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The following table contains municipal waste data issued by Defra to letsrecycle.com in November 2007 for the period covering the financial year 2006/07.

The data shows household waste recycling and composting rates for English councils from April 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007, 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.

Councils are listed in alphabetical order.

Local Authority

Recycling
%

Composting
%

Total

Adur District Council 

25.22 

0.4 

25.62 

Allerdale Borough Council 

16.83 

16.09 

32.92 

Alnwick District Council 

28.86 

5.08 

33.94 

Amber Valley Borough Council 

25.64 

25.64 

Arun District Council 

25.72 

6.66 

32.38 

Ashfield District Council 

27.62 

0.59 

28.21 

Ashford Borough Council 

14.33 

5.15 

19.48 

Aylesbury Vale District Council 

19.04 

0.81 

19.85 

Babergh District Council 

28.63 

7.83 

36.46 

Barking and Dagenham LB 

15.15 

5.93 

21.08 

Barnet LB 

17.92 

11.55 

29.47 

Barnsley MBC 

14.01 

10.09 

24.1 

Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council 

9.7 

7.9 

17.6 

Basildon District Council 

18.77 

7.29 

26.06 

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 

19.31 

0.6 

19.91 

Bassetlaw District Council 

20.98 

20.98 

Bath and North East Somerset Council 

25.59 

14.24 

39.83 

Bedford Borough Council 

14.26 

12.97 

27.23 

Bedfordshire County Council 

21.27 

13.59 

34.86 

Berwick-upon-Tweed Borough Council 

20.12 

0.41 

20.53 

Bexley LB 

22.21 

17.79 

40 

Birmingham City Council 

11.66 

6.73 

18.39 

Blaby District Council 

27.52 

10.9 

38.42 

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 

20.62 

6.69 

27.31 

Blackpool Borough Council 

20.03 

11.94 

31.97 

Blyth Valley Borough Council 

22.7 

0.86 

23.56 

Bolsover District Council 

9.55 

10.58 

20.13 

Bolton MBC 

18.5 

10.76 

29.26 

Boston Borough Council 

26.15 

26.15 

Bournemouth Borough Council 

29.11 

7.16 

36.27 

Bracknell Forest Borough Council 

23.93 

11.56 

35.49 

Bradford City MDC (MBC) 

12.52 

12.18 

24.7 

Braintree District Council 

23.4 

12.1 

35.5 

Breckland Council 

27.55 

10.92 

38.47 

Brent LB 

11.25 

10.27 

21.52 

Brentwood Borough Council 

19.82 

11.39 

31.21 

Bridgnorth District Council 

19.66 

18.01 

37.67 

Brighton and Hove Council 

23.86 

3.41 

27.27 

Bristol City Council 

21.44 

10.5 

31.94 

Broadland District Council 

32.27 

13.42 

45.69 

Bromley LB 

25.96 

5.89 

31.85 

Bromsgrove District Council 

21.22 

19.61 

40.83 

Broxbourne Borough Council 

13.71 

13.89 

27.6 

Broxtowe Borough Council 

26.54 

12.12 

38.66 

Buckinghamshire County Council 

23.51 

16.59 

40.1 

Burnley Borough Council 

22.02 

9.59 

31.61 

Bury MBC 

12.98 

9.93 

22.91 

Calderdale MBC 

15.15 

6.15 

21.3 

Cambridge City Council 

17.09 

22.54 

39.63 

Cambridgeshire County Council 

22.08 

26.42 

48.5 

Camden LB 

22.38 

5.67 

28.05 

Cannock Chase Council 

18.64 

18.41 

37.05 

Canterbury City Council 

28.08 

16.91 

44.99 

Caradon District Council 

20.69 

6.21 

26.9 

Carlisle City Council 

17.23 

17.28 

34.51 

Carrick District Council 

23.95 

8.1 

32.05 

Castle Morpeth Borough Council 

28.41 

8.51 

36.92 

Castle Point Borough Council 

16.74 

9.13 

25.87 

Charnwood Borough Council 

27.95 

7.94 

35.89 

Chelmsford Borough Council 

16.17 

17.41 

33.58 

Cheltenham Borough Council 

16.56 

11.71 

28.27 

Cherwell District Council 

22.96 

21.67 

44.63 

Cheshire County Council 

17.93 

18.29 

36.22 

Chester City Council 

15.77 

15.09 

30.86 

Chesterfield Borough Council 

15.28 

16.41 

31.69 

Chester-Le-Street District Council 

17.08 

7.58 

24.66 

Chichester District Council 

32.6 

1.22 

33.82 

Chiltern District Council 

32.44 

12.59 

45.03 

Chorley Borough Council 

23.53 

20.55 

44.08 

Christchurch Borough Council 

21.21 

1.58 

22.79 

City of London 

28.1 

0.09 

28.19 

Colchester Borough Council 

18.45 

12.51 

30.96 

Congleton Borough Council 

13.39 

22.68 

36.07 

Copeland Borough Council 

15.18 

15.35 

30.53 

Corby Borough Council 

18.61 

12.05 

30.66 

Cornwall County Council 

21.58 

9.07 

30.65 

Cotswold District Council 

18.11 

22.93 

41.04 

Council of the Isles of Scilly 

15.0% 

 754

 3,344

Coventry City Council 

13.14 

11.07 

24.21 

Craven District Council 

17.72 

10.63 

28.35 

Crawley Borough Council 

26.14 

0.29 

26.43 

Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council 

22.11 

11.47 

33.58 

Croydon LB 

14.63 

5.48 

20.11 

Cumbria County Council 

18.42 

13.79 

32.21 

Dacorum Borough Council 

20.61 

22.42 

43.03 

Darlington Borough Council 

16.02 

6.69 

22.71 

Dartford Borough Council 

18.63 

18.63 

Daventry District Council 

17.1 

29.93 

47.03 

Derby City Council 

18.63 

14.09 

32.72 

Derbyshire County Council 

19.01 

12.61 

31.62 

Derbyshire Dales District Council 

18.25 

18.24 

36.49 

Derwentside District Council 

19.47 

9.54 

29.01 

Devon County Council 

26.2 

19.6 

45.8 

Doncaster MBC 

15.68 

8.72 

24.4 

Dorset County Council 

23.78 

18.56 

42.34 

Dover District Council 

11.73 

7.05 

18.78 

Dudley MBC 

12.85 

10.12 

22.97 

Durham City Council 

16.99 

11.32 

28.31 

Durham County Council 

16.62 

12.63 

29.25 

Ealing LB 

17.97 

6.95 

24.92 

Easington District Council 

13.14 

20.85 

33.99 

East Cambridgeshire District Council 

16.8 

18.3 

35.1 

East Devon District Council 

18.36 

18.36 

East Dorset District Council 

21.52 

10.06 

31.58 

East Hampshire District Council 

29.31 

5.52 

34.83 

East Hertfordshire District Council 

14.48 

12.08 

26.56 

East Lindsey District Council 

19.23 

17.44 

36.67 

East London Waste Authority 

13.46 

4.91 

18.37 

East Northamptonshire Council 

23.26 

4.26 

27.52 

East Riding of Yorkshire Council 

20.8 

8.79 

29.59 

East Staffordshire Borough Council 

12.5 

15.7 

28.2 

East Sussex County Council 

18.38 

10.54 

28.92 

Eastbourne Borough Council 

18.14 

4.78 

22.92 

Eastleigh Borough Council 

31.26 

6.2 

37.46 

Eden District Council 

21.05 

18.17 

39.22 

Ellesmere Port and Neston Borough Council 

24.96 

18.21 

43.17 

Elmbridge Borough Council 

24.01 

1.98 

25.99 

Enfield LB 

19.36 

10.28 

29.64 

Epping Forest Borough Council 

25.17 

11.79 

36.96 

Epsom and Ewell Borough Council 

19.69 

1.24 

20.93 

Erewash Borough Council 

25.49 

15.41 

40.9 

Essex County Council 

21.28 

12.91 

34.19 

Exeter City Council 

29.17 

5.15 

34.32 

Fareham Borough Council 

27.18 

11.19 

38.37 

Fenland District Council 

19.54 

27.83 

47.37 

Forest Heath District Council 

22.06 

23.96 

46.02 

Forest of Dean District Council 

14 

21.76 

35.76 

Fylde Borough Council 

17.81 

22.2 

40.01 

Gateshead MBC 

12.95 

9.13 

22.08 

Gedling Borough Council 

32.08 

4.49 

36.57 

Gloucester City Council 

15.18 

6.13 

21.31 

Gloucestershire County Council 

19.24 

13.77 

33.01 

Gosport Borough Council 

22.78 

1.32 

24.1 

Gravesham Borough Council 

24.58 

24.58 

Great Yarmouth Borough Council 

25.76 

25.76 

Greater Manchester WDA (MBC) 

17 

8.72 

25.72 

Greenwich LB 

21.28 

2.33 

23.61 

Guildford Borough Council 

25.65 

8.41 

34.06 

Hackney LB 

14 

5.57 

19.57 

Halton Borough Council 

14.55 

10.5 

25.05 

Hambleton District Council 

14.69 

29.23 

43.92 

Hammersmith and Fulham LB 

22.74 

0.89 

23.63 

Hampshire County Council 

25.19 

11.55 

36.74 

Harborough District Council 

19.64 

28.96 

48.6 

Haringey LB 

19.35 

5.37 

24.72 

Harlow District Council 

17.61 

1.69 

19.3 

Harrogate Borough Council 

17.74 

5.46 

23.2 

Harrow LB 

14.7 

13 

27.7 

Hart District Council 

25.91 

4.94 

30.85 

Hartlepool Borough Council 

17.22 

10.4 

27.62 

Hastings Borough Council 

17.62 

0.63 

18.25 

Havant Borough Council 

29.92 

0.39 

30.31 

Havering LB 

13.48 

6.95 

20.43 

Herefordshire Council 

18.59 

7.33 

25.92 

Hertfordshire County Council 

19.69 

16.09 

35.78 

Hertsmere Borough Council 

12.46 

17.4 

29.86 

High Peak Borough Council 

15.14 

4.82 

19.96 

Hillingdon LB 

18.56 

12.08 

30.64 

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 

17.93 

25.09 

43.02 

Horsham District Council 

14.91 

22.84 

37.75 

Hounslow LB 

15.7 

3.92 

19.62 

Huntingdonshire District Council 

24.49 

27.23 

51.72 

Hyndburn Borough Council 

24.91 

8.6 

33.51 

Ipswich Borough Council 

18.92 

17.86 

36.78 

Isle of Wight Council 

14.89 

14.87 

29.76 

Islington LB 

18.85 

4.65 

23.5 

Kennet District Council 

22.98 

13.67 

36.65 

Kent County Council 

21.79 

10.64 

32.43 

Kerrier District Council 

18.43 

7.79 

26.22 

Kettering Borough Council 

22.3 

22.78 

45.08 

Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 

23.97 

5.46 

29.43 

Kingston-upon-Hull City Council 

14.21 

6.81 

21.02 

Kirklees MBC 

16.27 

5.31 

21.58 

Knowsley MBC 

8.62 

7.37 

15.99 

Lambeth LB 

20.54 

2.56 

23.1 

Lancashire County Council 

24.83 

13.91 

38.74 

Lancaster City Council 

15.88 

9.88 

25.76 

Leeds City Council MBC 

15.83 

6.47 

22.3 

Leicester City Council 

16.3 

10.88 

27.18 

Leicestershire County Council 

20.57 

21.96 

42.53 

Lewes District Council 

21.48 

0.66 

22.14 

Lewisham LB 

15.49 

0.26 

15.75 

Lichfield District Council 

23.31 

24.28 

47.59 

Lincoln City Council 

17.64 

18.63 

36.27 

Lincolnshire County Council 

23.27 

17.04 

40.31 

Liverpool City Council 

8.37 

4.35 

12.72 

Luton Borough Council 

19.53 

9.26 

28.79 

Macclesfield Borough Council 

20.37 

19.87 

40.24 

Maidstone Borough Council 

12.82 

6.39 

19.21 

Maldon District Council 

19.77 

13.1 

32.87 

Malvern Hills District Council 

24.7 

24.7 

Manchester City Council MBC 

15.05 

3.94 

18.99 

Mansfield District Council 

21.34 

5.48 

26.82 

Medway Borough Council 

20.12 

12.27 

32.39 

Melton Borough Council 

22.79 

25.11 

47.9 

Mendip District Council 

22.55 

19.35 

41.9 

Merseyside WDA (MBC) 

13.73 

8.66 

22.39 

Merton LB 

21.33 

3.72 

25.05 

Mid Bedfordshire District Council 

24.44 

8.52 

32.96 

Mid Devon District Council 

17.77 

26.31 

44.08 

Mid Suffolk District Council 

34.21 

34.21 

Mid Sussex District Council 

20.54 

4.65 

25.19 

Middlesbrough Borough Council 

13.54 

1.88 

15.42 

Milton Keynes Council 

24.38 

10.57 

34.95 

Mole Valley District Council 

31.61 

7.56 

39.17 

New Forest District Council 

26.27 

2.44 

28.71 

Newark and Sherwood District Council 

25.71 

25.71 

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 

13.5 

5.98 

19.48 

Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council MBC 

15.27 

10.54 

25.81 

Newham LB 

11.76 

1.82 

13.58 

Norfolk County Council 

26.1 

12.36 

38.46 

North Cornwall District Council 

21.1 

6.66 

27.76 

North Devon District Council 

18.43 

16.68 

35.11 

North Dorset District Council 

24.59 

7.06 

31.65 

North East Derbyshire District Council 

13.49 

16.21 

29.7 

North East Lincolnshire Council 

11.97 

14.37 

26.34 

North Hertfordshire District Council 

15.26 

17.95 

33.21 

North Kesteven District Council 

28.08 

27.41 

55.49 

North Lincolnshire Council 

17.27 

21.15 

38.42 

North London Waste Authority 

15.95 

7.14 

23.09 

North Norfolk District Council 

26.08 

15.53 

41.61 

North Shropshire District Council 

13.03 

27.9 

40.93 

North Somerset Council 

18.19 

12.98 

31.17 

North Tyneside Council 

12.9 

9.25 

22.15 

North Warwickshire Borough Council 

9.76 

15.16 

24.92 

North West Leicestershire District Council 

14.31 

20.96 

35.27 

North Wiltshire District Council 

16.41 

4.65 

21.06 

North Yorkshire County Council 

18.9 

16.17 

35.07 

Northampton Borough Council 

20.41 

16.81 

37.22 

Northamptonshire County Council 

21.4 

17.9 

39.3 

Northumberland County Council 

24.08 

9.47 

33.55 

Norwich City Council 

18.37 

18.37 

Nottingham City Council 

15.22 

8.57 

23.79 

Nottinghamshire County Council 

25.29 

12.54 

37.83 

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 

10.87 

14.36 

25.23 

Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 

22.85 

17.52 

40.37 

Oldham MBC 

10.14 

5.41 

15.55 

Oswestry Borough Council 

18.45 

23.39 

41.84 

Oxford City Council 

16.93 

7.77 

24.7 

Oxfordshire County Council 

22.83 

15.52 

38.35 

Pendle Borough Council 

21.23 

10.61 

31.84 

Penwith District Council 

18.82 

6.75 

25.57 

Peterborough City Council 

19.22 

24.53 

43.75 

Plymouth City Council 

19.92 

6.94 

26.86 

Poole Borough Council 

23.32 

10.26 

33.58 

Portsmouth City Council 

19.36 

3.67 

23.03 

Preston Borough Council 

16.24 

12.33 

28.57 

Purbeck District Council 

30.32 

0.13 

30.45 

Reading Borough Council 

22.86 

4.78 

27.64 

Redbridge LB 

13.63 

4.97 

18.6 

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 

20.86 

15.03 

35.89 

Redditch Borough Council 

20.31 

20.31 

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 

25.87 

8.58 

34.45 

Restormel Borough Council 

22.18 

2.75 

24.93 

Ribble Valley Borough Council 

12.5 

8.91 

21.41 

Richmond upon Thames LB 

22.78 

8.93 

31.71 

Richmondshire District Council 

16.89 

14.75 

31.64 

Rochdale MBC 

11.48 

7.21 

18.69 

Rochford District Council 

15.21 

1.79 

17 

Rossendale Borough Council 

21.29 

6.85 

28.14 

Rother District Council 

16.43 

16.43 

Rotherham MBC 

17.21 

11.13 

28.34 

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 

23.58 

0.7 

24.28 

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames  

18.37 

5.53 

23.9 

Rugby Borough Council 

12.51 

11.67 

24.18 

Runnymede Borough Council 

16.76 

1.8 

18.56 

Rushcliffe Borough Council 

27.07 

25.11 

52.18 

Rushmoor Borough Council 

19.7 

2.77 

22.47 

Rutland County Council 

13.15 

11.02 

24.17 

Ryedale District Council 

20.13 

30.88 

51.01 

Salford City Council MBC 

13.56 

6.81 

20.37 

Salisbury District Council 

18.53 

4.85 

23.38 

Sandwell MBC 

14.09 

6.3 

20.39 

Scarborough Borough Council 

9.05 

9.66 

18.71 

Sedgefield Borough Council 

16.61 

9.67 

26.28 

Sedgemoor District Council 

15.32 

6.57 

21.89 

Sefton MBC 

15.3 

8.43 

23.73 

Selby District Council 

14.45 

15.14 

29.59 

Sevenoaks District Council 

24.59 

5.54 

30.13 

Sheffield City Council 

18.31 

6.63 

24.94 

Shepway District Council 

26.79 

13.37 

40.16 

Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council 

13.86 

14.1 

27.96 

Shropshire County Council 

17.81 

20.11 

37.92 

Slough Borough Council 

14.68 

7.79 

22.47 

Solihull MBC 

15.35 

8.12 

23.47 

Somerset County Council 

26.5 

20.78 

47.28 

South Bedfordshire District Council 

16.78 

15.17 

31.95 

South Bucks District Council 

26.18 

7.04 

33.22 

South Cambridgeshire District Council 

18.24 

32.74 

50.98 

South Derbyshire District Council 

14.25 

13.33 

27.58 

South Gloucestershire Council 

20.76 

18.78 

39.54 

South Hams District Council 

27.7 

21.06 

48.76 

South Holland District Council 

22.57 

0.07 

22.64 

South Kesteven District Council 

18.06 

13.83 

31.89 

South Lakeland District Council 

16.83 

14.11 

30.94 

South Norfolk Council 

28.58 

4.27 

32.85 

South Northamptonshire District Council 

15.93 

24.95 

40.88 

South Oxfordshire District Council 

27.17 

6.11 

33.28 

South Ribble Borough Council 

22.5 

21.7 

44.2 

South Shropshire District Council 

21.84 

31.36 

53.2 

South Somerset District Council 

27.02 

18.69 

45.71 

South Staffordshire Council 

20.65 

23.6 

44.25 

South Tyneside MBC 

12.56 

11.4 

23.96 

Southampton City Council 

17.77 

7.74 

25.51 

Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 

19.83 

9.31 

29.14 

Southwark LB 

14.28 

4.18 

18.46 

Spelthorne Borough Council 

17.05 

2.41 

19.46 

St Albans City and District Council 

19.14 

13.16 

32.3 

St Edmundsbury Borough Council 

23.2 

26.83 

50.03 

St Helens MBC 

8.69 

12.89 

21.58 

Stafford Borough Council 

11.4 

18.26 

29.66 

Staffordshire County Council 

19.55 

17.44 

36.99 

Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 

14.28 

20.91 

35.19 

Stevenage Borough Council 

15.85 

11.02 

26.87 

Stockport MBC 

15.61 

16.9 

32.51 

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 

15.17 

6.09 

21.26 

Stoke-on-Trent City Council 

14.81 

5.18 

19.99 

Stratford-on-Avon District Council 

14.32 

25.91 

40.23 

Stroud District Council 

23.24 

23.24 

Suffolk Coastal District Council 

16.55 

21.76 

38.31 

Suffolk County Council 

23.92 

18.98 

42.9 

Sunderland City Council 

14.95 

8.77 

23.72 

Surrey County Council 

21.46 

9.49 

30.95 

Surrey Heath Borough Council 

20.15 

9.65 

29.8 

Sutton LB 

20.81 

9.45 

30.26 

Swale Borough Council 

15.06 

0.7 

15.76 

Swindon Borough Council 

22.52 

9.61 

32.13 

Tameside MBC 

18.44 

5.84 

24.28 

Tamworth Borough Council 

23 

15.34 

38.34 

Tandridge District Council 

24.1 

24.1 

Taunton Deane Borough Council 

23.95 

17.08 

41.03 

Teesdale District Council 

17.42 

10.11 

27.53 

Teignbridge District Council 

19.84 

30.6 

50.44 

Telford and Wrekin Council 

19.82 

15.09 

34.91 

Tendring District Council 

22.88 

22.88 

Test Valley Borough Council 

21.61 

5.4 

27.01 

Tewkesbury Borough Council 

17.97 

8.42 

26.39 

Thanet District Council 

14.11 

3.16 

17.27 

Three Rivers District Council 

20.4 

25.2 

45.6 

Thurrock Council 

18.2 

5.5 

23.7 

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 

18.38 

15.72 

34.1 

Torbay Council 

18.48 

7.58 

26.06 

Torridge District Council 

18.03 

13.46 

31.49 

Tower Hamlets LB 

11.64 

0.11 

11.75 

Trafford MBC 

14.7 

10.75 

25.45 

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council