The data shows household waste recycling and composting rates for English councils from April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006, showing recycling rate (dry recyclables), composting rate (green waste and food waste) as well as the total amount of combined recycling and composting for the year and targets for the year.

Councils are listed in overall performance order: (shaded entries indicate missed targets)
 

Rank	Local authority	Recycling rate (%)	Composting rate (%)	Total	2005/06 target
1	North Kesteven	28.72	22.8	51.5	18
2	Rushcliffe	24.6	25.3	49.9	18
3	South Cambridgeshire	18.1	31.3	49.4	24
4	St Edmundsbury	21.52	27.1	48.6	30
5	Huntingdonshire	25	23	48	21
6	Melton Mowbray	23.03	24.04	47.1	30
7	Waveney	25.84	20.75	46.6	18
8	Forest Heath	22.34	23.77	46.1	30
9	Lichfield	22.45	22.93	45.4	30
10	Teignbridge	19.58	25.81	45.4	30
11	Daventry	15.62	29.01	44.6	30
12	Harborough	18.6	25.73	44.3	18
13	Cambridgeshire	21.61	21.87	43.5	30
14	Broadland	30.96	12.48	43.4	27
15	Cherwell	22.37	20.92	43.3	18
16	Ryedale	18.24	24.53	42.8	30
17	Oswestry	16.89	25.67	42.6	18
18	Vale Royal	18.3	23.6	41.9	18
19	Canterbury	26.42	15.31	41.7	30
20	Suffolk	22.61	18.11	40.7	30
21	Bromsgrove	19.95	20.62	40.6	18
22	Devon	23.89	16.7	40.6	30
23	Leicestershire	19.53	21.07	40.6	30
24	Somerset	24.15	16.29	40.4	30
25	Chorley	18.7	21.62	40.3	18
26	Hinckley	17.62	22.7	40.3	27
27	Three Rivers	19.34	21	40.3	30
28	Hambleton	15.29	24.58	39.9	24
29	North Norfolk	29.03	10.71	39.7	30
30	Dacorum	18.1	20.7	38.8	18
31	Isle of Wight	15.08	23.71	38.8	30
32	Stratford-on-Avon	13.78	24.78	38.6	30
33	North Shropshire	10.61	27.88	38.5	18
34	Dorset	23.49	14.87	38.4	30
35	Erewash	21.11	17.15	38.3	30
36	Bexley	21.5	16.21	37.7	30
37	Oadby	21.44	16.19	37.6	30
38	Nottinghamshire	25.27	12.1	37.4	24
39	South Gloucestershire	19.21	18.19	37.4	21
40	Tunbridge Wells	20.33	17.03	37.4	30
41	Bath and North East Somerset	23.64	13.33	37	30
42	Shepway	23.09	13.9	37	30
43	Cotswold	17.14	19.79	36.9	30
44	Watford	18.98	17.7	36.7	30
45	Ellesmere Port	21.35	15.27	36.6	24
46	South Shropshire	18.29	18.3	36.6	30
47	Ipswich	18.53	18	36.5	18
48	Chiltern	32.1	4.3	36.4	30
49	Fylde	15.93	20.46	36.4	21