Rank | Local Authority 2019/20 financial year | Authority type | RECYCLING RATE Percentage of household waste sent for reuse, recycling or composting (Ex NI192) | Collected household waste per person (kg) (Ex BVPI 84a) |
1 | Three Rivers District Council | C | 64.1% | 349.5 |
2 | South Oxfordshire District Council | C | 64.0% | 362.5 |
3 | Vale of White Horse District Council | C | 63.3% | 335.9 |
4 | East Riding of Yorkshire Council | U | 63.3% | 499.7 |
5 | St Albans City and District Council | C | 63.0% | 339.3 |
6 | Surrey Heath Borough Council | C | 62.9% | 358.2 |
7 | Derbyshire Dales District Council | C | 61.9% | 379.6 |
8 | Rochford District Council | C | 61.3% | 366.0 |
9 | North Somerset Council | U | 60.6% | 453.7 |
10 | East Devon District Council | C | 60.5% | 302.5 |
11 | Stratford-on-Avon District Council | C | 60.5% | 443.4 |
12 | South Northamptonshire District Council | C | 59.9% | 425.6 |
13 | Stroud District Council | C | 59.7% | 295.1 |
14 | Cotswold District Council | C | 59.3% | 443.8 |
15 | Tandridge District Council | C | 59.1% | 371.0 |
16 | South Gloucestershire Council | U | 59.1% | 403.2 |
17 | Maldon District Council | C | 58.9% | 355.8 |
18 | Dorset Council | U | 58.9% | 454.1 |
19 | Guildford Borough Council | C | 58.8% | 338.2 |
20 | Oxfordshire County Council | D | 58.8% | 412.0 |
21 | Colchester Borough Council | C | 58.7% | 286.5 |
22 | Stockport MBC | C | 58.5% | 339.5 |
23 | West Oxfordshire District Council | C | 57.9% | 392.1 |
24 | North Hertfordshire District Council | C | 57.5% | 343.6 |
25 | Trafford MBC | C | 56.9% | 330.7 |
26 | Devon County Council | D | 56.6% | 436.4 |
27 | East Cambridgeshire District Council | C | 56.5% | 355.2 |
28 | Cheshire East | U | 56.5% | 501.3 |
29 | Rutland County Council | U | 56.4% | 504.9 |
30 | Cheshire West and Chester | U | 56.4% | 480.4 |
31 | Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | C | 56.4% | 388.8 |
32 | Milton Keynes Council | U | 56.3% | 441.2 |
33 | Teignbridge District Council | C | 56.3% | 361.8 |
34 | Bath and North East Somerset Council | U | 56.2% | 381.1 |
35 | Huntingdonshire District Council | C | 56.0% | 380.9 |
36 | Surrey County Council | D | 56.0% | 424.0 |
37 | Calderdale MBC | U | 55.8% | 382.6 |
38 | Isle of Wight Council | U | 55.5% | 440.4 |
39 | Cambridgeshire County Council | D | 55.4% | 441.5 |
40 | Woking Borough Council | C | 55.4% | 368.0 |
41 | Cherwell District Council | C | 55.1% | 409.1 |
42 | Mole Valley District Council | C | 54.8% | 396.5 |
43 | Shropshire | U | 54.6% | 489.9 |
44 | Waverley Borough Council | C | 54.4% | 353.1 |
45 | South Hams District Council | C | 54.4% | 370.3 |
46 | Reigate and Banstead Borough Council | C | 54.3% | 353.3 |
47 | Bexley LB | U | 54.2% | 380.5 |
48 | Ashford Borough Council | C | 54.2% | 323.6 |
49 | North Lincolnshire Council | U | 54.2% | 476.2 |
50 | Epping Forest Borough Council | C | 54.1% | 405.0 |
51 | Torridge District Council | C | 54.1% | 353.0 |
52 | Buckinghamshire County Council | D | 53.9% | 407.7 |
53 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | U | 53.9% | 437.9 |
54 | Warwick District Council | C | 53.8% | 367.3 |
55 | West Devon Borough Council | C | 53.7% | 307.1 |
56 | Essex County Council | D | 53.5% | 439.1 |
57 | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council | C | 53.5% | 370.4 |
58 | Daventry District Council | C | 53.4% | 383.4 |
59 | Horsham District Council | C | 53.3% | 355.3 |
60 | West Sussex County Council | D | 53.1% | 435.0 |
61 | Mid Devon District Council | C | 53.1% | 339.3 |
62 | Somerset Waste Partnership | U | 52.9% | 451.7 |
63 | Dacorum Borough Council | C | 52.8% | 349.5 |
64 | Wigan MBC | U | 52.8% | 403.6 |
65 | Elmbridge Borough Council | C | 52.6% | 390.0 |
66 | Oxford City Council | C | 52.6% | 281.0 |
67 | Forest of Dean District Council | C | 52.4% | 379.4 |
68 | Hertfordshire County Council | D | 52.3% | 401.3 |
69 | Aylesbury Vale District Council | C | 51.8% | 310.7 |
70 | Bury MBC | C | 51.6% | 318.9 |
71 | Tewkesbury Borough Council | C | 51.5% | 364.3 |
72 | Warwickshire County Council | D | 51.1% | 440.3 |
73 | Hambleton District Council | C | 51.1% | 376.9 |
74 | South Staffordshire Council | C | 51.0% | 395.0 |
75 | Castle Point Borough Council | C | 50.9% | 345.9 |
76 | Bromley LB | U | 50.9% | 371.0 |
77 | Cheltenham Borough Council | C | 50.9% | 422.2 |
78 | Gloucestershire County Council | D | 50.6% | 442.4 |
79 | High Peak Borough Council | C | 50.5% | 376.2 |
80 | South Bucks District Council | C | 50.5% | 327.2 |
81 | Wokingham Council | U | 50.3% | 408.8 |
82 | Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | C | 50.2% | 359.4 |
83 | Stafford Borough Council | C | 50.2% | 400.8 |
84 | East Hertfordshire District Council | C | 50.1% | 363.0 |
85 | Rochdale MBC | C | 49.9% | 308.9 |
86 | Rushcliffe Borough Council | C | 49.8% | 390.7 |
87 | Broadland District Council | C | 49.6% | 379.5 |
88 | Wealden District Council | C | 49.5% | 366.3 |
89 | North Devon District Council | C | 49.5% | 383.9 |
90 | Wycombe District Council | C | 49.4% | 352.0 |
91 | West Berkshire District Council | U | 49.4% | 469.8 |
92 | Cambridge City and South Cambs Councils | C | 49.3% | 360.9 |
93 | Tameside MBC | C | 49.3% | 302.6 |
94 | Wakefield City MDC | U | 49.3% | 437.4 |
95 | Croydon LB | U | 49.2% | 306.4 |
96 | Maidstone Borough Council | C | 49.2% | 335.6 |
97 | Royal B. of Kingston upon Thames | U | 48.6% | 337.9 |
98 | Ryedale District Council | C | 48.6% | 387.9 |
99 | Sutton LB | U | 48.5% | 352.7 |
100 | Braintree District Council | C | 48.4% | 387.7 |
101 | Lichfield District Council | C | 48.4% | 398.6 |
102 | York City Council | U | 48.4% | 383.4 |
103 | Ealing LB | C | 48.3% | 244.2 |
104 | Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | U | 48.1% | 402.0 |
105 | Uttlesford District Council | C | 47.9% | 344.2 |
106 | Bolton MBC | C | 47.9% | 305.3 |
107 | North Warwickshire Borough Council | C | 47.9% | 417.8 |
108 | Northamptonshire County Council | D | 47.8% | 441.4 |
109 | Staffordshire County Council | D | 47.8% | 459.5 |
110 | Greater Manchester WDA (MBC) | D | 47.7% | 402.5 |
111 | Derbyshire County Council | D | 47.5% | 458.4 |
112 | Warrington Borough Council | U | 47.5% | 417.9 |
113 | Cumbria County Council | D | 47.4% | 470.8 |
114 | North Yorkshire County Council | D | 47.4% | 465.8 |
115 | Harborough District Council | C | 47.3% | 365.8 |
116 | Dover District Council | C | 47.1% | 302.5 |
117 | Bristol City Council | U | 47.1% | 354.8 |
118 | Barnsley MBC | U | 47.1% | 408.9 |
119 | East Northamptonshire Council | C | 47.0% | 316.5 |
120 | North East Derbyshire District Council | C | 47.0% | 398.8 |
121 | Salford City Council MBC | C | 47.0% | 299.7 |
122 | Telford and Wrekin Council | U | 47.0% | 473.4 |
123 | Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | U | 46.8% | 417.6 |
124 | West Lancashire Borough Council | C | 46.7% | 388.6 |
125 | Kent County Council | D | 46.7% | 422.4 |
126 | Welwyn Hatfield Council | C | 46.6% | 308.1 |
127 | Chorley Borough Council | C | 46.6% | 368.3 |
128 | Spelthorne Borough Council | C | 46.5% | 344.8 |
129 | Fylde Borough Council | C | 46.4% | 397.4 |
130 | Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council | C | 46.4% | 375.7 |
131 | Doncaster MBC | U | 46.4% | 431.6 |
132 | North West Leicestershire District Council | C | 46.3% | 401.0 |
133 | South Ribble Borough Council | C | 46.2% | 370.1 |
134 | Basildon District Council | C | 46.0% | 416.4 |
135 | Chelmsford Borough Council | C | 46.0% | 380.4 |
136 | Medway Borough Council | U | 46.0% | 435.5 |
137 | Wyre Borough Council | C | 45.7% | 370.1 |
138 | Lancashire County Council | D | 45.7% | 439.7 |
139 | Canterbury City Council | C | 45.7% | 325.1 |
140 | Leicestershire County Council | D | 45.5% | 436.0 |
141 | Rother District Council | C | 45.5% | 382.3 |
142 | Rotherham MBC | U | 45.4% | 389.9 |
143 | Watford Borough Council | C | 45.3% | 331.2 |
144 | Rugby Borough Council | C | 45.3% | 364.7 |
145 | South Derbyshire District Council | C | 45.2% | 392.9 |
146 | East Suffolk Council | C | 45.2% | 390.7 |
147 | South Lakeland District Council | C | 45.0% | 427.1 |
148 | Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council | U | 45.0% | 425.7 |
149 | Chichester District Council | C | 44.9% | 365.1 |
150 | Wychavon District Council | C | 44.8% | 375.7 |
151 | Melton Borough Council | C | 44.7% | 402.3 |
152 | Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council | C | 44.5% | 357.5 |
153 | Hertsmere Borough Council | C | 44.4% | 358.4 |
154 | Norfolk County Council | D | 44.4% | 429.6 |
155 | Oadby and Wigston Borough Council | C | 44.3% | 301.5 |
156 | Folkestone and Hythe District Council | C | 44.2% | 327.1 |
157 | North Kesteven District Council | C | 44.1% | 399.9 |
158 | Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council | C | 43.9% | 389.5 |
159 | Central Bedfordshire | U | 43.9% | 417.4 |
160 | Lincolnshire County Council | D | 43.8% | 458.8 |
161 | Runnymede Borough Council | C | 43.8% | 305.0 |
162 | Cannock Chase Council | C | 43.8% | 382.0 |
163 | Charnwood Borough Council | C | 43.7% | 325.8 |
164 | Corby and Kettering Shared Service | C | 43.6% | 389.7 |
165 | Suffolk County Council | D | 43.6% | 453.4 |
166 | Richmond upon Thames LB | C | 43.6% | 375.7 |
167 | East Staffordshire Borough Council | C | 43.6% | 394.9 |
168 | Worcestershire County Council | D | 43.6% | 456.7 |
169 | Eden District Council | C | 43.5% | 388.3 |
170 | Chesterfield Borough Council | C | 43.4% | 384.8 |
171 | Peterborough City Council | U | 43.3% | 413.3 |
172 | Wiltshire | U | 43.3% | 428.9 |
173 | Eastleigh Borough Council | C | 43.1% | 319.8 |
174 | West Lindsey District Council | C | 42.9% | 408.4 |
175 | Nottinghamshire County Council | D | 42.9% | 460.6 |
176 | Leicester City Council | U | 42.9% | 357.3 |
177 | Mid Sussex District Council | C | 42.9% | 319.3 |
178 | Bracknell Forest Borough Council | U | 42.9% | 389.9 |
179 | Mid Suffolk District Council | C | 42.8% | 357.1 |
180 | Arun District Council | C | 42.8% | 335.7 |
181 | East Sussex County Council | D | 42.8% | 429.9 |
182 | Swindon Borough Council | U | 42.8% | 386.9 |
183 | Bedford | U | 42.7% | 420.9 |
184 | Gloucester City Council | C | 42.7% | 348.5 |
185 | Selby District Council | C | 42.7% | 416.1 |
186 | Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council | C | 42.5% | 388.7 |
187 | South Norfolk Council | C | 42.5% | 364.5 |
188 | Gravesham Borough Council | C | 42.5% | 301.7 |
189 | Harrogate Borough Council | C | 42.4% | 328.2 |
190 | Blaby District Council | C | 42.3% | 349.5 |
191 | Merton LB | U | 42.2% | 334.3 |
192 | Oldham MBC | C | 42.2% | 303.1 |
193 | Derby City Council | U | 42.1% | 426.8 |
194 | Brentwood Borough Council | C | 42.1% | 361.5 |
195 | Wellingborough Borough Council | C | 41.8% | 377.6 |
196 | Hart District Council | C | 41.8% | 331.8 |
197 | Herefordshire Council | U | 41.8% | 391.9 |
198 | Hampshire County Council | D | 41.7% | 428.9 |
199 | Broxbourne Borough Council | C | 41.5% | 362.6 |
200 | County Durham | U | 41.2% | 433.5 |
201 | Carlisle City Council | C | 41.2% | 391.0 |
202 | Harlow District Council | C | 41.1% | 308.9 |
203 | Bromsgrove District Council | C | 41.0% | 397.3 |
204 | East Lindsey District Council | C | 40.8% | 379.0 |
205 | North Norfolk District Council | C | 40.8% | 408.4 |
206 | Darlington Borough Council | U | 40.8% | 407.6 |
207 | Erewash Borough Council | C | 40.7% | 407.6 |
208 | Bradford City MDC (MBC) | U | 40.7% | 360.6 |
209 | Swale Borough Council | C | 40.5% | 363.6 |
210 | Manchester City Council MBC | C | 40.4% | 288.4 |
211 | Tamworth Borough Council | C | 40.4% | 386.3 |
212 | Scarborough Borough Council | C | 40.4% | 404.5 |
213 | Bolsover District Council | C | 40.3% | 408.3 |
214 | South Kesteven District Council | C | 40.3% | 381.3 |
215 | Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | U | 40.3% | 407.7 |
216 | Northampton Borough Council | C | 40.2% | 357.3 |
217 | Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | U | 40.2% | 364.9 |
218 | Torbay Council | U | 40.2% | 431.3 |
219 | West Suffolk Council | C | 40.1% | 374.6 |
220 | Walsall MBC | U | 40.1% | 389.5 |
221 | Fenland District Council | C | 40.0% | 397.8 |
222 | Worthing Borough Council | C | 40.0% | 336.2 |
223 | Malvern Hills District Council | C | 39.8% | 321.0 |
224 | Lewes District Council | C | 39.6% | 288.4 |
225 | Stevenage Borough Council | C | 39.5% | 347.5 |
226 | Norwich City Council | C | 39.4% | 316.3 |
227 | Craven District Council | C | 39.2% | 365.1 |
228 | Harrow LB | C | 38.8% | 359.4 |
229 | Breckland Council | C | 38.7% | 364.7 |
230 | Council of the Isles of Scilly | U | 38.5% | 621.3 |
231 | Blackpool Borough Council | U | 38.4% | 460.5 |
232 | Richmondshire District Council | C | 38.2% | 344.5 |
233 | Leeds City Council MBC | U | 38.2% | 378.8 |
234 | Winchester City Council | C | 38.1% | 307.0 |
235 | Sevenoaks District Council | C | 38.0% | 373.0 |
236 | Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | C | 38.0% | 357.8 |
237 | Dudley MBC | U | 37.8% | 378.6 |
238 | Havering LB | C | 37.5% | 395.4 |
239 | Halton Borough Council | U | 37.5% | 440.0 |
240 | Wolverhampton MBC | U | 37.5% | 393.1 |
241 | Hillingdon LB | C | 37.4% | 323.4 |
242 | West London Waste Authority | D | 37.4% | 326.2 |
243 | St Helens MBC | C | 37.4% | 355.4 |
244 | Boston Borough Council | C | 37.2% | 390.5 |
245 | Merseyside WDA (MBC) | D | 37.2% | 478.1 |
246 | Ashfield District Council | C | 37.1% | 352.8 |
247 | Broxtowe Borough Council | C | 36.9% | 369.8 |
248 | North Tyneside Council | U | 36.9% | 409.7 |
249 | Test Valley Borough Council | C | 36.9% | 336.4 |
250 | Solihull MBC | U | 36.7% | 424.6 |
251 | Adur District Council | C | 36.6% | 318.9 |
252 | Worcester City Council | C | 36.6% | 309.4 |
253 | Lancaster City Council | C | 36.5% | 325.0 |
254 | Luton Borough Council | U | 36.3% | 350.0 |
255 | Copeland Borough Council | C | 36.1% | 373.6 |
256 | Northumberland | U | 36.0% | 469.6 |
257 | Reading Borough Council | U | 35.3% | 352.9 |
258 | Ipswich Borough Council | C | 35.1% | 383.1 |
259 | Tendring District Council | C | 35.1% | 298.8 |
260 | Southwark LB | U | 35.1% | 345.8 |
261 | North East Lincolnshire Council | U | 35.1% | 444.4 |
262 | Thurrock Council | U | 34.8% | 441.4 |
263 | Thanet District Council | C | 34.8% | 334.3 |
264 | Sandwell MBC | U | 34.8% | 389.8 |
265 | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | U | 34.8% | 403.7 |
266 | Ribble Valley Borough Council | C | 34.6% | 394.3 |
267 | East Hampshire District Council | C | 34.6% | 300.7 |
268 | Hyndburn Borough Council | C | 34.5% | 281.2 |
269 | Brent LB | C | 34.2% | 288.7 |
270 | Lincoln City Council | C | 34.1% | 356.8 |
271 | New Forest District Council | C | 34.1% | 318.8 |
272 | Plymouth City Council | U | 34.1% | 391.2 |
273 | Hartlepool Borough Council | U | 34.0% | 414.4 |
274 | Allerdale Borough Council | C | 33.7% | 380.7 |
275 | Sefton MBC | C | 33.7% | 400.0 |
276 | Mansfield District Council | C | 33.6% | 410.4 |
277 | Fareham Borough Council | C | 33.4% | 301.4 |
278 | Coventry City Council | U | 33.4% | 344.7 |
279 | Wirral MBC | C | 33.3% | 371.6 |
280 | Cornwall | U | 33.3% | 457.6 |
281 | Greenwich LB | U | 33.2% | 354.9 |
282 | Enfield LB | C | 33.1% | 353.5 |
283 | Gedling Borough Council | C | 32.7% | 375.6 |
284 | Newark and Sherwood District Council | C | 32.5% | 373.0 |
285 | Pendle Borough Council | C | 32.5% | 355.7 |
286 | Waltham Forest LB | C | 32.3% | 343.3 |
287 | Burnley Borough Council | C | 32.2% | 325.6 |
288 | Barnet LB | C | 32.0% | 354.9 |
289 | Gateshead MBC | U | 32.0% | 428.2 |
290 | South Tyneside MBC | U | 32.0% | 441.8 |
291 | Wyre Forest District Council | C | 31.9% | 354.7 |
292 | Havant Borough Council | C | 31.8% | 324.9 |
293 | Lambeth LB | C | 31.7% | 235.2 |
294 | Middlesbrough Borough Council | U | 31.7% | 447.2 |
295 | Eastbourne Borough Council | C | 31.7% | 331.1 |
296 | Sheffield City Council | U | 31.7% | 318.1 |
297 | Hounslow LB | C | 31.5% | 321.7 |
298 | Amber Valley Borough Council | C | 31.3% | 362.7 |
299 | Preston City Council | C | 31.2% | 357.7 |
300 | Knowsley MBC | C | 30.7% | 365.2 |
301 | Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | C | 30.6% | 342.0 |
302 | Crawley Borough Council | C | 30.3% | 292.7 |
303 | Great Yarmouth Borough Council | C | 30.0% | 380.7 |
304 | Rossendale Borough Council | C | 29.9% | 335.2 |
305 | Hastings Borough Council | C | 29.9% | 324.1 |
306 | Haringey LB | C | 29.7% | 308.3 |
307 | Islington LB | C | 29.6% | 224.1 |
308 | Rushmoor Borough Council | C | 29.6% | 329.4 |
309 | Brighton and Hove Council | U | 29.4% | 346.8 |
310 | Southampton City Council | U | 29.3% | 340.5 |
311 | North London Waste Authority | D | 29.1% | 323.0 |
312 | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | U | 29.1% | 352.3 |
313 | City of London | U | 28.9% | 407.1 |
314 | Redditch Borough Council | C | 28.9% | 308.0 |
315 | Royal B. of Kensington and Chelsea | C | 28.6% | 332.7 |
316 | Hackney LB | C | 28.3% | 301.1 |
317 | South Holland District Council | C | 28.1% | 336.4 |
318 | Sunderland City Council | U | 27.3% | 408.1 |
319 | Portsmouth City Council | U | 26.7% | 330.4 |
320 | Kirklees MBC | U | 26.7% | 366.0 |
321 | Lewisham LB | U | 26.6% | 319.9 |
322 | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | U | 26.5% | 425.8 |
323 | Nottingham City Council | U | 26.2% | 343.8 |
324 | Exeter City Council | C | 26.1% | 271.1 |
325 | Western Riverside Waste Authority | D | 26.0% | 281.7 |
326 | Camden LB | C | 25.9% | 216.7 |
327 | East London Waste Authority | D | 25.9% | 363.5 |
328 | Hammersmith and Fulham LB | C | 25.5% | 246.1 |
329 | Redbridge LB | C | 25.4% | 344.2 |
330 | Barking and Dagenham LB | C | 25.2% | 422.9 |
331 | Bassetlaw District Council | C | 25.0% | 378.2 |
332 | Gosport Borough Council | C | 24.8% | 283.9 |
333 | Dartford Borough Council | C | 24.3% | 331.8 |
334 | Slough Borough Council | U | 24.0% | 350.6 |
335 | Wandsworth LB | C | 23.7% | 284.4 |
336 | Liverpool City Council | C | 23.6% | 351.5 |
337 | Birmingham City Council | U | 23.6% | 358.9 |
338 | Tower Hamlets LB | U | 21.5% | 226.8 |
339 | Westminster City Council | U | 20.4% | 337.8 |
340 | Newham LB | C | 20.3% | 339.9 |
341 | Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council | C | 18.8% | 352.6 |