting performances for each type of local authority in 2007/08: Districts & boroughs; Counties; Unitary and metropolitan authorities
Note: Figures for county councils and other disposal authorities include all waste collected for recycling or disposal by the WDA and their constituent waste collection authorities.
For similar top 15 tables for 2006/07, please click here: 2006/07 Districts & Boroughs; 2006/07 Counties; 2006/07 Unitary and metropolitan authorities
For similar top 15 tables for 2005/06, please click here: 2005/06 Districts & Boroughs; 2005/06 Counties; 2005/06 Unitary and metropolitan authorities
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District and borough councils |
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Rank |
Authority |
Dry recycling % |
Green recycling % |
Total % |
1 |
East Lindsey District Council |
26.83 |
31.57 |
58.40 |
2 |
South Hams District Council |
30.01 |
27.06 |
57.07 |
3 |
North Kesteven District Council |
29.15 |
26.79 |
55.94 |
4 |
Teignbridge District Council |
20.57 |
35.01 |
55.58 |
5 |
Huntingdonshire District Council |
26.50 |
28.64 |
55.14 |
6 |
Uttlesford District Council |
34.69 |
19.81 |
54.50 |
7 |
South Cambridgeshire District Council |
18.70 |
34.51 |
53.21 |
8 |
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council |
18.29 |
34.58 |
52.87 |
9 |
Rushcliffe Borough Council |
26.89 |
25.48 |
52.38 |
10 |
South Shropshire District Council |
22.13 |
29.92 |
52.06 |
11 |
Waveney District Council |
26.87 |
24.75 |
51.62 |
12 |
Ryedale District Council |
20.41 |
31.14 |
51.55 |
13 |
St Edmundsbury Borough Council |
23.70 |
27.11 |
50.80 |
14 |
Harborough District Council |
20.20 |
30.41 |
50.61 |
15 |
Lichfield District Council |
25.35 |
24.93 |
50.28 |
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County councils |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rank |
Authority |
Dry recycling % |
Green recycling % |
Total % |
1 |
Somerset County Council |
28.10 |
22.81 |
50.90 |
2 |
Lincolnshire County Council |
29.33 |
21.22 |
50.55 |
3 |
Cambridgeshire County Council |
22.86 |
27.44 |
50.30 |
4 |
Leicestershire County Council |
22.92 |
25.52 |
48.44 |
5 |
Devon County Council |
26.35 |
20.71 |
47.06 |
6 |
Suffolk County Council |
25.63 |
20.22 |
45.85 |
7 |
Dorset County Council |
25.79 |
19.50 |
45.29 |
8 |
Shropshire County Council |
21.06 |
22.38 |
43.44 |
9 |
Staffordshire County Council |
21.67 |
20.65 |
42.31 |
10 |
Northamptonshire County Council |
22.72 |
19.55 |
42.27 |
11 |
Buckinghamshire County Council |
25.22 |
16.71 |
41.93 |
12 |
Lancashire County Council |
26.49 |
14.76 |
41.24 |
13 |
Cheshire County Council |
20.94 |
20.10 |
41.04 |
14 |
Norfolk County Council |
27.18 |
13.17 |
40.35 |
15 |
Oxfordshire County Council |
25.15 |
14.99 |
40.13 |
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Unitary and metropolitan councils |
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Rank |
Authority |
Dry recycling % |
Green recycling % |
Total % |
1 |
Peterborough City Council |
20.68 |
25.94 |
46.61 |
2 |
York City Council |
25.99 |
17.38 |
43.37 |
3 |
North Lincolnshire Council |
21.11 |
22.19 |
43.30 |
4 |
Bath and North East Somerset Council |
27.02 |
15.92 |
42.94 |
5 |
South Gloucestershire Council |
22.82 |
19.46 |
42.27 |
6 |
Bexley LB |
24.03 |
17.62 |
41.64 |
7 |
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council |
24.10 |
17.12 |
41.22 |
8 |
Bournemouth Borough Council |
33.36 |
7.65 |
41.01 |
9 |
Derby City Council |
21.59 |
18.98 |
40.57 |
10 |
Bracknell Forest Borough Council |
26.89 |
12.81 |
39.70 |
11 |
Poole Borough Council |
23.34 |
15.76 |
39.10 |
12 |
Wokingham Council |
22.68 |
14.42 |
37.10 |
13 |
Isle of Wight Council |
14.16 |
22.63 |
36.79 |
14 |
Bristol City Council |
21.71 |
14.57 |
36.27 |
15 |
Milton Keynes Council |
23.44 |
12.25 |
35.69 |
Data taken from Defra statistics
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