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2011/12 overall performance

The following table contains municipal waste data derived from WasteDataFlow for the period covering the financial year 2011/12. The data shows the total household waste recycling, composting and reuse rate for English local authorities from April 2011 to March 2012. Local authorities are listed in overall performance order:

 

Rank Local Authority Recycling, Reuse and Composting Rate
1 Vale of White Horse District Council 68.7%
2 South Oxfordshire District Council 67.9%
3 Rochford District Council 67.4%
4 Surrey Heath Borough Council 65.0%
5 Stockport MBC 62.6%
6 Harborough District Council 61.6%
7 Rutland County Council 61.3%
8 West Oxfordshire District Council 61.2%
9 Three Rivers District Council 60.5%
10 West Devon Borough Council 59.9%
11 North Somerset Council 59.7%
12 Epping Forest Borough Council 59.6%
13 Oxfordshire County Council 59.6%
14 Staffordshire Moorlands District Council 58.9%
15 Cotswold District Council 58.6%
16 South Cambridgeshire District Council 58.3%
17 Mole Valley District Council 57.9%
18 Teignbridge District Council 57.3%
19 Cherwell District Council 57.3%
20 Stratford-on-Avon District Council 57.3%
21 Woking Borough Council 57.0%
22 Suffolk Coastal District Council 57.0%
23 Huntingdonshire District Council 56.9%
24 Lichfield District Council 56.6%
25 Leicestershire County Council 56.2%
26 Cambridgeshire County Council 55.8%
27 Braintree District Council 55.7%
28 Devon County Council 55.2%
29 West Lindsey District Council 55.2%
30 South Hams District Council 54.8%
31 East Lindsey District Council 54.7%
32 Uttlesford District Council 54.5%
33 Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council 53.9%
34 Stafford Borough Council 53.8%
35 Milton Keynes Council 53.8%
36 Staffordshire County Council 53.7%
37 Bexley LB 53.5%
38 Tewkesbury Borough Council 53.3%
39 Suffolk County Council 53.2%
40 South Gloucestershire Council 53.1%
41 Cheshire East 52.9%
42 Basildon District Council 52.9%
43 Castle Point Borough Council 52.8%
44 Lincolnshire County Council 52.8%
45 North Kesteven District Council 52.6%
46 Bournemouth Borough Council 52.3%
47 St Edmundsbury Borough Council 52.3%
48 Cannock Chase Council 52.2%
49 Guildford Borough Council 52.2%
50 Bath and North East Somerset Council 52.0%
51 Ryedale District Council 51.9%
52 Essex County Council 51.8%
53 Surrey County Council 51.5%
54 Blaby District Council 51.3%
55 East Riding of Yorkshire Council 51.3%
56 East Staffordshire Borough Council 51.2%
57 Central Bedfordshire 51.1%
58 Waveney District Council 51.1%
59 Oadby and Wigston Borough Council 51.1%
60 Rushcliffe Borough Council 51.0%
61 Somerset County Council 50.9%
62 Dorset Waste Partnership 50.9%
63 Elmbridge Borough Council 50.5%
64 Harlow District Council 50.5%
65 Fenland District Council 50.5%
66 Shropshire 50.4%
67 Rotherham MBC 50.4%
68 Hertfordshire County Council 50.4%
69 Warwick District Council 50.3%
70 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council 50.3%
71 South Staffordshire Council 50.0%
72 Bromley LB 49.9%
73 Melton Borough Council 49.9%
74 Welwyn Hatfield Council 49.9%
75 South Northamptonshire District Council 49.9%
76 Cheshire West and Chester 49.6%
77 North Hertfordshire District Council 49.5%
78 Kingston-upon-Hull City Council 49.3%
79 Trafford MBC 49.2%
80 Tamworth Borough Council 49.2%
81 Mid Devon District Council 49.1%
82 Charnwood Borough Council 49.0%
83 Broadland District Council 48.9%
84 Chorley Borough Council 48.8%
85 South Ribble Borough Council 48.7%
86 Warwickshire County Council 48.6%
87 East Devon District Council 48.6%
88 South Kesteven District Council 48.6%
89 Horsham District Council 48.6%
90 Sedgemoor District Council 48.6%
91 Wyre Borough Council 48.5%
92 East Hertfordshire District Council 48.4%
93 St Albans City and District Council 48.3%
94 Harrow LB 48.2%
95 Swindon Borough Council 48.2%
96 Rugby Borough Council 48.1%
97 North Lincolnshire Council 47.9%
98 West Lancashire District Council 47.7%
99 Forest Heath District Council 47.5%
100 Brentwood Borough Council 47.3%
101 Runnymede Borough Council 47.3%
102 Gloucestershire County Council 47.2%
103 Chiltern District Council 47.2%
104 Lancashire County Council 46.8%
105 Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames 46.8%
106 Southend-on-Sea Borough Council 46.8%
107 Dacorum Borough Council 46.7%
108 Hertsmere Borough Council 46.7%
109 Kettering Borough Council 46.7%
110 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council 46.7%
111 South Derbyshire District Council 46.5%
112 Derby City Council 46.4%
113 York City Council 46.4%
114 Hambleton District Council 46.3%
115 West Berkshire District Council 46.2%
116 Taunton Deane Borough Council 46.2%
117 Allerdale Borough Council 46.2%
118 North Yorkshire County Council 46.2%
119 Epsom and Ewell Borough Council 46.1%
120 North West Leicestershire District Council 46.1%
121 Solihull MBC 46.1%
122 Cheltenham Borough Council 46.1%
123 Cumbria County Council 46.0%
124 Walsall MBC 46.0%
125 Barnsley MBC 45.9%
126 Carlisle City Council 45.9%
127 Eden District Council 45.8%
128 Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council 45.7%
129 Rother District Council 45.5%
130 Norfolk County Council 45.3%
131 Buckinghamshire County Council 45.3%
132 High Peak Borough Council 45.2%
133 South Lakeland District Council 45.2%
134 Peterborough City Council 45.0%
135 Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council 45.0%
136 Richmond upon Thames LB 44.7%
137 Darlington Borough Council 44.7%
138 Hartlepool Borough Council 44.7%
139 North Devon District Council 44.6%
140 Maidstone Borough Council 44.6%
141 Northamptonshire County Council 44.5%
142 Lincoln City Council 44.5%
143 Doncaster MBC 44.4%
144 Oxford City Council 44.4%
145 South Somerset District Council 44.3%
146 County Durham 44.3%
147 Wealden District Council 44.3%
148 Daventry District Council 44.3%
149 Shepway District Council 44.2%
150 West Sussex County Council 44.0%
151 North East Derbyshire District Council 43.7%
152 Calderdale MBC 43.7%
153 Wychavon District Council 43.6%
154 Torridge District Council 43.6%
155 Hillingdon LB 43.4%
156 Mid Sussex District Council 43.4%
157 Warrington Borough Council 43.3%
158 Craven District Council 43.3%
159 Derbyshire County Council 43.3%
160 Fylde Borough Council 43.3%
161 Worcestershire County Council 43.3%
162 Eastleigh Borough Council 43.3%
163 Richmondshire District Council 43.2%
164 Cambridge City Council 43.2%
165 Telford and Wrekin Council 43.2%
166 Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council 43.2%
167 Ribble Valley Borough Council 43.1%
168 Wiltshire 43.0%
169 Selby District Council 43.0%
170 Canterbury City Council 43.0%
171 Nottinghamshire County Council 42.8%
172 North Norfolk District Council 42.8%
173 Torbay Council 42.7%
174 Wokingham Council 42.6%
175 Chelmsford Borough Council 42.5%
176 Ipswich Borough Council 42.5%
177 Bracknell Forest Borough Council 42.5%
178 Thurrock Council 42.4%
179 Copeland Borough Council 42.1%
180 Mendip District Council 42.0%
181 Leicester City Council 41.9%
182 Derbyshire Dales District Council 41.8%
183 Wycombe District Council 41.8%
184 Mid Suffolk District Council 41.7%
185 Bromsgrove District Council 41.7%
186 Lancaster City Council 41.6%
187 Broxtowe Borough Council 41.6%
188 Northampton Borough Council 41.6%
189 Dover District Council 41.5%
190 Watford Borough Council 41.2%
191 Waverley Borough Council 41.2%
192 South Norfolk Council 41.1%
193 Kent County Council 41.1%
194 Bristol City Council 41.0%
195 Corby Borough Council 40.9%
196 Greater Manchester WDA (MBC) 40.9%
197 Wolverhampton MBC 40.8%
198 Ealing LB 40.8%
199 Sefton MBC 40.8%
200 Northumberland 40.8%
201 Sandwell MBC 40.7%
202 Norwich City Council 40.6%
203 Wirral MBC 40.6%
204 Hampshire County Council 40.5%
205 Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council 40.5%
206 Erewash Borough Council 40.5%
207 Spelthorne Borough Council 40.4%
208 Scarborough Borough Council 40.1%
209 Forest of Dean District Council 40.1%
210 Herefordshire Council 40.1%
211 Wellingborough Borough Council 40.0%
212 Stevenage Borough Council 40.0%
213 Colchester Borough Council 39.9%
214 Halton Borough Council 39.9%
215 Chesterfield Borough Council 39.8%
216 Bradford City MDC (MBC) 39.8%
217 Broxbourne Borough Council 39.6%
218 West London Waste Authority 39.4%
219 Poole Borough Council 39.4%
220 Wakefield City MDC 39.3%
221 Oldham MBC 39.2%
222 East Sussex County Council 39.2%
223 Greenwich LB 39.1%
224 East Northamptonshire Council 39.1%
225 Mansfield District Council 38.9%
226 Gloucester City Council 38.7%
227 South Tyneside MBC 38.6%
228 Blackpool Borough Council 38.6%
229 Chichester District Council 38.5%
230 Stoke-on-Trent City Council 38.5%
231 Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council 38.2%
232 Bedford 38.2%
233 Fareham Borough Council 38.1%
234 Hart District Council 38.1%
235 Croydon LB 38.1%
236 Medway Borough Council 37.9%
237 Reigate and Banstead Borough Council 37.8%
238 Pendle Borough Council 37.6%
239 Breckland Council 37.5%
240 Sutton LB 37.4%
241 Leeds City Council MBC 37.4%
242 North Tyneside Council 37.3%
243 Arun District Council 37.3%
244 Merton LB 37.3%
245 Gedling Borough Council 37.3%
246 Coventry City Council 37.2%
247 East Hampshire District Council 37.1%
248 Maldon District Council 37.0%
249 Rossendale Borough Council 37.0%
250 Sunderland City Council 36.9%
251 Merseyside WDA (MBC) 36.9%
252 City of London 36.9%
253 Wigan MBC 36.8%
254 Reading Borough Council 36.8%
255 Bolsover District Council 36.8%
256 Brent LB 36.8%
257 Worthing Borough Council 36.6%
258 Winchester City Council 36.6%
259 Bury MBC 36.3%
260 Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council 36.3%
261 Worcester City Council 36.2%
262 Gateshead MBC 36.2%
263 Exeter City Council 36.1%
264 East Cambridgeshire District Council 36.1%
265 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council 36.0%
266 Adur District Council 35.9%
267 Hyndburn Borough Council 35.6%
268 Havering LB 35.5%
269 Hounslow LB 35.4%
270 Harrogate Borough Council 35.3%
271 Enfield LB 35.3%
272 Dudley MBC 35.1%
273 Rochdale MBC 35.0%
274 Test Valley Borough Council 34.7%
275 Preston Borough Council 34.5%
276 Tameside MBC 34.4%
277 West Somerset District Council 34.3%
278 Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council MBC 34.1%
279 Manchester City Council MBC 34.0%
280 Kirklees MBC 34.0%
281 Burnley Borough Council 34.0%
282 Ashfield District Council 33.9%
283 Cornwall 33.8%
284 South Holland District Council 33.7%
285 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 33.7%
286 Tandridge District Council 33.6%
287 Barnet LB 33.6%
288 North East Lincolnshire Council 33.5%
289 South Bucks District Council 33.2%
290 Nottingham City Council 33.1%
291 Boston Borough Council 33.1%
292 Camden LB 33.0%
293 Eastbourne Borough Council 32.8%
294 North Warwickshire Borough Council 32.7%
295 Luton Borough Council 32.5%
296 Redbridge LB 32.5%
297 Islington LB 32.2%
298 Swale Borough Council 32.0%
299 Knowsley MBC 32.0%
300 Isle of Wight Council 31.9%
301 Sevenoaks District Council 31.9%
302 Plymouth City Council 31.8%
303 St Helens MBC 31.7%
304 Malvern Hills District Council 31.3%
305 Havant Borough Council 30.9%
306 Slough Borough Council 30.7%
307 Bolton MBC 30.6%
308 New Forest District Council 30.6%
309 Salford City Council MBC 30.4%
310 East London Waste Authority 30.2%
311 Hammersmith and Fulham LB 30.1%
312 North London Waste Authority 30.0%
313 Barking and Dagenham LB 30.0%
314 Wyre Forest District Council 29.9%
315 Birmingham City Council 29.5%
316 Sheffield City Council 29.1%
317 Western Riverside Waste Authority 28.8%
318 Redditch Borough Council 28.6%
319 Wandsworth LB 28.4%
320 Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council 28.2%
321 Brighton and Hove Council 28.1%
322 Tendring District Council 28.0%
323 Lambeth LB 27.9%
324 Southwark LB 27.3%
325 Tower Hamlets LB 27.1%
326 Crawley Borough Council 27.1%
327 Waltham Forest LB 27.1%
328 Thanet District Council 26.9%
329 Rushmoor Borough Council 26.9%
330 Dartford Borough Council 26.7%
331 Amber Valley Borough Council 26.7%
332 Great Yarmouth Borough Council 26.6%
333 Liverpool City Council 26.2%
334 Newark and Sherwood District Council 25.9%
335 Hastings Borough Council 25.9%
336 Haringey LB 25.7%
337 Gosport Borough Council 25.1%
338 Westminster City Council 25.1%
339 Stroud District Council 24.6%
340 Portsmouth City Council 24.3%
341 Gravesham Borough Council 24.0%
342 Hackney LB 24.0%
343 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 24.0%
344 Lewes District Council 23.5%
345 Southampton City Council 23.3%
346 Middlesbrough Borough Council 22.7%
347 Newham LB 22.7%
348 Bassetlaw District Council 22.6%
349 Aylesbury Vale District Council 21.5%
350 Council of the Isles of Scilly 21.0%
351 Lewisham LB 17.2%
352 Ashford Borough Council 14.0%
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